Botkyrka lies about 20km South of Stockholm, beautifully situated beween the lake Mälaren to the North and the Baltic Sea to the South, a piece of typical Sörmland countryside with a varying and pleasant mixture of forests and fields, hills and valleys, country and built up areas.You can come to Botkyrka ( from Stockholm ) by car, bus, subway, train or even by boat. Northern Botkyrka is passed by the international autoroute E4/E20 and the subway to NORSBORG. Southern Botkyrka is passed by the regional roadsystem and the railroad trunkline from Stockholm and regional trains.with stations at Tullinge and Tumba. As Botkyrka is bordered by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea different approaches by boat are possible.

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About 10.000 years ago, the inland ice age glaciers left Botkyrka. At first, the region lay under water, but about 6-7.000 years ago, there was sufficient land for people to settle first on the islands which later became Södertörn. There were stone age villages already about 6.000 years ago and later, during the bronzeage, about 3.000 years ago people slowly settled to agriculture and stock raising. Village remains, ceramics even from the continent, bronze workshops and rock carvings bear evidence of this period

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During the iron age the population increased rapidly and the fertile grounds laid dry by the continuing land-elevation were cultivated. Most of todays manors of Botkyrka were founded as early as this period. The stone church from 1176 (1129) and rune-stones bear evidence of the conversion of the vikings to Christianity. Botkyrka church is named after the local son Botvid, Christian martyr and Saint.

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Föreningens medlemmar är företag och föreningar som vill främja det lokala näringslivet, särskilt besöknäringen och sprida bättre kunskap om den den rika historien, det stimulerande kulturlivet och den ursprungliga, varierande naturen.