Upplands Väsby Municipality
municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden
Upplands Väsby Municipality (Swedish: Upplands Väsby kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, with a population of 50,610 (2026). Its seat is located in the town of Upplands Väsby.
The municipality was created in connection with the municipal reform of 1952, when the rural municipalities Ed, Fresta and Hammarby were amalgamated. It got its name from a settlement which had evolved around the railway station.
The name Väsby can be attested (as Vesby) from the 13th century. The prefix "Upplands" came to be used by the post station in 1919 as a means of separating it from other Väsbys in the country. The municipality was then named "Upplands-Väsby" for a time, but the dash was removed on 19 September 2002.
Geography
Upplands Väsby is located in between Stockholm and Arlanda Airport, and the East Coast Line railroad goes through the municipality. There are local train services to Arlanda Airport, Uppsala, Märsta, Stockholm Central Station, Tumba and Södertälje Centrum (Stockholm commuter rail).
The land is covered with good soil, forests, and moraine.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q499425. VIAF identifies the subject as 4041149198219374940009. Authority coordinates are 59.517, 17.900. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2026, 1952, 1919 and 2002.
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