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Hölö - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 59°01′27″N 17°32′21″E / 59.02417°N 17.53917°E

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Hölö
Hölö church
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Coordinates: 59°01′27″N 17°32′21″E / 59.02417°N 17.53917°E / 59.02417; 17.53917
Country Sweden	Sweden
Province	Södermanland
County	Stockholm County
Municipality	Södertälje Municipality
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.33 km² (0.51 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2020)^[2]
• Total	1,602
• Density	1,200/km² (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Hölö is a locality situated in Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 1,400 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] It lies near the lake Långsjön and is slightly north of Vagnhärad and south of Södertälje.

History

Hölö stopped being its own municipality in 1971, when it was incorporated with Södertälje municipality. Formerly Hölö municipality reached over a greater area near the western bank of Himmerfjärd. The municipality of Mörkö had been included in Hölö municipality since 1952. Hölö's probably most important industry was Edeby marble quarry which didn't only export its green-grey marble to Stockholm but also to other European countries. The corporation was established in 1922 and shut down in 1978.

Community

Hölö is near Vagnhärad and Södertälje, south of Stockholm. Village services include a food store, pizzeria, cycle store, kayak rental and a post office or "kiosk". Nearby there are some renowned restaurants including Oaxens Skärgårskrog, Skansholmens Sjökrog and Tullgarns Värdshus at Tullgarns castle. Other than that, Hölö has an elementary school with athletic grounds and community library. The Scout Corps of Hölö is a part of the Swedish Scout federation SSF (Svenska Scoutförbundet) and Södertörns Scoutdistrikt. It was founded in the beginning of the 1960s. If you live in Hölö you usually live in a villa, or in the new apartments that were built to cope with the population growth.

Communication

Hölö train station was closed in the 1950s and today doesn't have a train station. The nearest being Järna. Regular local "SL" buses connect the village with Järna.

Notable residents

Alice Habsburg, aristocrat and member of the Polish Home Army, was born in Hölö.

References

Sveriges Stenindustriförbund, Hölö Hembygdsförening (for information on Edeby marble quarry.)
Wikipedia, Swedish article.^{[circular reference]}

^ ^a ^b "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ "Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet". Statistics Sweden. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

v t e Localities in Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Localities	Ekeby Gnesta (part of) Hölö Järna Mölnbo Östra Kallfors Pershagen Sandviken Södertälje (seat) Tuna Vattubrinken Viksäter

Gallery

Hölö countryside
Tree & Cloud motive in Hölö
Hölö Church & Cemetery
Lake by Hölö Church

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