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21-687: Until 1971 Knivsta was a municipality in Stockholm County , when it was merged into Uppsala Municipality and subsequently belonged to Uppsala County. On January 1, 2003 Knivsta was separated from Uppsala to once again form a separate municipality, located in Uppsala County. The coat of arms symbolises the Stones of Mora where the Swedish Kings were elected in ancient times. This is a demographic table based on Knivsta Municipality's electoral districts in

42-728: A "city" in 1948. From 1965 only "non-administrative localities" are counted, independently of municipal and county borders. In 1971 "city" was abolished as a type of municipality. Urban areas in the meaning of tätort are defined independently on the division into counties and municipalities, and are defined solely according to population density. In practice, most references in Sweden are to municipalities, not specifically to towns or cities, which complicates international comparisons. Most municipalities contain many localities (up to 26 in Kristianstad Municipality ), but some localities are, on

63-505: A minimum of 200 inhabitants and may be a city, town or larger village. It is a purely statistical concept, not defined by any municipal or county boundaries. Larger urban areas synonymous with cities or towns ( Swedish : stad for both terms) for statistical purposes have a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants. The same statistical definition is also used for urban areas in the other Nordic countries . In 2018, there were nearly two thousand urban areas in Sweden, which were inhabited by 87% of

84-548: A royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board. The table details all Riksdag elections held in Stockholm County since the unicameral era began in 1970 . Stockholm and the wider county have separate parliamentary constituencies. The latter is named after the county as a whole. The county of Stockholm comprises 26 political municipalities (kommuner): All 132 built-up places ( tätorter ) in

105-574: Is a county (Swedish: län ) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden . It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County . It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea . The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland ( Roslagen ) and Södermanland ( Södertörn ). More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county. Stockholm County

126-503: Is also one of the statistical riksområden (national areas) according to NUTS:SE , Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics within the EU . With more than two million inhabitants, Stockholm is the most densely populated county of Sweden. Stockholm County was established in 1714. The City of Stockholm then constituted its own administrative entity under the Governor of Stockholm and

147-410: The 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 19,795 residents, including 13,626 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.7% voted for the left coalition and 54.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. These are the election results since the refounding of

168-547: The Social Democratic Party , who previously served as a minister in the Ministry of Education and Research . The members of the executive committee ( landstingsstyrelsen ) represent both the political majority and the opposition, with responsibility for implementing policies approved by the county council. Stockholm County contains two multi-seat constituencies for county council elections. Stockholm Municipality makes up

189-430: The municipal entity were normally almost congruent. Urbanization and industrialization created, however, many new settlements without formal city status. New suburbs grew up just outside city limits, being de facto urban but de jure rural. This created a statistical problem. The census of 1910 introduced the concept of "densely populated localities in the countryside". The term tätort (literally "dense place")

210-412: The public healthcare system and public transport . The county council has 149 members elected by proportional representation through elections held in conjunction with the general elections every four years. The county council itself elects the county's executive committee. The president of the committee also holds the title Commissioner of Finance . The current president is Aida Hadzialic , of

231-766: The County of Stockholm did not include the City of Stockholm . The City was instead under the Office of the Governor of Stockholm , and the County included the surrounding countryside. The County had its separate Governor of Stockholm County . The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfill the goals set in national politics by the Riksdag and the Government , to coordinate

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252-565: The Swedish population. Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort . The official term in English used by Statistics Sweden is, however, " locality " ( Swedish : ort ). It could be compared with " census-designated places " in the United States . Until the beginning of the 20th century, only the towns/cities were regarded as urban areas. The built-up area and

273-663: The boat traffic is handled by Waxholmsbolaget . The operation and maintenance of the public transport systems is delegated by the companies to several contractors. The county is also responsible for paratransit services and Närtrafiken , a number of share taxi routes. Besides the health and transportation services, the county council operates Stockholm County Museum , and two agricultural high schools at Berga and Säbyholm. Urban areas in Sweden An urban area or tätort ( lit.   ' dense locality ' ) in Sweden has

294-445: The county are shown below. These refer to contiguous settlements and may straddle municipal (and occasionally county) boundaries. The current population of Stockholm county is 2,440,027. SCB have collected statistics on backgrounds of residents since 2002. These tables consist of all who have two foreign-born parents or are born abroad themselves. The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone. Prior to 1968

315-466: The first constituency while the second makes up the rest of the county. The county council operates most of the hospitals in the county, some of the major facilities are: The county council is responsible for the public transport in Stockholm . The main organizers of the transportation system are two publicly owned companies. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik , SL, handles the bus, tram and train services while

336-423: The interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. The County Administrative Board is a Government Agency headed by a governor. See List of Stockholm Governors . The local administration of the county is under Stockholm County Council ( Stockholms läns landsting ). Its main responsibilities are for

357-581: The municipality from the 2002 election. Blocs This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 2002 to 2006. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. Stockholm County Stockholm County ( Swedish : Stockholms län [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlms ˈlɛːn] )

378-522: The other hand, multimunicipal. Stockholm urban area is spread over 11 municipalities. When comparing the population of different cities, the urban area ( tätort ) population is preferred to the population of the municipality. The population of, e.g., Stockholm should be accounted as about 1.6 million rather than the approximately 990,000 of the municipality, and Lund rather about 94,000 than about 130,000. Before 2015 delimitation of localities were made by Statistics Sweden every five years, since then it

399-502: The region was 145.6 billion € in 2018, accounting for 30.9% of Swedish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 49,500 € or 164% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 132% of the EU average. Arms granted in 1968. The arms for the County of Stockholm is a combination of the arms of Uppland , Södermanland and the City of Stockholm. When it is shown with

420-399: Was introduced in 1930. The municipal amalgamations placed more and more rural areas within city municipalities, which was the other side of the same problem. The administrative boundaries were in fact not suitable for defining rural and urban populations. From 1950 rural and urban areas had to be separated even within city limits, as, e.g., the huge wilderness around Kiruna had been declared

441-450: Was not part of Stockholm County. Though outside Stockholm County, the City of Stockholm was its seat. On 1 January 1968, Stockholm County was united with the City of Stockholm. At the same time, the borders were redrawn in other directions too; Upplands-Bro Municipality was transferred from Uppsala County and a large part of the modern day Östhammar Municipality was transferred to Uppsala County . The Gross domestic product (GDP) of

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