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15-449: The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Strängnäs was amalgamated with the City of Mariefred and a number of rural municipalities. Originally there were 15 local government entities in the area. The boxer Erik Agren was born here The municipality consists of the old towns of Strängnäs and Mariefred and the villages of Åkers styckebruk and Stallarholmen. Strängnäs

30-531: A multifaceted and dynamic economy, being home to businesses of different sizes and in many different sectors. The prominent industries are biotech, pharmaceuticals, logistics, education, engineering and tourism. This is a demographic table based on Strängnäs Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 38,341 inhabitants, of whom 28,212 were Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.0% voted for

45-544: A new direction and critical esteem. As the new album's title indicates, Ekdahl exclusively sings songs written by her husband, also known as Paul DiBartolo, guitarist in New York glam metal band Spread Eagle , primarily in the bossa nova style. Her fragile and childish voice seems to be made for this type of music. Their album was a great success in France and Scandinavia, where it sold over 120,000 copies by early 2001. Her voice

60-830: Is a member of the exclusive Triple Gold Club , having won the Stanley Cup , Olympics , and World Championship . This article about a location in Södermanland County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lisa Ekdahl Lisa Ekdahl (born 29 July 1971 in Hägersten , Stockholm , Sweden) is a Swedish popular music singer and songwriter. She has so far released 10 albums, most of them in Swedish , but some entirely in English. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and "soft, supple and smooth". In 1994, at

75-572: Is an old town with a history dating to the Viking Age . Its location on the shores of Lake Mälaren has made Strängnäs an important trading centre and meeting place through the ages. Mariefred acquired its name from the monastery Pax Mariae (" Mary 's Peace") which was founded some 500 years ago by Sten Sture the Elder . There are no remains above ground of the monastery, which was the location where Mariefred's church, built in 1624, now stands. Strängnäs has

90-456: Is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery in the city, Mariefred Charterhouse , and means "Peace of Mary" (the previous name being Gripsholm). It lies roughly 50 kilometres west of Stockholm by lake Mälaren . Mariefred is, despite its small population, for historical reasons often still referred to as a city . Statistics Sweden , however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities. Gripsholm Castle

105-452: Is located in the town. Adjacent to the castle is the nature reserve and deer park Gripsholms hjorthage . Gripsholms kungsladugård , an old barn of Gripsholm Castle, housed a centre for fine arts printmaking called Grafikens Hus, the largest of its kind in Sweden at the time, before being destroyed in a fire in 2014. The East Södermanland Railway has a railway museum in the city with one of

120-577: Is variously compared to Blossom Dearie , Diana Krall , and perhaps most accurately, Astrud Gilberto . Her hit song "Vem Vet" is also in the soundtrack of the Korean drama Love Rain . In 2016 she participated in the music show Så mycket bättre broadcast on TV4 . She was born in Hägersten, Sweden to her parents who were a nuclear physicist and kindergarten teacher. She was raised just outside Mariefred, Sweden . She has two sisters and attended school at

135-812: The English language album When Did You Leave Heaven , which contained jazz standards. Ekdahl has been focusing on, with great success, Scandinavia and Europe (most noticeably France), leaving little mark in other countries such as the United States. Her following album, Back To Earth (1999), was again full of jazz standards and, like her jazz debut, recorded with the Peter Nordahl Trio. In France alone, it sold over 40,000 copies. She received positive reviews for her live appearances in Great Britain from The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian . Ekdahl's sixth album, Lisa Ekdahl sings Salvadore Poe (2000), signaled

150-564: The Tälje Musikgymnasium. Her music is published by her company Lisa Ekdahl AB. Ekdahl has lived in New York City. In 1999, she met American composer and guitarist Salvadore Poe, former guitarist of 1990s New York sleaze rockers Spread Eagle on a flight to India . They married in 2000, and they later collaborated on an album together. They are now divorced. She was previously married to Swedish singer Bill Öhrström , with whom she has

165-590: The age of 22, Ekdahl became famous overnight in Sweden with her self-titled debut album and the No. 1 hit single " Vem vet " ("Who Knows?"). The record sold almost 800,000 copies and she was awarded three Swedish music prizes, one of them as the nation's best artist of the year. She also enjoyed success in Denmark and Norway. She signed with EMI Records, but later recorded two pop albums with RCA/BMG: Med Kroppen Mot Jorden and Bortom Det Blå in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, she recorded

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180-555: 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 the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag. Strängnäs is twinned with: Mariefred Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality , Södermanland County , Sweden with 7,121 inhabitants in 2023. The name

195-510: The finest collections of 600 mm narrow-gauge passenger railcars anywhere. Kurt Tucholsky , a famous German author, is buried in the town cemetery. Swedish pop and jazz singer Lisa Ekdahl was raised in Mariefred. Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren has a summer home in Mariefred, Kalkudden. Mikael Samuelsson , a former professional ice hockey player in the NHL , was born in Mariefred. Samuelsson

210-477: The left coalition and 56.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Strängnäs Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. Blocs This lists

225-571: 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 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

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