Vällingby (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvɛ̂lːɪŋˌbyː] ) is a suburban district in Västerort in the western part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. History. The agricultural land where the modern suburb now stands has a history stretching back over 2,000 years, at least twice as old as Stockholm. The people who lived there were known as vaellingar, "those living on the embankment". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4llingby