Norrtälje

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Norrtälje is a town in the Swedish province of Uppland and the seat of the Norrtälje Municipality (sw. Norrtälje kommun). In the town lives 16.500 of the municipality's 54,000 inhabitants.

[edit] History

Norrtälje traces its history to 1219, when the location was first mentioned as Tälje. After some time, the name officially became Norrtälje, to separate it from the other Tälje in the province, Södertälje. The city arms were created as an upside down anchor already in 1622 when the chart was granted.

In 1719 large parts of the central town that was built in wood was burnt down by Russian plunders. Not until 1726 was the new church (built of stone) finished, and it took another 4 years until the city hall was completed.