Järfälla Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg, part of the Stockholm urban area.

Järfälla has not been amalgamated with other municipalities in the two local government reforms carried out during the 20th century. The Stäket area in the north was, however, added in 1952.

It is located about 20 km north of Stockholm, with a part situated by the shore of Lake Mälaren. It takes about 20 minutes to reach downtown Stockholm by Stockholm commuter rail.

History Järfälla traces its history to the Stone Age and has some ruins from that time. After being Christianized in the 11th century, a church was built around the year 1200 that still stands today. Järfälla continued to be of some importance in the Middle Ages as several important roads went through it. Furthermore, the centre of the hundred was located within the boundaries of the municipality from 1675 to 1905

Its coat of arms, which depicts a golden lamb carrying an archbishop's cross, can be traced from 1568, but was created in 1955. They may symbolize that Järfälla is situated on the road from the capital Stockholm to the seat of the archbishop in the nearby city of Uppsala.

The main population expansion came in the 1930s and 1940s, when many residential houses were built in the seat Jakobsberg for middle-class families commuting to Stockholm.

Public transportation The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are three Stockholm commuter rail stations, Barkarby, Jakobsberg and Kallhäll, as well as a bus network. As part of a larger plan for the Stockholm region, Barkarby station and Barkarbystaden will get metro stations, scheduled to open in 2027.[Stockholmsförhandlingen 2013 -- FAQ (Swedish) http://stockholmsforhandlingen.se/faq] The representatives for the municipalities signed the deal in January 2014, and on 3 March 2014 Järfälla municipal council made the formal decision to fulfill their part of the deal.[Järfälla kommun -- Beslut i kommun-fullmäktige om tunnelbana och 14 000 nya bostäder (Swedish) ]

Demography

2022 by district This is a demographic table based on Järfälla Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 82,998 residents, including 57,777 Swedish citizens of voting age. 50.7% voted for the left coalition and 46.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Barkarbystaden 2,978 2,227 57.2 40.3 80 44 56 29,850 50Berghem/Polhem 2,649 1,885 43.9 54.5 85 63 37 33,036 54Bolinder strand 1,817 1,583 47.3 50.7 89 74 26 34,766 62Centrala Jakobsberg 1,541 1,098 58.7 39.1 72 32 68 20,723 45Centrala Kallhäll 2,262 1,700 57.1 40.6 82 62 38 27,323 55Centrala Viksjö N 2,168 1,594 48.6 48.7 75 55 45 23,986 34Centrala Viksjö S 2,247 1,654 47.6 51.3 85 68 32 28,198 45Dackevägen 2,026 1,161 57.9 37.9 72 25 75 21,626 35Ekedal 2,386 1,573 62.1 35.4 69 29 71 21,121 39Emaljvägen/Kopparv. 2,313 1,603 56.8 41.4 79 50 50 24,802 45Fastebol 2,122 1,493 43.4 55.8 85 74 26 34,576 53Fjällen 1,650 1,311 48.4 50.5 85 76 24 33,791 53Grönvreten 1,500 1,072 48.2 50.3 81 69 31 34,005 61Hammaren 2,418 1,705 57.9 38.5 72 41 59 22,229 41Hummelmora 1,851 1,379 41.6 57.0 86 72 28 31,322 48Högby 1,967 1,434 45.7 52.7 84 66 34 31,310 50Kalvshälla 2,663 1,679 57.3 39.4 83 37 63 29,706 52Karlslund 1,518 982 53.3 44.3 83 37 63 30,779 55Kolarängen/Villast. 2,158 1,480 46.0 52.3 81 64 36 28,723 41Lilla Ulvsättra 1,636 952 62.2 33.2 66 28 72 19,798 29Lund 1,610 1,204 44.7 54.2 82 72 28 29,483 38Lädersättra 2,288 1,622 56.3 41.9 80 53 47 26,300 46Neptuni 2,391 1,699 45.8 52.2 83 64 36 32,469 47Norra Aspnäs 1,070 704 54.1 42.4 71 37 63 21,746 41Norra Barkarby 1,854 1,330 58.2 39.3 76 61 39 24,366 45Nyberg 1,541 871 67.6 27.2 65 15 85 18,015 36Olovslund 2,166 1,564 42.5 55.6 81 66 34 33,213 58Orgona 1,939 1,307 48.2 50.8 85 65 35 30,960 51Sandvik 2,064 1,508 47.6 50.7 85 71 29 31,943 47Skälby Gård V 1,922 1,222 39.1 58.4 86 68 32 35,169 52Skälby Gård Ö 1,742 1,205 35.0 63.1 84 69 31 35,125 52Snapphanen 1,623 1,030 65.0 25.4 66 19 81 18,712 29Stäket 2,623 1,867 40.3 58.0 83 70 30 35,046 53Södra Aspnäs 2,522 1,846 60.3 37.0 70 34 66 20,667 34Södra Barkarby 2,230 1,603 43.5 54.8 82 68 32 32,045 60Södra Nyberg 1,556 941 62.0 32.7 70 27 73 21,734 33Södra Vibblaby 1,603 1,003 52.9 43.7 83 33 67 29,289 53Tallbohov 1,544 926 62.5 27.9 66 15 85 18,267 33Ulvsättra/Skogstorp 1,308 885 50.6 47.1 81 63 37 28,940 52Vattmyra 1,997 1,465 49.5 49.0 82 56 44 31,160 55Vibblaby 1,795 1,204 54.8 41.7 75 46 54 23,622 51Västerby 1,740 1,206 53.4 44.2 81 53 47 26,434 46Source: SVT

Residents with a foreign background On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 31,031, or 40.59% of the population (76,453 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 15,550, or 25.37% of the population (61,290 on 31 December 2002).Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019) On 31 December 2017 there were 76,453 residents in Järfälla, of whom 22,215 people (29.06%) were born in a country other than Sweden. These are divided by country in the table below; the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019

Country of birth 31 December 2017 1 2 Asia: Other countries 3 4 : Other countries 5 6 7 8 Africa: Other countries 9 South America 10 11 12 outside of the EU: other countries 13 14 15 16 17 18 North America 19 20 /SFR Yugoslavia/ 21 22 23 24 25 Oceania 26 Unknown country of birth

Districts Viksjö Jakobsberg Barkarby Skälby Kallhäll Stäket

Sports The following sports clubs are located in Järfälla:

Football clubs AFC Järfälla FC Järfälla FC Järfälla Academy IFK Viksjö Bele Barkarby FF Kallhälls FF Järfälla FF IF Söderhöjden Wasa

Floorball clubs

Jakobsbergs IBF Järfälla Spiders Stäkets IF Bele Barkarby IF

Basketball clubs

Järfälla Basket

Ice hockey clubs

Järfälla HC Kallhälls IF Bele Barkarby IF

See also Elfa AB (1945) Old Environmental Party in Järfälla

References

External links

Järfälla Municipality - Official site