Björnlunda is a locality situated in Gnesta Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden, which had a population of 827 inhabitants in 2010. Björnlunda is located between the city of Södertälje and the city of Katrineholm and close to halfway between Strängnäs and Nyköping in a north–south direction.
History The earliest citation for Björnlunda is in a document dating from around 1314 in which the settlement is called "Biornlundum". However, traces of Viking-era settlement and Iron Age burial sites have been found in the area.
For a long time the nearby village of Önnersta was the main settlement in the area, as it lay on the route used by Swedish monarchs travelling between Gripsholm Castle and Nyköpingshus. However, the establishment of a railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg in 1862 led to a gradual drift of markets and population to the area nearest the new railway station in Björnlunda, which became the dominant settlement in the area.
Riksdag elections Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight1973 89.4 668 3.4 34.3 40.1 8.5 1.3 10.9 37.7 59.61976 88.7 771 3.5 32.9 39.4 8.0 1.2 14.5 36.4 62.01979 86.4 771 3.4 36.1 33.5 8.9 0.6 17.3 39.4 59.71982 85.6 785 3.3 35.9 3.7 25.7 4.6 1.3 25.4 39.2 55.71985 87.5 827 3.6 32.8 2.9 20.8 14.4 25.3 36.4 60.51988 85.0 776 4.4 32.7 6.1 20.6 11.3 2.4 22.3 43.2 54.31991 88.4 846 3.8 31.1 4.5 17.0 8.7 4.8 19.6 9.3 34.9 50.21994 86.8 858 6.0 36.3 6.9 16.7 6.2 3.6 21.3 1.1 49.2 47.81998 80.2 787 8.9 31.4 6.0 14.2 4.3 13.2 20.6 46.3 52.42002 81.1 821 8.9 32.2 6.1 14.9 11.1 11.3 13.2 1.1 47.1 50.42006 82.3 836 4.3 29.7 6.5 13.6 5.4 6.6 28.8 3.3 40.4 54.42010 82.8 896 4.8 23.0 7.8 11.5 6.0 3.8 33.6 7.8 35.6 54.92014 86.6 923 5.3 25.2 6.0 11.5 3.9 3.5 25.7 15.1 36.5 44.52018 85.7 913 8.8 23.2 3.8 14.0 3.7 5.3 18.9 20.6 49.8 48.5
Attractions Jägerdals Gård, Haversjön, The local museum, Dagnäsön, Björnlunda Church, Öster Malma, Laxne, Krampan, Skottvångs gruva, Näsberget, Jätkyrkan, Kyrksjön, Kleva kvarn.
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