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Järfälla is located 20 km Järfälla not only offers beautiful nature Järfälla in figures northwest of by experiences. Barkarby commerce site Lake Mälaren. Although is one of ’s most popular shop- Number / percentage Stockholm city is near - 20 ping areas. Next to the retail center is Area 6350 ha Green areas 38% minutes by train or car to one of Järfälla’s largest development areas. The new Barkarby city will con- Developed land 47% Stockholm Central - you Water 15% sist of 5000 residential, 6000 workpla- can find almost everything Population 66,211 ces and 200 retail premises. Local tax 30.73 in the municipality. The municipality has four city districts: Barkarby-Skälby, Jakobsberg, People have lived in the area that Viksjö and Kallhäll-Stäket. The com- Contact Information today is Järfälla since the Neolithic munications are good. There are three period. Rune stones, burial grounds commuter train stations; Barkarby, Järfälla kommun and hill forts remind us of old Järfälla Jakobsberg and Kallhäll. Buses operate 17780 Järfälla citizens. the municipality’s residential areas Telephone: Järfälla has always been a natural and there are also cross-connections 08-580 285 00 www.jarfalla.se meeting place. Ever since the Middle with the surrounding municipalities. Ages, several important roads pas- European highway 18 runs through sed through Järfälla and during the the entire municipality, as well as train 1600s it became a central hub with line Mälarbanan. Arlanda and Brom- an assembly place, church and castle. ma airports are nearby. The 1,000-year history attracts many visitors today. will connect withKistaand Barkarby city anewtramway will bebuilt inBarkarby. In train station -Stockholm West Stockholm. A newregional being built indowntown Tunnel - arailtunnelwichis it willbeconnectedtotheCity Kallhäll andBarkarby. Later on from two tofourtracksbetween Mälarbanan isbeingexpanded train rail The regional ture Investments- ininfrastruc stores. 6,000 workplaces and100 consist of5,000apartments, new Barkarbycitywillhave will bebuilt inJakobsberg. The tial areawith1,200apartments in allparishes. A newresiden - New housingareasareplanned significantly.Järfälla willgrow thenext20-year period During Järfällas expansion

Bild: Tengbom West. close tothestation Stockholm karby College-willbe located A neweducation centre-Bar stop forpublictransport. tothe nearestbus 500 meters the cityarenever longerthan Regardless ofwhereyou arein communications. location andwell developed holm thankstoitsstrategic areaofStock- hub ofnorthern Barkarby citywillbeamodern Barkarby city attached toStockholm. Järfälla willbeajunctioncloser iscompleted the infrastructure built. When thisexpansionof and toStockholmcitywillbe And newways totravel around nected between nearbysuburbs. E18 willbeexpandedandcon- Akalla. Highways likeE4and The construction of Bar- The construction www.barkarbystaden.se karby citygoto: aboutBar- More information life available inBarkarby city. oneneedineveryday services cafes andrestaurantsother also beawiderangeofshops, recreation andsport. There will forboth offer opportunities They two largeurbanparkswill evident throughoutthedistrict. recreational areas.green urban environment closetothe townhouses andtocreate an apartments, condominiums, mixture ofhousingwithrental well-balanced housing. The environment withalternate urban an excitingandvaried willbe tects sothat thedistrict developersandarchi- various karby cityhasbeenallocated to The proximity tonature is Photo: Anna Gradén Anna Photo:

The playground in Kallhäll

The award-winning and accessibi- small part of the world the opp- that the division provides, child- lity adapted playground in Kallhäll ortunity for free play without an ren with autism or other percep- is the only playground in Stock- escort. In order for the playground tual problems can practice finding holm for children with perceptual to become the safe, secluded and the playsites themselves. problems. It is designed for child- open world as it was intended, In order to adapt the play- ren to train their senses and their Järfälla enlisted the help of spe- ground to everyone’s level, sites mobility in an environment that cial needs teachers from Sandvik were created for more advanced feels safe yet exciting. School and Kolarängen who con- play opportunities. It meets not Children diagnosed with tributed with their experiences. only the needs of children with se- ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome, By dividing the playground vere perceptual problems but also etc., sometimes have damages to into areas with different colours those with minor disabilities and the sense of equilibrium or other symbolising different activities, more need for stimulus as well as regions of the brain, which creates it is easier to find the way in the children without any disabilities. the need for a well-defined play playground and it becomes clear The idea is that disabled children area to feel safe. The round shape and safe. Yellow stands for playing should be able to play alongside of the playground and the fence with sand, green for balance train- children without disabilities, and paddock area are intended to give ing, blue for climbing and red for thus have more stimulation. children who need to distinguish a swings. In addition to the security Sandvik School

Sandvik School is a beautifully vik School have the opportunity to about the history of the island. situated school with about 300 pu- influence their daily lives. Chil- Sandvik school has been award- pils. Many activities fall within the dren and teachers create a climate ed Järfälla Nova grant for a project organisation: pre-school, special that invites an open dialogue at the in which the computer is used school, primary school, recreation school. There is a school council as a tool to develop and facilitate and leisure club. The school works that address issues from the class writing and narrative abilities of extensively with cultural history, councils and works actively with autistic pupils. By using computers including pedagogy and student democracy, a restaurant group that it becomes easier for the students participation. works towards a pleasant eating to focus on storytelling rather than Teachers, recreation leaders, environment and peer support, being constrained by motor dif- preschool teachers and child car- among other things. ficulties. The pupils do not need to ers work together in teams. By Sandvik School is the host write down ideas on paper. Instead working together, children get school for the island Koffsan at the students write their stories or a safe environment with many Skäftingeholmen in Lake Mälaren tell the story to a teacher who then adults available. The staff works which in 1973 was visited by Carl write the story on the computer. towards giving children the best Linnaeus. During his stay on the Some students may find it difficult possible learning environment and island, he collected 88 species of to write by pen, but without be- encourage pursuit of knowledge in plants and wrote a flora which ing hindered by that it is easier to different ways. IT is a natural tool he called Flora Kofsöensis. Sand- think and create freely. in the school. vik school students are educated By participating in the deci- student guides who show visitors sion-making, the children at Sand- around the island and inform Photo: Bergslagsbild AB Bergslagsbild Photo: Norrvatten

Norrvatten is a municipal associa- located in Järfälla, we treat water rapid filtration and chlorination. tion that produces and distribu- from the lake Mälaren so that it As the water needs and require- tes drinking water of the highest becomes drinking water. ments have increased, the plant quality to more than half a million The water undergoes a has expanded and the treatment people. Norrvatten is Sweden’s thorough and efficient treatment process has been improved. Today fourth largest producer of drin- process which consists of chemi- Görvälnverket is one of Sweden’s king water. cal precipitation, sand filtration, most modern waterworks and is Norrvatten is owned by 14 carbon filtration and disinfection well prepared for future challen- municipalities in the north of with ultraviolet light. The water ges. Stockholm. They are the following: produced in Görvälnverket is Danderyd, Järfälla, Knivsta, Norr- one of the best drinking water in Research and development tälje, Sigtuna, Sollentuna, Solna, Sweden. In order to ensure good water Sundbyberg, Täby, Upplands- A typical day we produce about supplies also in the future we work Bro, Upplands Väsby, , 120,000 cubic meters of drinking with research and development in and Österåker. Today we water in Görvälnverket. It’s about water technology. We also study provide 13 of the municipalities as much as 800,000 filled bathtubs. how climate affects the water with drinking water. From mid Annual production is around 43 quality of lake Mälaren in order 2015 we will also supply drinking million cubic meters of drinking to be able to develop new effective water to Norrtälje. water. treatment technologies. Another Görvälnverket was built in the important task is to promote that Our drinking water is produced late 1920s on Skeftingeholmen the lake Mälaren gets a long-term in Görvälnverket in Järfälla in Järfälla. The water treatment protection. In our waterworks, Görvälnverket, process consisted initially only by Welcome to Görvälns castle

The new Görvälns Castle opened its doors for confe- in people, design, furnishing, food and beverages, as rences, hotel guests, weekends and dinner guests in well as offering a professional hotel accommodation. September 2008, and the first 24 hotel rooms were Everything in total will give an assurance of a warm completed in January 2009. In the spring of 2010 we and creative environment as well as being able to of- completed 14 more rooms, to bring the total number fer the ultimate in dining, with the best produce and of rooms to 38. preparation possible. Two of our chefs are competing in “Årets Kock” How it all began... (The Swedish Masters of Professional Cooking) and During the summer of 2007, we began negotiations one of them is in the final and the other one is com- with municipality of Järfälla concerning taking peting in the semifinals on November 15. over the management at Görvälns Castle. It was our dream! We had been operating Hufvudsta Gård We will gladly share our ideas Konferens in Solna since 1999, and had been looking We love to share new thoughts, ideas and trends with for a new project. Görvälns Castle was perfect! It is our guests. Görvälns Castle and our sister establish- beautifully positioned, and close to both Stockholm ment Hufvudsta Gård steadily update our accommo- City and the Arlanda airport. The old wings were to dations with new trends such as colours, wall furnis- be transform into beautiful hotel rooms. hing and other details. The contract was signed in May 2008, and the re- novations begun directly thereafter. The entire main Welcome to Görvälns Slott building was to have a surface restoration, and five Maria & Johan Eklund buildings were to be completely re-built and turned into hotel rooms in a very short time. It has been a lot of hard work, but it has also been incredibly exciting to see our dream come to life. We have had an upholsterer employed since the start and almost all the furniture are bought on the internet auctions and restored by him. All the hotel Web page: www.gorvalnsslott.se rooms and the castle are decorated and furnished by Pictures: the owners Maria & Johan Eklund, which gives the www.mynewsdesk.com/ castle a personal touch. se/pressroom/gorvalns- slott/ A fabulous totality Facebook: www.facebook.com/Gor- We use great precision in caring for our establish- valnsSlott#!/GorvalnsSlott ment as well as our guests to make them feel well ca- red for. All of our employees share the same interest Görväln The Crown Princess Couple will visit the kennel and other buildings are still here, as the manor house of Görväln for a wells as most of the workers cottages. Görväln lunch and then make a brief visit to also had an inn, which later was used as a school, the park and the “sculptural park”, and in 1896 a new school was built. In the 18th century there was also a brick- where they will learn some of the his- works close to the lake. tory of Görväln. The Park and the Sculptural Exhibition The History of Görväln The surroundings are also beautiful, not only The building of the manor house was started in the Lake Mälaren. The park is a good example 1659 by a woman, Elsa Elisabet Brahe. She be- of an English park, which uses the natural lands- longed to the Nobles, had been married to “the cape for it settings. The oldest trees are from the Prime ministers’” son but was left a widow with middle of the 18th century, but most of the trees five small children. She soon remarried, this time were planted in the beginning of the 20th cen- to the brother of the king, a duke. tury and they come from different places all over The wings were erected at the same time. The the world. In the park a sculptural exhibition is smaller wings were built in 1763 (the sign on the held every second year. From the exhibitions north wing was moved from one of them), by sculptures have been bought by the municipa- another woman, Eva Bielke. lity of Järfälla with the financial support of some Whats’ so special with Görväln is the façade. large commercial companies in Järfälla, so that The house is built of bricks, but the façade is the park also has become a “sculpture park”. The made of sandstone from the province of Gotland Crown Princess Couple will have a closer look (in the Baltic Sea). at some of the sculptures, especially Ulla Viottis’ When Järfälla started to grow in the beginning “Library Sarcophagus”, made of brick in 2008. of the 20th century it was due to the railway, and Görväln is owned by the municipality of Jär- Görväln is far off from the railway. One of the fälla, and has been used as a conference center owners had plans in the 1930s to divide the land since 1983. Recently the upper wings and some into different lots for building one-family houses. of the villas have been transformed into hotel- But it was too far off and in those days 80 years rooms. A private company rents the buildnings ago there weren’t many people who could afford from the municipality. having a car of their own, so the plans didn’t A special work of art is the shell made of work out. sandstone in the 17th century, which now stands Another interesting thing concerning Görväln below the balustrade. It was originally situated is that there are also many well-preserved buil- on top of the entrance, before the entrance was dings belonging to the agricultural part. Görväln rebuilt in 1901. The shell has been the model of is a manor house and not a farmsted, but ne- a brooch made of silver. The Crown Princess will vertheless farming was an important part of the receive this very genuine gift from Järfälla on her economical structure, the base of the wealth. The leave, as a memory of her visit to Görväln and stables, the cow-house, the barns, the poultry- Järfälla. house, the pig house, the shed for the coaches, Photo: Mikael Nasberg Mikael Photo: Technology that can make everyday life easier

For Järfälla residents to feel se- JOICE is a simple way to talk check in at specific times through cure, independent and to enable to relatives, friends and family a camera installed in the bedroom. them to keep their social contacts while seeing them through the The technology in operation despite disability or age, Järfälla TV. All that is needed is a simple The ICT-technology has has tried new technology that can remote control connected to the been tested in some of the make everyday life easier. Th- television, which enables the user municipality’s residents. All the rough the project “Demand driven to communicate with anyone who residents at the places where the Information and Communication has a computer with internet and technology is used have access to Technology ”(ICT) for older and a camera. When someone calls th- both a TV and a computer. There disabled people under 65 the follo- rough Joice the remote notifies the are also regular phones and for wing services have been explored: user visually and with a sound. those who wish a video phone. ACTION a service that is IPPI is a simple way to receive, The Technology will be presented programmed on a computer. With reply and forward messages in the at the lunch at Görväln Castle. The this service the user can search TV using a comfortable remote users who are able will attend the for information and education, control. IPPI receives text, picture lunch at the castle. They will also or receive advice and support in and sound messages. Messages can be involved in the presentation of everyday life through informa- come from the home care service the tools they use in their everyday tion programmes. The user can or someone who has a normal cell lives to communicate more easily also talk on the video phone phone or computer. No installa- with loved ones via video phone, with other users of the ACTION tion is needed in the home; all that computer and TV. service within the municipality as is needed is a TV. well as users in other municipa- NIGHT PEACE is a service for For more information: lities. There is a staffed ACTION people who need night surveil- “Demand-controlled Infor- center that holds regular meetings lance or extra care and security mation and Communica- where users have the opportunity in their home. Night Peace can tion Technology” ICT Järfälla Hemstöd, to contact others in similar situa- be used as a complement to the www.jarfalla.se, tions, share experiences and ask current help of the care recipent. 08-580281 69 questions. With this service the night patrol Foto: Saab, Peter Karlsson Svarteld Karlsson Peter Saab, Foto: Defence- and security company Saab in Järfälla Saab serves the global Systems. Security and Defence Solution’s The operation in Järfälla develops and market with world-lead- operations address both the military manufactures primarily airborne elec- ing products, services and civil security market with a com- tronic warfare self-protection systems and solutions ranging petitive product portfolio of C4ISR and avionics. (computerised command, control, com- from military defence to munications and intelligence) systems, civil security. Saab has airborne early warning systems, civil operations on all conti- security solutions, training and simula- For further information, please con- tion systems, and solutions for telecom tact: nents and more than operators. The operations in Järfälla Annika Andreasen, Head of Commu- 12, 500 employees, focuses on development of primarily nications, Business area Security & whereof approximately C4ISR-system and design and integra- Defence Solutions, tion of communication system for civil phone +46 73 437 42 20 1500 in Järfälla. security. The purpose of Electronic Defence Anna Bergenlid, Head of Commu- Annual sales amount to around SEK 24 System’s operations, which are based on nications Business Area Electronic billion, of which research and develop- Saab’s extensive expertise and experi- Defence Systems, ment account for about 20 per cent of phone +46 73 437 53 06 sales. Saab’s operations are divided ence in radar, electronic warfare and into five business areas: Aeronautics, avionics, is to provide solutions to de- Dynamics, Electronic Defence Systems, tect, localise and protect against various Saab Press Centre, Security and Defence Solutions and types of threats. The product portfolio phone +46 734 180 018, Support and Services. Main business includes air, naval and land-based sen- [email protected] areas in Järfälla are Security and De- sor and radar systems, self-protection fence Solutions and Electronic Defence systems for aircraft, helicopters, ships www.saabgroup.com and vehicles, and defence electronics.