Solna, a
town of contrasts, is a blending of the old and the new. The castles from
Sweden’s period as a great power lies in a modern housing development; the
world’s first National City Park spreads out side by side with busy
traffik lanes; state of the art space research rubs shoulders with the old
and modern volumes of the little antiquarian
bookseller.
Solna is a distinctive town in the Greater
Stockholm conurbation. In area, it is one of Sweden’s smallest
municipalities. It's more than 56,000 inhabitants live in a space of only
22 sq. kilometres.
One of Sweden’s smallest municipalities –
size, 22 km2 . The National City Park accounts for a third of
the surface area. Four castles lie within the town’s
boundaries Rĺsunda Stadium, Sweden’s national ground for
football. Ten minutes from the centre of
Stockholm. High
number of single people – 52% of
households. Only 3% of households are private
houses. Number of inhabitants: around
56,000 57% of the population is between the ages of
25 and 64. Foreign nationals account for 11.2% of the
population. Number of registered companies:
7952. No heavy industry – mostly service
companies. Every day, around 45,000 people commute to
Solna