Vårby_gård_metro_station

Vårby gård metro station

Vårby gård metro station

Stockholm Metro station

Vårby gård is a station in the Stockholm metro in the Vårby district of Huddinge Municipality. The station was opened on 1 October 1972 as part of the extension from Vårberg to Fittja.[2]

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As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features a Flora mural, created by Rolf Bergström 1999.[3]

On 7 January 2018, an explosion just outside the station killed a man in his 60s and injured his wife. The man is believed to have picked up a suspected hand grenade from the ground. There was no evidence it was related to terrorism or that the couple were targeted.[4][5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
  3. [3]
    "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  4. [4]
    "Stockholm metro station explosion: One dead and another injured in Sweden capital blast". 7 January 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Mystery blast kills one in Stockholm, 'not terror-related' | DW | 07.01.2018".
  6. [6]
    "Stockholm station blast: Man dies in hand grenade explosion". BBC News. 7 January 2018.


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