Kälvesta
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Kälvesta is a suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

an district
District
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 in the Hässelby-Vällingby
Hässelby-Vällingby
Hässelby-Vällingby is a so called borough in the western part of Stockholm.-Overview:Is primarily made up of Hässelby and Vällingby. The other districts that make up the borough are Backlura, Kälvesta, Nälsta, Råcksta and Vinsta...

 borough
Borough
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 in western Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. Most of Kälvesta was built during the late 1960s and the 1970s. Kälvesta has two middle school
Middle school
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s (Sörgårdsskolan and Björnbodaskolan). The two bus
Bus
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es 119 and 116 pass through Kälvesta on their way to either Spånga
Spånga
Spånga is a community and parish in Stockholm County, Sweden.-Background:Spånga was an independent municipality until January 1, 1949 when most of it was merged with the City of Stockholm, with smaller portions of the area merging with Solna, Sundbyberg, and Sollentuna municipalities.Spånga was...

 Station or Vällingby
Vällingby
Vällingby is a suburban district in Västerort in the north-western part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden.Vällingby was planned in the early 1950s as a new town...

Centrum.

In 1977 an aeroplane belonging to Linjeflyg chrash landed in the area killing all aboard including famed ping pong player Hans Alser.
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