Sollentuna Hundred

Sollentuna Hundred was located directly west of Stockholm, in the borough of Bromma between Ulvsundasjön, Görväln, and Edsviken.

The name, similar to that of neighbouring Vallentuna Hundred, was written as Sollendahundæri in the 14th century; the -enda- in the name signifies a place at the end of a lake.

Sollentuna Church is indeed located by Norrviken lake, but it is also entirely possible that Sollenda paraphrases a much older word, perhaps meaning swamp or marshland, altered to imitate the name of the neighbouring hundred.

At that time, the Mälaren Line and Northern Main Line railways were built, and a number of station towns cropped up within the hundred, many of which today are part of the suburbs of Stockholm: for example, Sundbyberg, Bromsten, Jakobsberg, Tureberg, Rotebro, and Upplands Väsby.

Sollentuna Hundred's proximity to the capital had a profound effect on its development and expansion in the first half of the 20th century.