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22-479: When county councils ( landsting ) were established in 1863, Stockholm Municipality ( Stockholms stad ) was neither part of Stockholm County nor its county council. Instead, it operated as a separate entity managing its own county-related matters. During the 20th century, the Greater Stockholm area emerged, as an integrated labour and housing market, increasing the need for regional coordination. A proposal for

44-554: A "Greater County Council" ( storlandsting ) was introduced. In 1966, the Municipal Association for Regional Affairs of Stockholm City and County ( Kommunalförbundet för Stockholms stads och läns regionala frågor ) was established. By 1968, regional affairs of Stockholm Municipality were incorporated into Stockholm County , and in 1971, the Stockholm County Council ( Stockholms läns landsting ) was formed, encompassing

66-527: A country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden . These are the election results from the 1973 onwards in the City of Stockholm. The municipality forms one of three municipal constituencies for

88-568: A year. The Social Democrats , the Centre Party , and the Green Party form the governing coalition for the 2022–2026 term. The Left Party is a supporting party to the coalition, collectively holding a majority. List of governing regional councilors: Through its cooperation with the governing coalition, the Left Party holds the following opposition regional councilors: The opposition includes

110-639: Is Karin Wanngård , representing the Social democrats . Stockholm Party is a local party, which was represented in the City Council 1979–2002. On September 9, 2018 Stockholm held Municipality Elections The municipality is subdivided into 13 districts. These districts are sometimes incorrectly referred to as " boroughs " in English . They are, however, no legal entities or juristic persons of their own, but committees of

132-706: Is in Stockholm Municipality , also known as the City of Stockholm, part of the Stockholm urban area in Sweden . Since 2007, Stockholm City Centre has been organized into four stadsdelsområden (sometimes translated as " boroughs "): Kungsholmen , Södermalm , Norrmalm , and Östermalm . Before 2007, it was organized into five boroughs: Katarina-Sofia borough , Kungsholmen borough , Maria-Gamla stan borough , Norrmalm borough , and Östermalm borough . The border between

154-546: Is subdivided into 14 districts (sometimes incorrectly called "boroughs" in English), which are administered by district councils ( stadsdelsnämnder ). When the first local government acts came into force in Sweden in 1863, the City of Stockholm was one of the then 89 cities of Sweden . A first city council was elected. The area roughly corresponded with today's Innerstaden . Large areas were annexed in 1913, 1916 and 1949. The city

176-510: The City of Stockholm ( Swedish : Stockholms kommun or Stockholms stad ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, making it the second most densely populated. It is also the most populous municipality in the Nordic countries . Although legally a municipality with

198-623: The Riksdag along with Gothenburg and Malmö . In the Statistics Sweden reports from 1988 to 1998 the exact decimals of the Sweden Democrats were not reported since only parties near the 4% nationwide threshold were reported on. 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

220-576: The 31 of December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 311,401, or 32.79% of the population (949,761 on the 31 of December 2017). On the 31 of December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 189 938, or 25.05% of the population (758,148 on the 31 of December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 949,761 residents in Stockholm, of which 234,703 people (24.71%) were born in

242-599: The Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from

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264-433: The county through its companies SL and Waxholmsbolaget . The transport network includes: Region Stockholm leads and coordinates the work for sustainable development in the Stockholm region. The regional assembly ( Swedish : regionfullmäktige ) election results 2022: The regional assembly ( Swedish : regionfullmäktige ) election results 2018: The Regional Council consists of 149 members who meet eight times

286-460: The entire county with responsibility primarily for healthcare and public transport . Starting from 2019, Stockholm County Council was replaced by Region Stockholm, expanding its mandate to include regional development. Region Stockholm manages and operates: Region Stockholm is also involved in medical research and education in collaboration with local universities, particularly Karolinska Institute . Region Stockholm oversees public transport in

308-652: The following opposition regional councilors: The Regional Board consists of 19 members and an equal number of deputies. The Social Democrats hold five seats, the Moderates four, the Left Party , Sweden Democrats , Centre Party , and Green Party hold two each, while the Christian Democrats and Liberals hold one each. This Swedish geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stockholm Municipality Stockholm Municipality or

330-426: The municipal population, all but 200 people are considered living in the Stockholm urban area , a tätort further extending into ten other municipalities. Source: SCB - Population by region, marital status, age and sex . The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden 's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 42.4% (national average: 27.0%). On

352-420: The municipality itself. These districts are administered by District Councils, stadsdelsnämnder , which carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas. The members of these councils are not directly elected by the inhabitants of the respective districts, but rather appointed by the kommunfullmäktige (municipal assembly). Effective January 1, 2007

374-522: The municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag. The municipality is governed by a Municipal assembly ( kommunfullmäktige ) with 101 members. These are elected through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the Parliamentary elections every four years. The council meets twice a month and the meetings are open to the public. The council elects a Municipal executive committee ( kommunstyrelse ), with 13 members representing both

396-416: The number of district councils was reduced from 18 to 14 through a number of merges. Maria-Gamla stan and Katarina-Sofia now form Södermalm borough , Enskede-Årsta and Vantör now form Enskede-Årsta-Vantör , Hägersten and Liljeholmen now form Hägersten-Liljeholmen , and Kista and Rinkeby now form Rinkeby-Kista . The policy of Stockholm is to have informal town twinning with all capitals of

418-519: The official proper name Stockholms kommun , the municipal assembly ( kommunfullmäktige ) has decided to use the name Stockholms stad ( City of Stockholm in English ) whenever possible. This is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality. Geographically, the city comprises the Stockholm City Centre and two suburban areas, Söderort (South Stockholm) and Västerort (West Stockholm). Administratively, it

440-491: The political majority and the opposition, with the responsibility of implementing policies approved by the assembly. The political organisation also includes eight governing full-time Commissioners ( borgarråd ) and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Commissioner of Finance ( finansborgarråd , sometimes called Mayor), who also chairs the executive committee. The current Commissioner of Finance

462-471: The world, its main focus being those in northern Europe. Stockholm does not sign any formal town twinning treaties, although other cities claim to have established such treaties in the past which are still valid. The cities claiming to have been twinned with Stockholm are: [REDACTED] Media related to Stockholm at Wikimedia Commons Stockholm City Centre Stockholm City Centre ( Swedish : Stockholms innerstad , Innerstaden , Inre staden )

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484-436: Was outside Stockholm County until 1968, having its own governor. The local government reform of 1971 made Stockholm a unitary municipality like all others in the country. Geographically, the City of Stockholm comprises the central part of the capital (Innerstaden or Stockholm City Centre ) as well as the southern and western suburban parts ( Söderort or South Stockholm and Västerort or West Stockholm respectively). Of

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