Rissne
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Rissne is a neighborhood in the western part of Sundbyberg Municipality, Stockholm, Sweden. It has about 7500 inhabitants and borders to Stora Ursvik in the north, Duvbo and Hallonbergen in the east, and in the west and south to Bromsten, the latter one within Västerort in Stockholm Municipality. The area belonged to what used to be Spånga municipality until its dissolution in 1949, when it for example together with Duvbo was transferred to Sundbybergs stad. The name comes from Risö, which was the name that the Vikings used. The Svea Artillery Regiment had its camp there until 1960. An apartment block was built 1982 to 1988. The street names in the area hints to the site's military history. (Lavettvägen, Kavallerivägen, Pjäsbacken, Artillerivägen, and Skvadronsbacken) and on the many relics (including graves) contained in Rissne (Mjölnerbacken, Odalvägen, Valkyriavägen).
Residential Area
The residential area is located on a
History
The area was inhabited as early as the
The secretary of the Admiralty,
Mounds in Rissne have been used for archaeological research. The height on the mounds and the gifts indicates that Rissne was inhabited by the high society.
Business
In the northwestern Rissne Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has a large office complex in Bankhus 90. The smaller office complexes Valla Park and Rissne Office Center is located closer to Rissne square.
Demographics
Rissne is the second largest (in terms of population) district in Sundbyberg Municipality, where Centrala Sundbyberg is the largest. At the end of year 2011, 7,512 inhabitants lived in Rissne, which corresponds to 19.0% of the total inhabitants living in the municipality. Throughout urban planning it's expected that the population of Rissne is going to rise above 10 000 inhabitants at the year of 2025. Year 2011 was 55,3% of the population born in a foreign country (72% from Europe) and 20,6% had parents that were born in a foreign country (which means that a total of 75.3% of the population had a foreign background according to the concept used by the Swedish authorities).
Rissne is home to a significant Uyghur community.[1]