Brännkyrka is a parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 in South Stockholm

South Stockholm

Söderort is the southern suburban part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden...

, Sweden

Sweden

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. The population is 36,572.

Brännkyrka, at that time much larger in area, was amalgamated into the city of Stockholm

Stockholm

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 in 1913. This area now constitutes the southern main part of Stockholm Municipality

Stockholm Municipality

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 called Söderort. The original parish has since then been divided into many new parishes and the present Brännkyrka parish is situated around Brännkyrka church in the centre of the area.

Brannkyrka was the site of a Swedish victory over Danish forces in 1518.

Anders Nyström

Anders Nyström

Anders Nyström, also known as Blakkheim is a Swedish musician who was born on April 22, 1975 in Stockholm.-Biography:...

was born in Brännkyrka.