Kungens kurva

Kungens kurva (the curve of the King) is a shopping mall in the municipality Huddinge, about 15 kilometers southwest of Stockholm.

Kungens Kurva is Sweden's and Scandinavia's largest trading center and shopping center with an annual turnover of approximately 650 million euros and 15 million visitors per year (2006). The first company established here, Ikea, which on 18 June 1965 his first department store opened outside Älmhult was here. There followed a long series of branches of many retail chains for food, clothing, home electronics and entertainment. The preliminary final provider is the media market, which opened in fall 2006 his first department store in Sweden here.

Background of the name " Kungens Kurva " is a car accident, the King Gustav V here with his Cadillac V8, 1939 model suffered. September 28, 1946 on his way home from a hunting castle Tullgarn, the chauffeur of the king lost on the Gamla Södertäljevägen the control of the car and landed in a water-filled ditch. was said that the King had his driver " rushed ". No one was injured, the king got out, lit a cigarette and was soon picked up by the Court. Actually, a trifle, if not a reporter for the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter would have been quickly spot and " sensational " Images shot. A newly opened gas station near soon got the name " Kungens Kurva " and later this became the official name for the whole area. A4 can the royal Cadillac with the license plate be seen at the motor Museum at the Castle Sparreholm.