# Rotebro > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rotebro > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rotebro.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotebro > Source revision: 1335667497 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Urban area in Sollentuna Municipality, Sweden}} {{Refimprove|date=January 2009}} thumb|Rotebro '''Rotebro''' ({{audio|sv-Rotebro.ogg|pronunciation|help=no}}) is a [neighbourhood](/source/neighbourhood) of [Sollentuna Municipality](/source/Sollentuna_Municipality), [Stockholm County](/source/Stockholm_County), [Sweden](/source/Sweden), and is part of [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm). It is divided into two parts, Rotsunda and Gillbo, by the railway. Rotebro is located in the northernmost part of Sollentuna Municipality. In the 1890s, a [yeast](/source/yeast) factory moved there from Alkärret, Brunnsviken. Wesströms [tool](/source/tool) factory (near lake [Norrviken](/source/Norrviken)) and Goljes [rubber](/source/rubber) factory were other important businesses in the area. The names Rotebro and Rotsunda were formed from a [bridge](/source/bridge) (Sw. ''bro'') spanning a strait (Sw. ''sund''). The bridge was used in times of unrest as a meeting point for troops. The river Edsån joins lake Edssjön and lake Norrviken. Originally, the river was a canal, which was dug through the marshland in the 19th century to drain it and free more arable land. North of the river is a hill with a [hill fort](/source/hill_fort) from the [Battle of Rotebro](/source/Battle_of_Rotebro) in 1497, when troops loyal to [Sten Sture the Elder](/source/Sten_Sture_the_Elder) lost a battle against the Danish army led by [Hans of Denmark](/source/John%2C_King_of_Denmark), which included forces from [Uppland](/source/Uppland). [[File:Uppland, Sollentuna hd., Sollentuna sn., Rotebro, Gästgivargården. Teckning av Ferdinand Boberg - Nordiska museet - NMA.0088468.jpg|thumb|The inn at Rotebro, drawn by [Ferdinand Boberg](/source/Ferdinand_Boberg) in 1921.]] Near the bridge over Edsån an [inn](/source/inn) was located, which was destroyed in a fire in 1971. In the 19th century, the painter [August Malmström](/source/August_Malmstr%C3%B6m) sometimes stayed in this inn; his painting ''Grindslanten'' from 1885 depicts a fight by a gate in Rotebro.Tomas Björk (1997). ''August Malmström. Grindslantens målare och 1800-talets bildvärld''. Stockholm: Nordiska museets förlag. {{ISBN|91-7108-416-9}} thumb|Grindslanten Rotebro has a station on the [Stockholm commuter rail](/source/Stockholm_commuter_rail) system, 19 km north of [Stockholm Central Station](/source/Stockholm_Central_Station). ==Sports== Rotebro has three golf courses, which are used for cross-country ski tracks in the winter. The sports alliance Rotebro IS has sections for [football](/source/association_football), [floorball](/source/floorball) and [orienteering](/source/orienteering). ==Notable people== * [Patric Hörnqvist](/source/Patric_H%C3%B6rnqvist), professional ice hockey player was born and raised in Rotebro * [Christer Pettersson](/source/Christer_Pettersson), who for a time was the chief suspect for the murder of Swedish prime minister [Olof Palme](/source/Olof_Palme), lived here ==References== {{reflist}} {{coord|59|28|35|N|17|54|50|E|region:SE_type:city_source:kolossus-svwiki|display=title}} Category:Sollentuna Municipality --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rotebro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotebro) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotebro?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.