Bromma socken, Sollentuna Hundred

Bromma socken was located west of Stockholm, with Lake Mälaren to the south, Ulvsundasjön to the east, and Bällstaviken with Bällstaån Stream to the northeast. The smaller lakes of Lillsjön, Judarn, and Kyrksjön were located in the socken. The terrain in the north of the socken was predominantly flat plains, with hilly woodland in the south.^[3]

Bromma socken is first found in written records in 1314 (as De Brumum). Older still, Bromma Church dates back to the 12th century.^[4]

With the municipality reform of 1862, the ecclesiastical administration of the socken was turned over to Bromma Parish of the Church of Sweden, while secular responsibility fell under the jurisdiction of Bromma landskommun. In 1888, Sundbybergs köping was separated from the landskommun. Bromma landskommun was incorporated into Stockholm in 1916. On 1 May 1909, the ecclesiastical parish of Sundbyberg was separated from Bromma, and the ecclesiastical parishes of Västerled and Essingen followed suit in 1955.^[5][6]

Men from the socken were conscripted into the Life Regiment Dragoons Corps. Sailors were conscripted into the Södra Roslags 2:a båtsmanskompani.^[7][8]

59°21′16″N 17°55′15″E / 59.35444°N 17.92083°E / 59.35444; 17.92083