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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Åkersberga
| image_skyline      = Akers kanal juni 2006.JPG
| image_caption      = [[Åker's Canal]] in Åkersberga
| pushpin_map        = Sweden Stockholm#Sweden#European Union
| pushpin_label_position = 
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Sweden]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Österåker Municipality]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Stockholm County]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Uppland]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 16.27
| population_as_of   = 31 December 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref name="scb_urban_area_population_area_population_density">{{cite web | title=Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet| publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] | url=https://www.scb.se/MI0810 |date=31 December 2020 | access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
| population_total   = 35,747
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|29|N|18|18|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| website            = 
}}
'''Åkersberga''' is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Österåker Municipality]], [[Stockholm County]], [[Sweden]] with 28,033 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

== History ==
In 1901 a railway station named ''Berga'' was opened on this rural spot some 30&nbsp;km from [[Stockholm]]. Some shops and a post office followed. The name Berga was changed to ''Åkers Berga'' to avoid confusion with other places in Sweden named Berga, and the present name evolved from this. After World War II the village grew and blocks of flats were built. Åkersberga gradually evolved into a suburb with many of its inhabitants commuting to work-places in Stockholm, and has become more urban in character.

Between 1974 and 1982 Åkersberga was the seat of [[Vaxholm Municipality]]. When the municipality was split in 1983, Åkersberga became the seat of the reinstituted Österåker Municipality.

Notable people from Åkersberga include [[Loreen]], [[Jesper Parnevik]], [[Alexander Östlund]] and [[Richard S. Johnson (golfer)|Richard S. Johnson]]. The [[punk rock]] band [[Coca Carola]] is from Åkersberga, as are the bands [[Lustans Lakejer]] and [[Eskobar]], of which the former have released an album named ''Åkersberga''.

Åkersberga is served by the [[narrow-gauge]] urban railway [[Roslagsbanan]], which has four stops in the town, [[Österskär]], Tunagård, Åkersberga Station and Åkers Runö.

== Sports ==
The following sports clubs are located in Åkersberga:

* [[IFK Österåker FK]]
* {{ill|Åkersberga HK|sv}}

== People from Åkersberga ==

*[[Tommy Albelin]], ice hockey player
*[[Carina Berg]], TV-host
*[[Andreas Lennkvist Manriquez]], former MOP
*[[Ingrid Carlberg]], author
*[[Mattias Gustafsson]], handboll player
*[[Richard S. Johnson (golfer)|Richard S. Johnson]], golf player
*[[Johan Kinde]], musician 
*[[Thomas Lagerlöf]], football trainer
*[[Loreen]], singer
*[[Pär Nuder]], former minister of finance
*[[Jesper Parnevik]], golf player
*[[Patrik Peter]], journalist 
*[[Ola Skinnarmo]], adventurer

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Wikivoyage}}
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{{Localities in Österåker Municipality}}
{{Municipalities of Stockholm County}}{{50 most populous urban areas of Sweden}}


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[[Category:Municipal seats of Stockholm County]]
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[[Category:Populated places in Österåker Municipality]]


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