Rotebro

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Rotebro (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a neighbourhood of Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, and is part of Stockholm. It is divided into two parts, Rotsunda and Gillbo, by the railway.

Rotebro is located in the northernmost part of Sollentuna Municipality. In the 1890s, a

The names Rotebro and Rotsunda were formed from a

Near the bridge over Edsån an inn was located, which was destroyed in a fire in 1971. In the 19th century, the painter August Malmström sometimes stayed in this inn; his painting Grindslanten from 1885 depicts a fight by a gate in Rotebro.^[1]

Rotebro has a station on the Stockholm commuter rail system, 19 km north of Stockholm Central Station.

Sports

Rotebro has three golf courses, which are used for cross-country ski tracks in the winter. The sports alliance Rotebro IS has sections for football, floorball and orienteering.

Notable people

• Patric Hörnqvist, professional ice hockey player was born and raised in Rotebro
• Christer Pettersson, who for a time was the chief suspect for the murder of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, lived here

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