Stureby

There were farms in the area where Stureby is located in the year 1689 according to a map.

[1] The area started to be developed in the year 1921 by the company Fastighets AB Villahem.

In 1923 the politicians in Stockholm decided to build a retirement home that was named Gammelbyn to commemorate Gustav Vasa's arrival in Stockholm 400 years earlier.

In 1938 a cinema named Tusse-bio opened in Stureby and was renamed to Corso in 1939.

Landstinget took over the retirement home Gammelbyn in 1971 and renamed it to Stureby sjukhus.

The residential area in Stureby.