Viksjö is a district of Järfälla Municipality

Järfälla Municipality

Järfälla Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg....

, Stockholm County

Stockholm County

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, in the Stockholm urban area

Stockholm urban area

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Viksjö has 15,000 inhabitants. The district was developed in the 1970s. The architecture consists mainly of detached terraced houses.

Viksjö is named after the old farm Viksjö Gård, which dates back to 1734. The name Viksjö is even older, occurring for the first time on an 11th-century rune-stone.

Attractions

• The nature reserve Görväln by Lake Mälaren
• Görväln House
• Görväln Beach
• Viksjö Golf Course
• Bruket Alpine Skiing
• Viksjö Church
• Gåseborg

Communication

• Commuter train to Jakobsberg
  Jakobsberg
  Jakobsberg is a suburban area within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the 1940s, blocks of flats were built and the municipal council moved its offices...
  
  and then feeder bus.
• Motorway (E18) from Stockholm.
• Approximate location: 59° 24' N, 17° 46' E

Gallery

Image:viksjö.jpg|Viksjö from a plane
Image:viksjö2.jpg|Helicopter view
Image:Viksjo kyrka jarfalla sweden.png|Viksjö Church
Image:Viksjö Housing.jpg|Viksjö suburbia neibourhood and housing

External links

• Järfälla Municipality - official site
• Stockholm Public Transport
• Viksjö church - (Swedish)
• Görväln house - (Swedish)
• IFK Viksjö - Football club (Swedish)
• Viksjö GK - Golf (Swedish)
• Jakobsberg båtsällskap - Yacht Club (Swedish)