SODERTELGE  , a

town of Sweden, in the district (lan) of Stockholm, 23 in . W.S.W. of Stockholm by rail . Pop . (1900), 8,207 . It is beautifully situated on a bay of Lake Malar, which is here connected with the Baltic by the Sodertelge canal, 14 In. in length, with a minimum depth of Io ft . This is, on the route followed by the Gota Canal steamers between Stockholm and Gothenburg,: it was opened in 1819, though a canal was begun here in the first half of the 15th century at the instigation of the patriot Engelbrecht . The town contains an ancient church, believed to date from c.rroo . Here and in the neighbourhood are the residences of many of the business class of Stockholm; and the town is in favour as a summer resort, having mineral springs and baths . There are engineering shops producing railway stock and motors, jute spinning and weaving mills, and match and joinery works .