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Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 64,619 inhabitants in 2010. The industrial city, about 30 kilometers south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.... Södertälje is an international municipality and this fact is reflected in business, cultural life and the population. Prior to 600 AD, the lake Mälaren was connected to the sea. Due to land elevation, the lake was slowly cut off, and boats had to be carried over land to and from the lake. The name Telje is mentioned in the 11th century. To resolve a name conflict with another town that was founded north of Stockholm in the 17th century, Söder was added to create Södertälje; Norr was added to the other to create Norrtälje. In the 18th century Södertälje had a charter. Due to the Great Northern War and a series of plague epidemics, the population of the city dipped to barely above 200. Following the war in Iraq many Iraqi refugees came to Södertälje. It has taken more Iraqis refugees than the United States and Canada combined.
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Volkswagen Group is a German multinational automotive manufacturing group headquartered in Wolfsburg. It is the world’s second-largest motor vehicle manufacturer by 2011 unit sales and the largest based in Europe. The Group's parent company Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, usually abbreviated to Volkswagen AG, develops vehicles and components for all marques of the whole group, and also manufactures complete vehicles for the Volkswagen... Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles marques. As of September 2011, 50.73% of the voting rights in Volkswagen AG were held by Porsche Automobil Holding SE, which is also the parent company of Porsche AG. Volkswagen Group is divided into two primary divisions: the Automotive Division, and the Financial Services Division. The Group consists of 342 Group companies, which are involved in either vehicle production or other related automotive services. Volkswagen was founded on 28 May 1937 as the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH by the Nazi Deutsche Arbeitsfront .
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