Södertälje (Swedish pronunciation: [sœdəˈʈɛlːˈjə] ( listen)) is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 64,619 inhabitants in 2010.

The industrial city, about 30 kilometers (19 mi) 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 (meaning south) was added to create Södertälje; Norr (North) 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.

Zara Larsson (born December 16, 1997) is a Swedish singer. She was a contestant on the TV4 talent show Talang 2008, the Swedish version of America's Got Talent, which she finally won. She has her own website which is www.zaralarsson.com which has videos of her. She lives with her mom, dad and her 1 sister.

Zara Larsson was born on 16 December 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden. She used to sing as a little girl, which made her parents notice her talent.

. She was also a finalist of a Swedish talent show Stjämskott 2007.

During Talang 2008 she performed three songs: "The Greatest Love of All" and "One Moment In Time" by Whitney Houston, and "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. She won the competition at age 10.

Zara has one single: My Heart Will Go On. My Heart Will Go On was the song Zara sang at the Talang finale.

Sean Samadi better known by his stage name Sean Banan (Banan means Banana, appears to be a pun of his name) is a Swedish comedian and musician of Iranian origin. His family immigrated to Sweden when he was just 2 years old and resided in Gothenburg. Sean Samadi took lessons in rumba, flamenco, rock, cha-cha-cha, ballet and street dance. He then worked as a choreographer and dance instructor. In 2006, he appeared on TV3's now defunct dance program Floor Filler. He became an immediate internet phenomenon after appearing in an interview in 2007 after answering some questions about his preferences and said he preferred "rumpa" (buttocks) to breasts. "Rumpa" became a catch phrase he would use in many of his future gigs.

He played a traveling reporter in the 2010 comedy television show Cirkus Möller that aired on TV4. The same year he took part in the in Kanal 5's program Djävulsrallyt in its third series.

His 2010 single "Skaka Rumpa" was released on 16 June 2010 and entered the Swedish Singles Chart at #13 in its first week, topping at #8 the following week.