Järfälla is a municipality in Stockholm County, central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. The municipal seat is located in Jakobsberg. 99.6 % of the population live within Stockholm urban area and the rest is rural.
Järfälla has not been almagamated with other municipalities in the two local government reforms carried out during the 20th century. The Stäket area in the north was, however, added in 1952.
It is located about 20 km north of Stockholm, with a part situated by the shore of Lake Mälaren. It takes about 20 minutes to reach downtown Stockholm by Stockholm commuter rail.
History
Järfälla traces its history to the Stone Ages and has some ruins from that time. After being Christianized in the 11th century, a church was built around the year 1200 that still stands today. Järfälla continued to be of some importance in the Middle Ages as several important roads went through it. Furthermore, the centre of the hundred was located within the boundaries of the municipality from 1675 to 1905.
Its coat of arms, which depicts a golden lamb carrying an archbishop's cross, can be traced from 1568, but was created in 1955. They may symbolize that Järfälla is situated on the road from the capital Stockholm to the seat of the archbishop in the nearby city Uppsala.
The main population expansion came in the 1930s and 40s, when many residential houses were built in the seat Jakobsberg for middle-class families commuting to Stockholm.
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