Stockholm County

This article is about the administrative county. For the Riksdag constituency, see Stockholm County (Riksdag constituency).

Stockholm County (Swedish: Stockholms län [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlms ˈlɛːn]) 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 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 Stockholms län (Swedish)
County
Flag Coat of arms
Stockholm County in Sweden
Location map of Stockholm County in Sweden
Coordinates: 59°20′0″N 18°10′0″E / 59.33333°N 18.16667°E / 59.33333; 18.16667
Country	Sweden
Formed	1714
Capital	Stockholm
Municipalities	26 Botkyrka Danderyd Ekerö Haninge Huddinge Järfälla Lidingö Nacka Norrtälje Nykvarn Nynäshamn Österåker Salem Sigtuna Södertälje Sollentuna Solna Stockholm Sundbyberg Täby Tyresö Upplands Väsby Upplands-Bro Vallentuna Värmdö Vaxholm
Government
• Governor	Anna Kinberg Batra (M)
• Council	Stockholm Region
Area
• Total	6,519.3 km^2 (2,517.1 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2019)^[1]
• Total	2,377,081
• Density	360/km^2 (940/sq mi)
Demonyms	Stockholmer Stockholmite
GDP ^[2]
• Total	SEK 1,340 billion €125.384 billion (2015)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE-AB
Website	www.regionstockholm.se www.lansstyrelsen.se

History

For further information on history, geography and culture, see Uppland, Södermanland, Roslagen, Södertörn, and Metropolitan Stockholm.

Stockholm County was established in 1714. The City of Stockholm then constituted its own administrative entity under the Governor of Stockholm and 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.

Geography

Lakes

• Flemingsbergsviken
• Karptjärn
• Långsjön, Hanveden
• Lundsjön–Dammsjön
• Måsnaren
• Ramsjön, Haninge kommun
• Segersjön
• Strålsjön

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of 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.^[3]

Heraldry

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 a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

Riksdag

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.

Year	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1970^[4]	885,010	6.5	42.4		12.6	20.4	1.1	16.0			48.9	49.1
1973^[5]	921,509	8.0	38.9		18.5	10.8	1.0	21.8			46.9	51.2
1976^[6]	966,277	7.5	37.7		16.4	13.4	0.7	23.5			45.2	53.3
1979^[7]	963,497	8.7	37.8		11.2	11.9	0.8	28.7			46.6	51.8
1982^[8]	989,138	8.2	39.7	2.2	8.9	5.9	1.0	33.8			47.9	48.5
1985^[9]	1,012,325	7.5	38.2	1.7	4.8	16.6		30.5			45.7	51.9
1988^[10]	988,575	8.1	34.6	6.4	5.4	15.3	1.8	27.5			49.1	48.3
1991^[11]	1,012,456	5.4	29.9	4.5	3.7	11.7	5.0	31.5		7.6	35.3	52.0
1994^[12]	1,033,430	6.7	36.4	5.4	3.8	9.7	3.3	32.4		1.3	48.5	49.1
1998^[13]	1,026,227	10.8	29.2	4.9	2.2	6.6	10.8	33.8			44.9	52.7
2002^[14]	1,075,192	8.6	32.6	5.7	2.3	18.9	7.9	21.8	1.0		46.9	50.9
2006^[15]	1,139,679	5.9	24.9	7.1	5.5	9.5	6.0	37.0	1.8		37.9	57.9
2010^[16]	1,251,236	5.7	21.7	9.5	6.0	8.4	5.8	37.5	3.7		36.9	57.8
2014^[17]	1,341,760	6.0	23.0	9.2	5.0	7.4	4.9	30.5	8.4		38.2	47.8
2018^[18]	1,426,237	9.6	23.4	6.0	8.8	7.3	6.1	24.2	12.9		47.8	50.6

Municipalities

 

The county of Stockholm comprises 26 political municipalities (kommuner):

municipality	pop. (2018)^[19]	area/km^2^[20]
Botkyrka	93,106	194
Danderyd	33,187	26
Ekerö	28,308	217
Haninge	89,989	458
Huddinge	111,722	131
Järfälla	78,480	54
Lidingö	47,818	31
Nacka	103,656	95
Norrtälje	61,769	2015
Nykvarn	10,923	153
Nynäshamn	28,290	359
Salem	16,786	54
Sigtuna	48,130	328
Sollentuna	72,528	53
Solna	80,950	19
Stockholm	962,154	187
Sundbyberg	50,564	9
Södertälje	97,381	525
Tyresö	48,004	69
Täby	71,397	61
Upplands-Bro	28,756	235
Upplands Väsby	45,543	75
Vallentuna	33,432	358
Vaxholm	12,023	58
Värmdö	44,397	448
Österåker	44,831	312

Localities by population (2017)

All 132 built-up places (tätorter) in the county are shown below.^[21] These refer to contiguous settlements and may straddle municipal (and occasionally county) boundaries.

Pos	Locality	Population
1	Stockholm	1,562,136
2	Upplands Väsby	143,582
3	Södertälje	72,704
4	Lidingö	43,318
5	Tumba	41,599
6	Åkersberga	33,944
7	Vallentuna	32,394
8	Märsta	28,445
9	Gustavsberg	22,513
10	Norrtälje	20,322
11	Västerhaninge	17,429
12	Nynäshamn	14,792
13	Ekerö	11,524
14	Jordbro	10,923
15	Kungsängen	10,801
16	Saltsjöbaden	9,521
17	Sigtuna	9,312
18	Bro	8,635
19	Fisksätra	8,255
20	Järna	6,219
21	Vaxholm	5,023
22	Hallstavik	4,645
23	Brunna	3,953
24	Ösmo	3,947
25	Stenhamra	3,624
26	Resarö	3,300
27	Sticklinge udde	3,050
28	Vårsta	2,502
29	Norra Riksten	2,472
30	Svinninge	2,384
31	Fågelvikshöjden	2,323
32	Kopparmora	2,313
33	Pershagen	2,201
34	Stavsnäs	1,871
35	Rosersberg	1,826
36	Dalarö	1,812
37	Djurö	1,441
38	Älmsta	1,361
39	Sorunda	1,292
40	Brunn	1,273
41	Steningehöjden	1,273
42	Långvik	1,231
43	Lindholmen	1,180
44	Rindö [sv]	1,154
45	Mölnbo	1,075
46	Älgö	968
47	Kil	979
48	Parksidan	974
49	Ekeby	970
50	Kullö	906
51	Viksäter	898
52	Ingaröstrand	805
53	Älvnäs	801
54	Vidja	771
55	Lugnet and Skälsmara	753
56	Segersäng	753
57	Stora Vika	741
58	Kungsberga	731
59	Hästängen	694
60	Håbo-Tibble kyrkby	664
61	Gladö Kvarn	660
62	Ölsta	656
63	Bammarboda	648
64	Löwenströmska Lasarettet	633
65	Nyhagen och Översättra [sv]	627
66	Älvsala	610
67	Ekerö Sommarstad	598
68	Bergshamra	597
69	Arninge	589
70	Gräddö	579
71	Rydbo	578
72	Edsbro	573
73	Grödby	558
74	Kallfors [sv]	558
75	Hästhagen	531
76	Väländan	529
77	Svanberga	525
78	Kårsta	512
79	Östra Kallfors	491
80	Spånlöt [sv]	482
81	Spillersboda	479
82	Ängsvik	460
83	Solberga	454
84	Täljö	439
85	Årsta Havsbad [sv]	437
86	Sandviken	421
87	Rånäs	420
88	Grisslehamn	415
89	Tranholmen	405
90	Tuna	403
91	Sundby	400
92	Vattubrinken	399
93	Herräng	398
94	Stava	383
95	Lidatorp and Klövsta	378
96	Sibble	367
97	Tynningö	365
98	Drottningholm	364
99	Nolsjö [sv]	361
100	Norra Lagnö	357
101	Söderby [sv]	357
102	Södersvik	351
103	Ekskogen Älgeby and Långsjötorp [sv]	343
104	Riala	342
105	Rättarboda	339
106	Sättra [sv]	327
107	Koviksudde and Skeviksstrand [sv]	316
108	Betsede [sv]	314
109	Oxnö and Svärdsö [sv]	302
110	Laggarsvik and Linanäs [sv]	301
111	Söderby	297
112	Ekskogen	291
113	Granby	290
114	Johannesudd	290
115	Skarpö	289
116	Nysättra	274
117	Baldersnäs [sv]	269
118	Finsta	269
119	Muskö	268
120	Norra Vindö [sv]	268
121	Söderby-Karl	265
122	Östorp and Ådran	265
123	Landfjärden	263
124	Nibble	252
125	Brottby	251
126	Stensättra Tomtområde [sv]	250
127	Blidö	242
128	Skebobruk	236
129	Lurudden	226
130	Northern Muskö	226
131	Hilleshög	222
132	Lurudden	226

Demographics

 

Stockholm county population pyramid in 2022

Population

The current population of Stockholm county is 2,440,027.

 

Foreign background within the Stockholm county by Municipality in 2021

Foreign background

 

Origin makeup of the Stockholm county by single year ages in 2022

 

Swedish born and foreign born in Stockholm county in 2022

 

Stockholm county population pyramid by origin in 2022

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.^[22] The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

Location	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2010	2014	2018	2019
Botkyrka	47.0	47.7	48.2	48.9	49.7	53.2	56.4	59.3	61.6
Danderyd	15.2	15.4	15.6	16.0	15.7	16.6	18.0	20.3	20.5
Ekerö	10.3	10.3	10.5	10.5	11.2	11.9	13.4	16.4	17.2
Haninge	24.4	24.7	25.1	25.4	26.2	29.3	32.3	36.2	37.3
Huddinge	28.1	28.8	29.1	29.8	30.9	34.0	37.2	40.7	41.3
Järfälla	25.4	25.6	26.4	27.0	27.9	32.1	36.4	42.5	44.0
Lidingö	15.6	15.8	15.9	16.0	16.3	17.9	19.4	21.9	22.3
Nacka	21.2	21.2	21.3	21.3	21.6	22.7	23.7	25.9	25.9
Norrtälje	10.4	10.5	10.7	10.8	11.0	12.1	13.3	15.9	16.4
Nykvarn	15.2	15.1	15.2	14.9	15.0	15.1	16.0	17.5	17.9
Nynäshamn	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.7	16.3	18.8	22.5	23.4
Salem	17.8	18.0	18.2	18.4	18.8	20.8	23.9	28.7	29.7
Sigtuna	26.4	26.7	26.9	27.0	27.6	31.8	37.9	44.9	46.2
Sollentuna	21.3	21.7	22.2	22.4	23.0	25.9	29.3	33.5	34.7
Solna	26.0	26.2	26.7	27.4	27.8	31.8	35.0	39.5	40.4
Stockholm	25.1	25.4	25.8	26.2	27.0	29.2	31.1	33.4	33.8
Sundbyberg	25.2	26.3	27.2	28.2	29.7	34.4	37.9	41.8	42.9
Södertälje	34.8	35.5	36.1	36.8	38.3	44.0	49.6	54.3	55.6
Tyresö	17.9	18.0	18.0	18.2	18.1	19.3	20.2	22.5	23.0
Täby	16.2	16.5	16.6	16.7	17.0	18.2	19.9	22.8	23.3
Upplands-Bro	23.6	24.1	24.3	26.7	25.1	28.3	31.1	37.1	39.0
Upplands Väsby	27.1	27.6	28.0	28.5	28.8	31.4	35.0	40.8	42.5
Vallentuna	13.3	13.6	13.5	13.8	13.9	14.7	16.1	18.6	19.7
Vaxholm	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.6	10.8	11.5	12.7	13.9	13.9
Värmdö	13.8	13.6	13.5	13.2	13.0	14.2	15.2	17.5	17.8
Österåker	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	15.5	17.5	20.7	21.1
Total	24.0	24.3	24.6	25.0	25.6	28.2	30.7	33.8	34.5
Source: SCB ^[22]

County Administrative Board

Prior to 1968 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 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.

County officials
Governor	Anna Kinberg Batra	1 March 2023
Deputy Governor	Bo Hansson	1 January 2002
Commissioner of Finance	Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd	12 February 2008
Region police chief	Mats Löfving^[23]
President of the County Council	Inger Linge	7 November 2006

County council

The local administration of the county is under Stockholm County Council (Stockholms läns landsting). Its main responsibilities are for 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^[update] commissioner is Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, of the Moderate Party. 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.

Elections

Stockholm County contains two multi-seat constituencies for county council elections. Stockholm Municipality makes up the first constituency while the second makes up the rest of the county.

Council elections 2002-2018

Year	Moderate Party			Christian Democrats			Centre Party			Liberals			Green Party			Social Democratic Party			Left Party			Sweden Democrats			others
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2002	259 597	23,8	37	75 928	6,9	11	24 161	2,2	0	180 043	16,5	26	50 469	4,6	7	374 690	34,3	54	100 306	9,2	14	8 508	0,6	0	16 464	1,7	0
2006	407 322	35,7	55	68 025	6,0	6	45 082	4,0	6	116 564	10,2	16	74 837	6,6	10	312 486	27,4	43	75 231	6,6	10	18 592	1,6	0	22 964	2,0	0
2010	460 871	36,7	57	59 273	4,7	7	47 956	3,8	6	116 858	9,3	15	121 660	9,7	15	321 268	25,6	39	77 578	6,2	10	35 496	2,8	0	13 884	1,1	0
2014	381 667	28,6	43	75 529	5,6	9	58 906	4,4	7	111 676	8,2	13	135 992	10,0	15	358 324	26,4	41	104 479	7,7	12	79 452	5,9	9	49 587	2,7	0
2018	321 783	22,3	34	111 877	7,7	12	115 78	8,0	12	115 746	8,0	12	81 404	5,6	7	379 008	26,2	40	152 784	10,6	16	140 773	9,7	15	25 627	1,8	0

Hospitals

The county council operates most of the hospitals in the county, some of the major facilities are:

• Karolinska University Hospital. The hospital contains two major facilities; one in Solna and one in Huddinge (since the merger with Huddinge University Hospital in 2004).
• Södersjukhuset
• Danderyd Hospital
• Södertälje Hospital
• Norrtälje Hospital
• S:t Erik Ocular Clinic

Public transport

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 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.

Culture and education

Besides the health and transportation services, the county council operates Stockholm County Museum, and two agricultural high schools at Berga and Säbyholm.

See also

• Stockholm (National Area)
• List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
• Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
• List of European regions by GDP

References and notes

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2. Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
3. "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
4. "Riksdagsvalet 1970" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
5. "Riksdagsvalet 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
6. "Riksdagsvalet 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
7. "Riksdagsvalet 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
8. "Riksdagsvalet 1982)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
9. "Riksdagsvalet 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
10. "Riksdagsvalet 1988)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
11. "Riksdagsvalet 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
12. "Riksdagsvalet 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
13. "Riksdagsvalet 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
14. (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
15. (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
16. (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
17. (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
18. (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
19. "Kommuner i siffror - Statistiska centralbyrån". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
20. "Land and water area 1 January by region and type of area. Year 2012 - 2015-Statistikdatabasen". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
21. "Localities 2015; population 2010-2017, area, overlap holiday home areas, coordinates" (XLSX). Statistics Sweden. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
22. "PxWeb - välj variabler och värden" (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
23. Mats Löfving ny Regionpolischef at aftonbladet.se, 1 October 2020, accessed 6 October 2020 (in Swedish)

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stockholm County.

 

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Stockholm County.

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• Stockholm Regional Association of Municipalities