A town for visitors |
| Södertälje is a town for visitors. The town got its name after the natural cut - ett Tälje - in the landscape. The first inhabitants here came here more than a thousand years ago and saw opportunities to live a good life where Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea met.The first tourist who came to Södertälje was Ansgar, the Nordic apostle, who travelled through the town on his way to the viking island of Birka in the 8th century. Bishop Adam of Bremen travelled the same way in the year of 1070. When Norrtälje later was constructed in Roslagen in the year of 1622, Tälje became Södertälje to represent the south cut, while Norrtälje represented the north. In the year of 1719, Södertälje was burnt to the ground - along with the entire east coast from Gävle to Norrköping - by the Russian fleet. Later in the history of Södertälje Carl Michael Bellman often came to Södertälje to visit the mansions in the area.During the 19th century the canal of Södertälje was dug and the railway was built. The famous pretzel ladies came to sell their goods by the sluice and by the railway stations, not to mention among the visitors of Södertälje who came there to drink the clear water and swim in the lakes. Södertälje was a popular swimming resort back in the days, and that tradition is administrated even today. Södertälje is still a city which people visit to enjoy the beautiful swimming resorts, the nature, the commerce, the sports, and the culture - as pleasant and worthy to explore as it was in the past. |
During the years of history
1070 in the book about "The Mission History in the Nordic Countries", Telge was mentioned officially for the first time.
1378 Telge got its city privileges.
1622 Tälje became Södertälje.
1630, 1650 and 1719 big fires ruled the city.
1819 the canal of Södertälje was inaugurated.
1837 Mrs. Grevesmuhl started making the famous pretzels of Södertälje.
1870 the city had 2 150 inhabitants.
1880 the telephone was first introduced in Södertälje and a couple of years later the first call was made between Södertälje and the capital of Sweden, Stockholm.
1891 the Swedish car and truck manufacturer, Vabis, was founded.
1903 Vabis built the first automobile for production runs.
1950 Södertälje had 25 315 inhabitants.
1964 the steamboat s/s Ejdern came to Södertälje.
1971 the new bridge over Lake Mälaren was finished.1978 the Lunahuset of Culture was inaugurated.
1985 the Sports Club of Södertälje became Swedish Champions in ice hockey. The mines of Järna were emptied.
1989 Sydpoolen was inagurated after an extensive rebuilding of the old Tälje Bath.
1991 Scania celebrated its 100th anniversary.
1995 the new railway station Södertälje Syd & the bridge of Igelsta was inaugurated.
1998 the tennis player Björn Borg met John McEnroe in Scaniarinken.
1999 Turinge-Taxinge, which had for long been a part of the municipality of Södertälje, forms the municipality of Nykvarn. Södertälje city has 75 393 inhabitants.
2000 the fusion between Volvo and Scania was called off. The German Volkswagen became head owner of the company instead. Björn Borg was selected as the premier Swedish sportsman of the 19th century.
2001 Södertälje was appointed the best city for children in Sweden and received a prize. SSK made it back to the ice hockey elite.
2002 Södertälje was appointed the first official Swedish Unicef municipality. The bridge of Saltsjö was opened for traffic and a bridge for walking over Maren was inaugurated.
2003 the European Championship in basketball was arranged in Södertälje. The inhabitants of the city said no to a bridge for vehicles over Maren when voting in a referendum. Södertälje had over 80 000 inhabitants.
2004 the soccer club Assyriska Föreningen was qualified to participate in the Swedish Cup. |
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