Finsta, Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
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Finsta is a locality situated in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 244 inhabitants in 2010.
Finsta is according to local tradition the birthplace of Saint Bridget, one of Sweden's best known saints and the founder of the Bridgettine Order of nuns. Her father was the lawspeaker of Uppland and a local landowner; however other birthplaces have also been suggested. |
Norrtälje around 1700, in Suecia antiqua et hodierna.
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Norrtälje’s early history dates back to the Iron Age. Around 225 ancient monuments have been found within what is now the city. Three ancient castles are assumed to have stood in the former villages Nordrona, Solbacka and Knutby. Norrtälje traces its more recent history to 1219, when the location was first mentioned as Tälje. After some time, the name officially became Norrtälje, to distinguish it from the other Tälje in the province, Södertälje.
The town of Norra Tällie was founded by King Gustav II Adolf in 1622, as were several other towns after the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, The city arms were created as an upside down anchor as early as 1622 when the charter was granted.
In 1719, large parts of the central town were burnt down by a Russian army during the Russian Pillage of 1719–21. The new stone church was not finished until 1726, and it was another four years before the city hall was completed.
Norrtälje had a railway station on the narrow gauge Roslagsbanan from 1884 to 1969. It is now served by SL buses as a part of the system of public transport in Stockholm.
Norrtälje has a first class industrial heritage displayed in the Pythagoras Mechanical Workshop Museum, based in the premises of a former hot bulb engine factory.
The town of Norra Tällie was founded by King Gustav II Adolf in 1622, as were several other towns after the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, The city arms were created as an upside down anchor as early as 1622 when the charter was granted.
In 1719, large parts of the central town were burnt down by a Russian army during the Russian Pillage of 1719–21. The new stone church was not finished until 1726, and it was another four years before the city hall was completed.
Norrtälje had a railway station on the narrow gauge Roslagsbanan from 1884 to 1969. It is now served by SL buses as a part of the system of public transport in Stockholm.
Norrtälje has a first class industrial heritage displayed in the Pythagoras Mechanical Workshop Museum, based in the premises of a former hot bulb engine factory.
