Lidingö ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlîːdɪŋˌøː] ), also known in its definite form Lidingön and as Lidingölandet , is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago , northeast of Stockholm , Sweden . In 2010, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 31,561. It is the seat of government of the Lidingö Municipality , Stockholm County .
6-672: Svenska Bio is a cinema company headquartered in Lidingö , Sweden . In the late 1980s, the company was formed from a merger between Fornstams Biografer and several cinemas owned by Svensk Filmindustri . In August 2007 the company bought two cinemas in Stockholm , called Victoria and Grand, from Astoria Cinemas . By doing so, they then owned 16% of the Swedish cinema market. They are the second biggest cinema chain in Sweden. By November 2017,
12-553: The Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1986 84 , was found in 1984 under a 10 cm thick layer of soil and moss in an uninhabited region. The inscription is from the Viking Age , around 800–1050 AD. The inscription has been translated as: The figures show large snakes and on top, a Maltese cross , a typical motif for the late Viking Age rune stones. Approximately 300 to 400 years after the carving of
18-581: The coastal region between Mölna [ sv ] and the east tip of the island, Gåshaga , as well as the east tip of the northern part of the horse shoe, called Elfvik [ sv ] . Notwithstanding the fact that many middle-class Swedes have moved to the island, (due to rental apartment construction projects), the inhabitants of the municipality remains the third wealthiest in Sweden after Danderyd and Täby . Two runic inscriptions have been found on Lidingö. The latest, listed in Rundata as
24-577: The company had with 37 cinemas, 142 screens, 12,724 chairs and by May 2018, the company had spread to 55 cities. Peter Fornstam, the CEO of Svenska Bio, owns 50 percent of the company, and SF Bio , a subsidiary of Nordic Cinema Group which is itself a subsidiary of Odeon Cinemas Group , owns the other 50 percent. Liding%C3%B6 Lidingö's qualities have attracted affluent residents such as Björn Ulvaeus , Agnetha Fältskog , Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson of ABBA . Exclusive regions include
30-560: The entire island and the land was divided into 25 farms. In the east part of Lidingö, the Långängen-Elfvik nature reserve , which includes 125 acres (0.51 km ) of open farmland and most of the forest land on Elfvik, has, preserved within its boundaries, one of the largest old farms, the Elfviks farm . Most of the original houses, built from the end of the 18th century to mid‑19th century, have been saved and restored. The farm
36-584: The runes, the inhabitants of Lidingö had established small farms. Lidingö is first mentioned in writing in 1328, in the will of Jedvard Filipsson, in the sentence curiam in Lydhingø meaning a "Lidingö farm". Bo Jonsson (Grip) (early 1330s – 20 August 1386) bought the entire island between 1376 and 1381. In approximately 1480, the island was taken over by the Banér family from Djursholm . On 29 August 1774, Johan Gabriel Banér (1733–1811) also from Djursholm, sold
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