Södertälje [søːdə˘ʈɛljə] is a The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. Each municipality also belong to one of the 21 Counties of Sweden or Län. Municipalities can be further divided into boroughs (stadsdelsnämnder or kommundelsnämnder). The existence of such divisions are at... Municipality in Stockholm County, or Stockholms län, is a County or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Uppsala and Södermanland. It also borders to the lake of Mälaren and to the Baltic Sea. The City of Stockholm is the Capital... Stockholm County, in central The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 522.8 Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m2 100 hectares 0.386 102 square miles... km². Of the total population of 77,882 about 15 000 are Note: This article has been the subject of contention and is currently being completely re-edited at Assyrian/Revision For the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom, see Assyria. Assyrians are the indigenous people of north Iraq - members of the Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian), the Chaldean Catholic Church of Babylon, and... assyrian/ Aramaic is a Semitic language with a four-thousand year history. It is the original language of some parts of the Bible; it has been the language of administration in empires, and the language of divine worship. It was most probably the mother tongue of Jesus, and it is still... aramaic immigrants arriving in this area since the late 1960s.

Business

Truck manufacturer Categories: Corporation stubs | Companies of Sweden | Wallenberg Sphere | Truck manufacturers ... Scania has its main location in Södertälje. It is also one of the main sites for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca plc, is a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company formed in April 1999 by the merger of Swedish Astra and British Zeneca. Zeneca was originally known as ICI Pharmaceuticals, before it was demerged in June 1993 from the British chemicals company, ICI. Sales in 2003 totalled $18.8 billion, with... AstraZeneca.

Sports

The city has an Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is known as the fastest team sport in the world, with players on skates capable of going high speeds along with shots of the puck sometimes... ice hockey team in the top national series. There is also a successful The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... football club, started by the city's Note: This article has been the subject of contention and is currently being completely re-edited at Assyrian/Revision For the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom, see Assyria. Assyrians are the indigenous people of north Iraq - members of the Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian), the Chaldean Catholic Church of Babylon, and... Assyrian community, which now plays in one of the top national leagues.

Notable natives

• Björn Borg, tennis player
• Jan Oscar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (born 1944) is a popular Swedish author and journalist. He is best known for his series of novels about a Swedish spy, Carl Hamilton, although he has written other things, too. He also revealed a Swedish spy scandal to the public, for which he... Jan Guillou, author and journalist

See also

• The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual event put together by the IIHF, the International Ice Hockey Federation, since 1930. Originally, in Olympic Years, the Championships were decided at the Winter Olympics, except for 1972 and 1976. The last World Championships decided at an the Olympic Winter Games were... International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (1989)
• Vabis was a Swedish truck manufacturer. Originally named Vagn-Aktiebolaget i Södertälje it later merged with Scania. The merged company was initially named Scania-Vabis. See also: Vabis Co. Ltd Categories: Corporation stubs | Swedish defunct companies | Automobile manufacturers ... Vabis

External links

• Södertälje (http://www.sodertalje.se/) - Official site
• The Assyrian Society of Södertälje (http://www.assyria.se)