Djursholm

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Djursholm Castle

Djursholm is one of four suburban districts in Danderyd Municipality outside Stockholm, Sweden. Djursholm was one of the first suburban communities in Sweden, its history as such beginning in 1889 with the founding of Djursholm AB (Djursholm Inc.) by Henrik Palme and the subsequent 1890 inauguration of the railway line, connecting Djursholm to Stockholm. Djursholm is one of the wealthiest communities in Sweden.

The city of Djursholm received its privileges in 1914 and although being a city of its own it's considered a part of the city of Stockholm, at least according to Statistics Sweden. Today the city has a population of 8,740 (1996). The city, beginning its history in 1901 as a town, had been a station along the narrow railway between Stockholm and Rimbo since 1890. The railway still exists but is today called Roslagsbanan and is a part of the commuter railway lines of Stockholm.

Notable citizens include authors Viktor Rydberg, Natanael Beskow and Verner von Heidenstam, artists Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér, Field Marshal Johan Banér, Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén and mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler.

Several Swedish celebrities also have residences in Djursholm, including Marie Fredriksson of Roxette and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA.