Rissne
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Rissne is a neighborhood in the western part on the municipality of Sundbyberg. It borders to Stora Ursvik in the north, Hallonbergen in the west, Duvbo in the southwest, to Balk in the south and southwest and in the west to Kista, the latter two within Västerort in Stockholm and has about 7500 inhabitants. The area belonged to what used to be Spånga municipality until its dissolution in 1949, when it for example together with Duvbo was transfered to Sundbybergs stad. The name comes from Risö, which was the name that the Vikings used. The Svea Artillery Regiment had its camp there until 1960. A apartment block was built 1982 to 1988. The street names in the area hints to the site’s military history. (Lavettvägen, Kavallerivägen, Pjäsbacken, Artillery Road, Dragon Plan and Skvadronsbacken) and on the many relics (including graves) contained in Rissne (Mjölnerbacken, Odalvägen, Valkyriavägen).
Residential Area
The residential area is located on a plateau in the middle of Rissne. Apartment blocks has been built around Rissne square and the large lawn in the center of the plateau and also on the nearby hills. The buildings consist largely of low to medium polish and brick houses on a courtyard setting with intermediate walking paths with a continuous construction since the 1980’s. There are two smaller terraced areas (Duvboskogen and Grönkulla named by the constructor) they were built in 2000’s and later. The lack of thoroughfare makes traffic volume low in the area. In 2010 there were 3151 flats in the area of which 70% of them were allotted for rent and 30% of them were of condominium. Approximately sixty sculptures made by famous Swedish artists are placed in the residential area.
History
The area was inhabited as early as the Middle ages. Back then Rissne was nothing more than a rural consisting of Rissne farm, cropland and forest. The farm was mentioned in early medieval documents
The secretary of the Admiralty, Reinhold Goevert Leuhusen acquired the farm in 1640. During the 17th century Erik Dahlberg made a sketch of the farm, according to the sketch the farm-house had 4 floors. The courtyard was covered by Charles XI reduction and became crown property in 1692. Rissne farm was used for military purpose until 1811. Due to decay the top 2 floors was demolished becuase of the tenant Karl Edmund Bennet. Since 1983 the estate has been protected by heritage building decided by Sundbybergs municipality. The house was restored 1992.
Mounds in Rissne have been used for archaeological research. The height on the mounds and the gifts indicates that Rissne was inhabited by the high society.
References
59°22′33″N 17°56′23″E / 59.37583°N 17.93972°E