Lidingö Municipality

Lidingö Stad is a municipality just east of Stockholm in central Sweden, with its main part located on the island Lidingö. It also consists of a few smaller islands in the surrounding, such as Fjäderholmarna, the nearest islands of the Stockholm archipelago.

Geography

The island Lidingö is connected to the city of Stockholm by two bridges. One is for cars and one for the Lidingöbanan railway and pedestrians. The bridges lead directly to Ropsten, a station of the Stockholm subway.

While Lidingö is for statistical purposes divded into the three urban areas Lidingö, Brevik and Sticklinge Udde, in reality the three urban areas have grown together and the locals do not use those names. Instead, they divide the island using the names of old farms.

History

Lidingö traces its history to at least 600 BC, from when remains have been found. According to legend, Lidingö was a place where the vikings would gather before setting sails to eastern areas. Therefore when the city arms was to be chosen in 1928 a viking ship became the motive, in the colors of the Swedish flag.

Industry

The island itself hosts very few industries. Much of the housed land area is built with one family houses – a total of 36% of the population, or 6 993 people (2005) live in such houses [1] – and they commute to work areas in Stockholm.

There are also quite a number conference mansions in the northern parts of the island that it actually provides a part of the industry of Lidingö.

Lidingö is one of the wealthiest Municipalities in Sweden.

Reference

• Much fact has been incorporated from the corresponding article on Swedish wikipedia

See also

• List of islands of Sweden

External links

• Lidingö - Official site