Djursholm

Djursholm is one of the four villages that belong to the municipality of Danderyd in Uppland. It is located 6 km north of the center of Stockholm and is one of tätort Stockholm.

Djursholm was one of the first suburban communities in Sweden and has about 9000 inhabitants.

History

Djursholm was first mentioned in 1432, then to the island of Old Djursholm ( Gamla Djursholm ) related.

Began in 1889, the financier Henrik Palme, build the company Djursholms AB, took the major impact on the further development of the area. They tried to build a kind of Garden City, in national romantic pioneering work. The main building was - and is still - made of Djursholm Castle, which served at the time as the main office, pharmacy, post office and school buildings.

Famous personalities such as the authors Viktor Rydberg, Natanael Beskow and Verner von Heidenstam and the artists Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér, settled in Djursholm and contributed to a positive image of the city at. 1924 Finally, all public functions and administrative bodies of the Djursholms AB were transferred to the city.

On June 6, 1890 Djursholm was landskommun own administrative unit within Danderyd. Between 1901 and 1914 the village was a minor city ( Linköping ), then then a city that was eventually incorporated in 1971 in the church today Danderyd. Shortly before 1967, nor the place Stocksund Djursholm was slammed.

Attractions

  • Castle Djursholm
  • The chapel Djursholm, inaugurated in 1902, was built from drawings by Fredrik Lilljekvist, the altarpieces are from Natanael Beskow.

Economy

For most of the 20th century was characterized by trade and bustle on a local level, with a dairy, bread bakeries and small grocery stores.

Today, there are office buildings, exclusive boutiques, library and banks. Djursholm is by far the largest city of Sweden, since many wealthy Stockholm have settled in one of the villas in Djursholm.

Traffic

Three railway stations on the Roslagsbanan ( Roslagsbanan ) are found in Vendevägen, Djursholms Ekeby and Djursholms Ösby. Buses connect Djursholm with the Stockholm Metro ( Tunnelbanan ).

Personalities from Djursholm

  • Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995), Nobel Laureate
  • Johan Banér (1596-1641), Field Marshal of the Thirty Years' War
  • Elsa Beskow (1874-1953), artist
  • Marie Fredriksson (born 1958 ), musician
  • Gunnar Heckscher (1909-1987), political scientist and politician
  • Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940), author
  • Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846-1927), mathematician
  • Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895), author
  • Alice Tegnér (1864-1943), artist
  • Björn Ulvaeus ( born 1945 ), musician, composer, a former member of ABBA

Interesting buildings

Villa Pauli (architect Ragnar Östberg )

Villa Nyhem ( Ferdinand Boberg )

Villa Tallom (Lars Israel Wahlman )

Villa Ugglebo ( Thor Thorén )

Gamla Djursholm (Carl Westman )

Villa camp Krantz ( Elis Benckert )

Villa Snellman ( Gunnar Asplund )

Mittag-Leffler Institute Danderyd Municipality
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