Jakobsberg
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Jakobsberg is a suburban area (pop. 24,046) within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.
Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the 1940s, blocks of flats were built and the municipal council moved its offices here. Jakobsberg gradually became the centre of the municipality and now has a population of 24 046.
The Jakobsberg Centre include shops, offices, car parks and apartments. The Jakobsberg Centre also houses a modern library, an art gallery, an exhibition hall and a cinema.
There are a number of ancient monuments and buildings of historic interest in the area. Jakobsbergs Gård - a 17th-century manor-house - is now an adult education college (or 'folk high school'). Säby Gård, from the 1650s, houses a Steiner Waldorf nursery school and a riding school. Görväln House on the shore of Lake Mälaren was built in the 1660s.
Jakobsberg also has one of the busiest stations on the Stockholm commuter rail network, situated on the Bålsta line.