The Swedish botanist Carl von Linné is known to have made excursions to Gottsunda with his students during the 18th century.

[citation needed] In the period leading up to 2009, there were a continuous increase in the number of crimes reported to police.

The police started a collaboration with the school and social services in the area,[3] and during the following three years, the number of crimes decreased by 33%.

[2] In the latter half of the 2010s, there were several incidents involving shootings and cars being set on fire[4][5][6] and in its 2017 report, the Swedish Police Authority placed the district in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates.

[7] Regional chief of police Carin Götblad stated that the classification was due to having a number of criminal gangs, many illegal weapons in circulation and families where a criminal lifestyle is inherited from generation to generation.