Järfälla Municipality

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**Järfälla Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Järfälla Municipality and Stockholm Image:Järfälla Municipality in Stockholm.png Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Järfälla City Arms.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Jakobsberg
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	County	Stockholm County
	Province	Uplandia
	Area Rank	54 km² 282nd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	61,564 29th of 290
	Density	1,139/km²

Järfälla is a Municipality in Stockholm County, central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Metropolitan Stockholm. The municipal seat is located in Jakobsberg.

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 commuter train.

[edit] 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 city arms, which depict a golden lamb carrying an archbishop's cross, can be traced from 1568. 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.