Upplands-Bro Municipality Facts for Kids

Upplands-Bro Municipality (Upplands-Bro kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsängen.

The municipality was formed in 1952 through the amalgamation of five rural municipalities in Uppsala County. In 1971 it was transferred to Stockholm County.

Geography
History
Demographics
Public transportation
See also

Geography

Situated by Lake Mälaren it is distinguished by its nature. The overwhelming majority of the population are located to one of the three towns Kungsängen (pop. 7,500), Bro (6,200) and Brunna (4,000), and most of the remaining area is taken up by countryside, a substantial part of it being agricultural.

History

As apparent from its coat of arms, Upplands-Bro takes pride in its pre-historic history, and boasts some of the oldest ancient remains in Sweden. From the Iron Age, about 4,000 burial places have been found, and the remains from the Viking Age include 20 runestones. The figure in the coat of arms comes from one of these remains, a 3 cm tall bronze figure found near Kungsängen.

Every one of the six parishes also hosts a medieval church, built between 1100 and 1400.

In the 15th century, the fortress Almarestäket was built in the municipality, just east to the present location of Kungsängen. It was the seat of the Swedish archbishop until the Archbishop Gustav Trolle besieged himself there in 1517, leading to the demolition of the fortress in 1519. The ruins can still be visited.

Since 1970, the main base of the combined cavalry/infantry regiment Life Guards is located in Upplands-Bro. The regiment trains conscript companies of mechanized infantry, Royal Guards and military police. It is also the home of the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (Swedint).

Demographics

2022 by district

This is a demographic table based on Upplands-Bro 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 31,031 residents, including 20,468 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.9% voted for the left coalition and 54.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Bro S

1,217

735

46.0

51.0

30,307

Brunna N

2,006

1,379

38.4

60.3

31,335

Brunna S

2,080

1,388

38.6

60.0

28,970

Finnsta

2,476

1,334

58.5

37.5

21,205

Håtuna-Håbo-Tibble

1,722

1,380

29.6

68.5

29,309

Härnevi-Skällsta

1,839

1,094

48.3

48.2

24,328

Kockbacka

2,699

1,786

38.1

60.6

32,546

Korsängen

1,642

1,075

47.7

51.7

24,782

Kungsängen N

2,270

1,586

46.3

51.3

26,556

Kungsängen S

1,273

1,086

47.3

50.8

25,807

Lennartsnäs-Tibble

2,227

1,476

45.3

53.0

25,446

Låssa

1,204

848

39.9

59.6

29,697

Norrboda

1,913

1,171

37.7

61.7

30,647

Råby

2,734

1,540

54.3

42.8

19,194

Sylta-Tibble V

2,301

1,634

44.3

54.8

32,539

Tibble N

1,428

956

48.3

49.1

25,031

Source: SVT

Population development

Population development in Upplands-Bro Municipality 1970–2021
Year	Population
1970	10,936
1975	14,792
1980	18,489
1985	19,887
1990	20,191
1995	20,025
2000	20,878
2005	21,327
2010	23,676
2015	25,789
2017	27,614
2019	29,346
2021	31,082
Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

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 9 646, or 34.93% of the population (27 614 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 5 002, or 23.64% of the population (21 162 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 27 614 residents in Upplands-Bro, of which 7 088 people (25.67%) were born in a country other than Sweden. 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.

Country of birth
31 December 2017
1	Sweden	&&&&&&&&&&020526.&&&&&020,526
2	Finland	&&&&&&&&&&&&0987.&&&&&0987
3	European Union: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0776.&&&&&0776
4	Asia: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0721.&&&&&0721
5	Iraq	&&&&&&&&&&&&0632.&&&&&0632
6	Africa: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0611.&&&&&0611
7	Poland	&&&&&&&&&&&&0453.&&&&&0453
8	South America	&&&&&&&&&&&&0435.&&&&&0435
9	Iran	&&&&&&&&&&&&0404.&&&&&0404
10	Syria	&&&&&&&&&&&&0281.&&&&&0281
11	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0263.&&&&&0263
12	Somalia	&&&&&&&&&&&&0213.&&&&&0213
13	Eritrea	&&&&&&&&&&&&0200.&&&&&0200
14	North America	&&&&&&&&&&&&0165.&&&&&0165
15	Germany	&&&&&&&&&&&&0142.&&&&&0142
16	Thailand	&&&&&&&&&&&&0140.&&&&&0140
17	Norway	&&&&&&&&&&&&0132.&&&&&0132
18	Afghanistan	&&&&&&&&&&&&0118.&&&&&0118
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	&&&&&&&&&&&&0118.&&&&&0118
18	Turkey	&&&&&&&&&&&&0118.&&&&&0118
21	Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro	&&&&&&&&&&&&&056.&&&&&056
22	Denmark	&&&&&&&&&&&&&049.&&&&&049
23	Iceland	&&&&&&&&&&&&&027.&&&&&027
24	Soviet Union	&&&&&&&&&&&&&025.&&&&&025
25	Oceania	&&&&&&&&&&&&&014.&&&&&014
26	Unknown country of birth	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08

Public transportation

The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system operated by SL. The municipal seat Kungsängen used to be the north-western terminus of the Stockholm commuter rail network, but in 2000 this line was extended to Bålsta in Uppsala County and a new station was built in Bro. A new depot for commuter trains has recently been built in the municipality. There is also a bus network.

Upplands-Bro Municipality facts for kids

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