EPF 2006: Upplands Vasby (Svezia)

Upplands Vasby is situated in an excellent position, it is only 20 Km from Stockolm and only 15 Km from the Arlamda Airport.Upplands Vasby has 37000 ihabitants.
The city is surrounded by many lakes such as Lake Norrviken, wich offers a naturalistic bike track, and Lake m'Iaren, where you can go along, by canoe, The Vikung Route, which is about 100 Km long and wich passes through places full of historical interest.
In 1952, Upplands Väsby municipality was formed out of the merging of the Ed, Fresta and Hammarby parishes.
At the start of the 1950s, there was a desire to make one large municipal district out of the three parishes. Many people were against the proposal at the time: none of the parishes wanted to be dependent on any of the others. Now we can see that the merger was a sensible decision. Upplands Väsby municipality is a good size to manage its own affairs and many mutual problems have been resolved through collaboration. Ed, Fresta and Hammarby still exist as church congregations. Right at the outset, it was not absolutely certain what the municipality was going to be called. Finally they decided on Upplands Väsby, because that was what the railway station was called.
New municipal coat of arms in 1961
The church in the centre symbolises the three old churches and the cog-wheel industries. The appearance of the coat of arms was finalised in 1961 when it was approved by the King.