Rinkeby

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Rinkeby is a suburb of Stockholm in Sweden. It is noted for its high concentration of immigrants and people with immigrant ancestry (see definition of Swede) and notably Africans (mostly Somalian immigrants), three quarters as compared to 20 percent for all of Stockholm and a sociolect called 'Rinkeby Swedish' has been named after it. The suburb is organised into Rinkeby borough. The neighbourhood was part of the so-called Million Programme.

The Rinkeby underground metro station was opened in 1975.

The Rinkeby Skyline
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The Rinkeby Skyline


Stockholm Metro - Blue line

Line 10: Kungsträdgården - Hjulsta
Kungsträdgården | T-Centralen image:tgreen.pngimage:tred.pngimage:jblue.png | Rådhuset | Fridhemsplan image:tgreen.png | Stadshagen | Västra skogen | Huvudsta | Vreten | Sundbybergs centrum image:jblue.png | Duvbo | Rissne | Rinkeby | Tensta | Hjulsta

Line 11: Kungsträdgården - Akalla
Kungsträdgården | T-Centralen image:tgreen.pngimage:tred.pngimage:jblue.png | Rådhuset | Fridhemsplan image:tgreen.png | Stadshagen | Västra skogen | Solna centrum | Näckrosen | Hallonbergen | Kista | Husby | Akalla

Interchanges:
image:tgreen.png Metro Green line | image:tred.png Metro Red line | image:jblue.png Pendeltåg (Commuter rail)


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