Enebyberg

Eneby by

Eneby by has roots stretching back to the Viking Age. The village is first mentioned in writing in a court letter dated 28 May 1354 — at that time there were three households, a few hundred metres west of the present Enebyberg farm.

During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the village was mainly part of the Djursholm estate, which was owned by the Banér family.

The Farm and the Name

In 1769, the brewer Anders Berg acquired Västergården in Eneby by, and had the present main building constructed in the mid-1770s. It is located in the western part of the settlement, next to Rinkebyskog forest.

According to tradition, Anders Berg gave the farm its name by combining Eneby with his own surname. This claim is unconfirmed — according to other theories, the second part of the name instead refers to a hill that once stood next to the farm but has since been blasted away. The farm name Enebyberg first appears in a household examination record from 1771.

Through subsequent purchases, the entire Eneby by became part of Enebyberg farm. In 1780 it passed to the notary Thure Liebman, who added a second storey to the main building; the wing buildings were added in 1787.

The Villa Town

The modern history of Enebyberg begins in 1906, when the farm's then owner, managing director Ernst Kihlberg, began subdividing the land between Täbyvägen, Gamla Norrtäljevägen and the border with Täby parish. The plan was a villa town connected to Roslagsbanan — the same model that had already been tried in Djursholm and Stocksund.

The following year, AB Enebybergs villastad was formed and the sale of plots began. The company had a sawmill with a planing mill built next to the farm, so that building materials could be sold directly on site. In 1909 the railway received a halt in the eastern part of the settlement, and the area grew.

The buildings are largely characterized by the first half of the 20th century.

Things to See

• Enebyberg farm — the main building from the 1770s, next to Rinkebyskog forest.
• Rinkebyskog nature reserve — directly west of the farm.
• Eneby Church — built in 1977.

How to Get Here

Roslagsbanan, just as when the settlement was planned. Enebyberg borders Täby to the north and east, Danderyd to the south and Sollentuna to the west.