About Rissne
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Historical Places, Historic, Interesting Places, Historic Districts, Farms
Rissne is a neighborhood in the western part of Sundbyberg Municipality, Stockholm, Sweden. It borders to Stora Ursvik in the north, Hallonbergen in the west, Duvbo in the southwest, and in the west to Kista, the latter two within Västerort in Stockholm Municipality and has about 7500 inhabitants. The area belonged to what used to be Spånga municipality until its dissolution in 1949, when it for example together with Duvbo was transferred to Sundbybergs stad. The name comes from Risö, which was the name that the Vikings used. The Svea Artillery Regiment had its camp there until 1960. An apartment block was built 1982 to 1988. The street names in the area hints to the site’s military history. (Lavettvägen, Kavallerivägen, Pjäsbacken, Artillerivägen, and Skvadronsbacken) and on the many relics (including graves) contained in Rissne (Mjölnerbacken, Odalvägen, Valkyriavägen).
