Södertälje
Södertälje
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| Coordinates: 59°11′N 17°38′E / 59.183°N 17.633°ECoordinates: 59°11′N 17°38′E / 59.183°N 17.633°E | |||
| Country | Sweden | ||
| Province | Södermanland | ||
| County | Stockholm County | ||
| Municipality | Södertälje Municipality | ||
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| - Total | 25.29 km2 (9.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010-11-01) | |||
| - Total | 86,069 | ||
| - Density | 3,403/km2 (8,813.7/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Södertälje (help·info) is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.
The industrial city about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Stockholm is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Södertälje is an international municipality and this fact is reflected in business, cultural life and the population. A report from the University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law ranks the Municipality of Södertälje as the region with the best conditions for enterprise and economic growth in Sweden.
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History
Prior to 600 AD, the lake Mälaren was connected to the sea. Due to land elevation, the lake was slowly cut off, and boats had to be carried over land to and from the lake.
The name Telje is mentioned in the 11th century. To resolve a name conflict with another town that was founded north of Stockholm in the 17th century, Söder (meaning south) was added to create Södertälje; Norr (North) was added to the other to create Norrtälje.
In the 18th century Södertälje had a charter. Due to the Great Northern War and a series of plague epidemics, the population of the city dipped to barely above 200.
There is a large amount of immigrants with a Assyrian/Syriacs/Chaldea background. In the city, Assyrians/Syrians have five churches, two bishops, two soccer teams (Assyriska FF and Syrianska FC), many shops, association and the headquarter of TV Channels of Suroyo TV and Suryoyo Sat that is shown worldwide.
Following the war in Iraq many Iraqi refugees came to Södertälje. It has taken more Iraqis refugees than the United States and Canada combined.
Other immigrants are mainly from Finland, Yugoslavia and Chile.
Demographics
About 42% of the inhabitants have foreign backgrounds, and this proportion currently increases by 1.5% per year.
The most spoken languages in Södertälje besides Swedish, which is the national language, are Syriac-Aramaic and Arabic. To a lesser extent, Finnish and Serbian are also relatively common second languages.
Economy
Truck manufacturer Scania AB has its main location in Södertälje. It is also one of the main sites for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The port of Södertälje is the second in the Stockholm region. Volkswagen Group has its Swedish headquarters located in Södertälje, and Lantmännen Axa Foodservice AB is located in Järna 10 km south of Södertälje.
Sports
The city has Södertälje SK, an ice hockey team in the second highest league – Allsvenskan and plays their matches in AXA Sports Center (aka Scaniarinken). Assyriska FF and Syrianska FC are also two successful football clubs started in 1974 and 1977. They play in the same arena, Södertälje Fotbollsarena. In basketball, Södertälje BBK is one of the best in the country, and became Swedish Champions in the 2004/2005 season.
Geography
The town is situated on a bay of Lake Mälaren, which is here connected with the Baltic Sea by the Södertälje Canal, 35 miles (56 km) in length, with a minimum depth of 20 ft (6.1 m). This is on the route followed by the Göta Canal steamboats between Stockholm and Gothenburg. It was opened in 1819 and much enlarged in 1924, though a canal was begun here in the first half of the 15th century at the instigation of the patriot Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson.
Climate
Södertälje, and the rest of Stockholm region has a humid continental climate according to the Köppen climate classification and displays four distinct seasons. Due to the city's high northerly latitude, daylight varies widely from more than 18 hours around midsummer, to only around 6 hours in midwinter. Södertälje has much warmer and sunnier weather than other locations at the same latitude mainly because of the influence of Gulf Stream. The city enjoys 1,981 hours of sunshine annually.
Summers have an average daytime high temperatures of 20–23 °C (68–73 °F) and lows of around 15 °C (59 °F), but there are periods of heat waves and many days with temperatures above 25 °C (77 °F)+). Winters are cold, though sometimes milder with temperatures ranging from -3 to 1 °C (27 to 34 °F), while spring and autumn mainly cool.
Annual precipitation is 539 mm (21.2 in) with light to moderate rainfall throughout the year. Snow mainly occurs from December through March, but snow covers does not remain for a long time.
| Climate data for Södertälje | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 0.6 (33) |
0.6 (33) |
4.4 (40) |
10 (50) |
16.1 (61) |
20 (68) |
22.8 (73) |
22.2 (72) |
16.7 (62) |
10 (50) |
5 (41) |
1.1 (34) |
10.6 (51) |
| Average low °C (°F) | -2.2 (28) |
-2.8 (27) |
-1.7 (29) |
2.8 (37) |
7.8 (46) |
11.7 (53) |
15 (59) |
14.4 (58) |
10 (50) |
5.6 (42) |
2.2 (36) |
-1.1 (30) |
5 (41) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.54) |
27 (1.06) |
26 (1.02) |
30 (1.18) |
30 (1.18) |
45 (1.77) |
72 (2.83) |
66 (2.6) |
55 (2.17) |
50 (1.97) |
53 (2.09) |
46 (1.81) |
539 (21.22) |
| Source: World Weather Information Service | |||||||||||||
Public transport
Södertälje is served by the Stockholm public transport system, but has also a main line railway station for connections outside Stockholm County. The main railway station is Södertälje Syd (South) and located some 5 km outside of the city center where most national trains stop. From Södertälje Syd it is possible to take the Stockholm public transport to all stations in the Södertälje area.
Notable natives
- Björn Borg, tennis player
- Hasse Aro, hoster of TV-show of Efterlyst.
- Jan Guillou, author and journalist
- Patrik Nordin, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
- Bengt Westerberg, former leader of the Liberal People's Party
- Richard, Louis and Per Herrey., the group that won the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
- Johan Edlund, guitarist and vocalist of Tiamat (band)
- Nicklas Bergfors, ice hockey player
See also
- International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (1989)
- Vabis
- (Swedish) article Södertälje from Nordisk Familjebok (1919)
Official web of Södertälje
- ^ a b c "Kommunfolkmängd efter kön 1 november 2010" (in Swedish) (web). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____304755.aspx. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
- ^ http://www.sodertalje.se/mainupload/dokument/Kommun%20o%20demokrati/Om%20Södertälje/Faktabroschyr_sodertalje_eng.pdf
- ^ http://www.astrazeneca.se/om_oss/verksamheten-i-Sverige/
- ^ Stockholm facts
- ^ "Weather Information for Södertälje". World Weather Information Service]. http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?wealocations=wc:SWXX0031&q=Stockholm%2c+SWE. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
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Södertälje is one of 133 places with the historical city status in Sweden. |
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