Järfälla Municipality
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Järfälla Municipality is a municipality
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Stockholm County
Stockholm County
Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...

 in east central Sweden
Sweden
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, and is considered a suburb
Suburb
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 of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg is a suburban area within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the 1940s, blocks of flats were built and the municipal council moved its offices...

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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
Mälaren
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. It takes about 20 minutes to reach downtown Stockholm by Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Stockholm Transport; the trains are operated under contract by Stockholmståg...

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History

Järfälla traces its history to the Stone Age
Stone Age
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 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
Middle Ages
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 as several important roads went through it. Furthermore, the centre of the hundred
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 was located within the boundaries of the municipality from 1675 to 1905.

Its coat of arms
Coat of arms
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, which depicts a golden lamb
Domestic sheep
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 carrying an archbishop
Archbishop
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's cross
Cross
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, 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
Archbishop of Uppsala
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 in the nearby city of Uppsala
Uppsala
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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
Public transport in Stockholm
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. There are three Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Stockholm Transport; the trains are operated under contract by Stockholmståg...

 stations, Barkarby
Barkarby
Barkarby is a district of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden and part of the contiguously built-up Stockholm urban area.Barkarby has a station of the Stockholm commuter rail network.-1912 Summer Olympics:...

, Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg is a suburban area within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the 1940s, blocks of flats were built and the municipal council moved its offices...

 and Kallhäll
Kallhäll
Kallhäll is a suburb in the greater Stockholm urban area. It is part of the Järfälla municipality. As of 2008, Kallhäll has a population of 13 000. Kallhäll is the home of classic football team Kallhälls FF, however currently residing in the 6th division...

, as well as a bus network. There have also been plans for a connection with the Stockholm metro
Stockholm Metro
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system, but these plans have not yet been implemented.

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