Tyresö Municipality (called Tyresö kommun in Swedish) is a town area in Stockholm County, Sweden. It's located in the eastern part of central Sweden, right by the Baltic Sea. Most of Tyresö is actually part of the larger Stockholm urban area.

History of Tyresö
Areas in Tyresö
Geography of Tyresö
Population Growth in Tyresö
- How Tyresö's Population Has Changed
- People with Different Backgrounds
Getting Around Tyresö
Sister Cities
Famous People from Tyresö
Sports in Tyresö
Recent News
See also

History of Tyresö

The first people came to the area that is now Tyresö Municipality around 5,000 years ago. However, people didn't start living there permanently until about the 7th century AD. You can still find old graves and other signs from these early times.

The Tyresö estate began in the 1300s. By the 1600s, it was very large, covering almost all of the area that is Tyresö Municipality today. The beautiful Tyresö Palace was finished in 1636, and Tyresö Church was built in 1640.

Between the 1500s and 1800s, Tyresö was an important place for industry in the Stockholm area. This was because of the many watermills that could be built on the streams between the lakes. The waterwheels on the municipality's coat of arms show the three main water power sites. These industries included places that made metal, ground grain, made paper, cut wood, and made bricks.

Today, none of the old watermills are left. The Uddby mill burned down in 1895. A hydroelectric power plant was built in its place, which still works today. It is the only power plant of its kind in the Stockholm area.

In the early 1900s, the large Tyresö estate started to be divided into smaller pieces of land. People began building summer cottages there. Some very fancy ones were built in the Brevik area. More and more homes were built quickly in the first few decades of the century. From the 1950s, many of these summer cottages were changed into homes for year-round living.

Starting in the 1950s, the area of Bollmora grew very fast. This was especially true after a law called Lex Bollmora was passed in 1959. This law allowed town-owned housing companies to build in other towns. A town center, Bollmora Centrum, was opened in 1965. Many of the apartment buildings in Bollmora were built during the "Million Programme," a large housing project in Sweden.

Because of all this growth, the number of people living in Tyresö has increased a lot. From about 5,000 people in the 1950s, it has grown to over 44,000 today.

In the early 1990s, Bollmora Centrum was rebuilt into an indoor shopping center and renamed Tyresö Centrum.

In August 1999, a large wildfire burned about 10% of the Tyresta National Park.

Areas in Tyresö

Tyresö Municipality doesn't have official smaller government areas. However, there are some common ways people refer to different parts of the municipality.

Main Districts

There are three main districts in Tyresö that people use to talk about different parts of the town:

Bollmora in the northwest: This area has apartment buildings (2-8 stories high), terraced houses, and detached houses. There are also some industrial areas. The main town center, Tyresö Centrum, is located here.
Trollbäcken in the west: This area mostly has detached houses.
Gamla Tyresö (meaning "Old Tyresö") in the east and south: The eastern part has detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses, as well as summer cottages. Many of these cottages are being changed into year-round homes. The historic Tyresö Palace and Tyresö Church from the 1600s are found here. In the south, there is a large old forest. About half of the Tyresta National Park is on the Tyresö side of this forest.

Urban Areas

Here are the populations of some urban areas within Tyresö Municipality, as of 2000:

Brevik peninsula: 1,556 people
Raksta: 537 people
Stockholm (part of): 36,483 people

Residential Areas

Here is the number of people living in different residential areas as of 2006:

Bollmora: 14,861
Trollbäcken: 11,916
Krusboda: 3,773
Tyresö Strand: 3,517
Öringe: 2,536
Brevikshalvön: 2,101
Lindalen: 1,828
South/East Tyresö: 860
Total: 41,476

Geography of Tyresö

View from Telegrafberget towards Stockholm. You can see the Avicii Arena (Globen) far away.

Most of Tyresö is located on the Södertörn peninsula. It also includes some islands in the Baltic Sea, with Ägnö and Härsö being the biggest. Tyresö has many lakes that are part of the Tyresån Lake System. In the south, there is a large old forest. Part of this forest is in the Tyresta National Park, and other large parts are in different nature reserves.

The land in Tyresö looks like most of the region. It has low hills and valleys that were shaped by the last ice age. The highest point is at Telegrafberget, which is 84 meters (about 276 feet) above sea level.

Tyresö shares a land border with Stockholm to the northwest, Nacka to the north, and Haninge to the south. It has a lake border with Huddinge to the west. To the east and northeast, it has a sea border with Värmdö.

Population Growth in Tyresö

How Tyresö's Population Has Changed

Population development in Tyresö Municipality 1970–2019
Year	Population
1970	27,112
1975	29,366
1980	31,061
1985	32,161
1990	33,973
1995	36,627
2000	39,071
2005	41,134
2010	42,947
2015	46,177
2017	47,304
2019	48,333
Source: SCB – SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

The chart above shows how the number of people living in Tyresö Municipality has grown over the years, from 1970 to 2019. You can see that the population has steadily increased, showing that more and more people have chosen to live in Tyresö.

People with Different Backgrounds

As of December 31, 2017, about 21.74% of the people in Tyresö (around 10,283 out of 47,304 residents) had a foreign background. This means they were either born outside Sweden or had two parents who were born outside Sweden. This number has grown since 2002, when about 17.90% of the population had a foreign background.

Getting Around Tyresö

Tyresö is served by the public transport system for Stockholm County, run by AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik.

Tyresö is one of the few municipalities in Stockholm County that does not have train connections. Most of the bus routes connect to the Stockholm Metro (subway) at Gullmarsplan. However, there are also buses that go directly to and from central Stockholm.

Sister Cities

Tyresö is twinned with several cities around the world. This means they have a special friendship and cultural exchange. These cities are:

Cēsis, Latvia (since 1991)
Porvoo, Finland (since 1966)
Savigny-le-Temple, France (since 1985)
Wejherowo, Poland (since 1993)
Bilohorodka community, Ukraine (since 2023)

Famous People from Tyresö

Many notable people have come from or live in Tyresö. Here are a few:

Ingvar Carlsson: A politician who used to be the Prime Minister of Sweden.
Tony Magnusson: A professional skateboarder from the 1980s and 1990s. He also owns the Osiris Shoe Company.
Thomas Enqvist: A famous tennis player.
Peter Pohl: A writer who currently lives in Tyresö.
Johan Garpenlöv: A coach for Djurgårdens IF Hockey and a former ice hockey player for the Florida Panthers in the U.S. NHL.
Elli Avram: A Bollywood actress, model, dancer, and TV personality.
Olof Kajbjer: A professional CS:GO player for Faze Clan.
Linus Lundqvist: A racing driver.

Sports in Tyresö

Tyresö Municipality is home to several sports clubs, including:

Tyresö FF (Football)
Tyresö AFF Royal Crowns (American Football)
Hanvikens SK (Various sports, including football)

Recent News

In 2024, Tyresö Municipality received some public discussion. This was because the salary of its vice chairman, Anki Svensson [sv], was almost doubled. People questioned why such a large increase was given without a clear reason. Other politicians who had held the same position before also spoke out about the salary change.

Tyresö Municipality facts for kids

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