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3 unusual facts about Solna Municipality


Jaime Belmonte

Jaime Belmonte Magdaleno (8 October 1934 – 21 January 2009), was a Mexican footballer, known as El Flaco (The Slim Man), He was also called El héroe de Solna (The hero of Solna), in reference to his goal scored vs Wales in the city of Solna during the 1958 World Cup earning Mexico's first point in a world cup.

He scored the goal in a 1–1 draw with Wales in Solna, earning Mexico its first point at the World Cup hence earning the nickname the hero of Solna.

The Symphonic Ellington

Recorded at Salle Wagram, Paris on January 31, 1963 (tracks 3 & 6), at Solna-Sundbyberg, Sweden on February 8, 1963 (tracks 1 & 2), at Hamburg, Germany on February 14, 1963 (track 4) and at at Studio Zanibelli, Milan, Italy on February 21, 1963 (track 5).


Central Sundbyberg

Trams returned to Sundbyberg in 2013 after 54 years of absence when Tvärbanan was expanded from Alvik to Solna.

Cristina Dorcioman

On 26 July 2013, Dorcioman was announced referee for the 2013 UEFA Women's Euro Final between Germany and Norway at Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden.

Olof Guterstam

When he does not play football, he studies to become a physician at Karolinska Institutet in Solna.

Princess Irina of Romania

Irina married John Kreuger (born in Solna, Sweden, 3 August 1945), on 4 October 1983, in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States in a civil ceremony, and on 11 February 1984 in a religious ceremony at Holy Trinity Church in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.


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