This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter. The list does not include towns in Finland established during Swedish rule.
Legally and administratively, the term stad is not used in Sweden since the municipal reform of 1971, when the municipality (kommun) became the only existing form of local government. Before the reform there were 132 urban centres (133 to 1966) that had the title of stad.
The decision to call themselves stad has been taken purely for image and marketing reasons. In legal situations the word kommun (municipality) must be included in the municipality's name and governmental authorities will only refer to them by their legal names.
^Skanör and Falsterbo were joined together administratively in 1754 by the name Skanör med Falsterbo; they merged into a single urban area in the 1960s, still keeping their separate identities as two towns.
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Most of the former towns are today urban centres (tätorter) and seats of their municipalities. Two seats/former towns and municipalities have a different name: Djursholm is the seat of Danderyd Municipality and Visby is the seat of Gotland Municipality.
A number of suburban towns have grown together with neighbours and are nowadays seldom considered as separate towns:
Lidingö (separated from Stockholm by water, but anyhow often counted to its urban area although according to Statistics Sweden, Lidingö is an urban area of its own)
The following are not seats of their municipalities:
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of cities in Sweden news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges thus were entitled to call themselves town Swedish stad plural stader The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter The list does not include towns in Finland established during Swedish rule Map of SwedenStockholm capital of SwedenGothenburgMalmo Contents 1 Overview 2 List 2 1 Notes 3 Today 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOverview editLegally and administratively the term stad is not used in Sweden since the municipal reform of 1971 when the municipality kommun became the only existing form of local government Before the reform there were 132 urban centres 133 to 1966 that had the title of stad The urban centres of these municipalities are still called stad in daily speech and 14 of the municipalities have chosen to continue to call themselves stad in marketing situations although several of them now encompass large rural areas following the merger of Swedish municipalities in the 1970s and 1980s These 14 are Boras Municipality Gothenburg Municipality Haparanda Municipality Helsingborg Municipality Landskrona Municipality Lidingo Municipality Malmo Municipality Molndal Municipality Solna Municipality Stockholm Municipality Sundbyberg Municipality Trollhattan Municipality Vaxholm Municipality and Vasteras Municipality The decision to call themselves stad has been taken purely for image and marketing reasons In legal situations the word kommun municipality must be included in the municipality s name and governmental authorities will only refer to them by their legal names List editCity CharterAlingsas 1619Arboga 1200Arvika 1911Askersund 1643Avesta 1641 1686 1919Boden 1919Bollnas 1942Borgholm 1816Borlange 1944Boras 1622Djursholm 1914Eksjo 1400Enkoping 1300Eskilstuna 1659Eslov 1911Fagersta 1944Falkenberg 1558Falkoping 1200Falsterbo 1 1200Falun 1651Filipstad 1611 1694 1835Flen 1949Gothenburg 1619Granna 1652Gavle 1446 before Hagfors 1950Halmstad 1200Haparanda 1848Hedemora 1446 before Helsingborg 1085Hjo 1400Hudiksvall 1582Huskvarna 1911Harnosand 1585Hassleholm 1914Hoganas 1936Jonkoping 1284Kalmar 1100Karlshamn 1664Karlskoga 1940Karlskrona 1680Karlstad 1584Katrineholm 1917Kiruna 1948Kramfors 1947Kristianstad 1622Kristinehamn 1582 1584 1642Kumla 1942Kungsbacka 1400Kungalv 1100Koping 1474Laholm 1200Landskrona 1413Lidingo 1926Lidkoping 1446Lindesberg 1643Linkoping 1287Ljungby 1936Ludvika 1919Lulea 1621Lund 0 990Lycksele 1946Lysekil 1903Malmo 1250Mariefred 1605Mariestad 1583Marstrand 1200Mjolby 1922Motala 1881Nacka 1949Nora 1643Norrkoping 1384Norrtalje 1622Nybro 1932Nykoping 1187Nynashamn 1946Nassjo 1914Oskarshamn 1856Oxelosund 1950Pitea 1621Ronneby 1387 1680 1882Sala 1624Sandviken 1943Sigtuna 0 980Simrishamn 1300Skanor 2 1200Skanor med Falsterbo 3 1754Skara 0 988Skelleftea 1845Skanninge 1200Skovde 1400Solleftea 1917Solna 1943Stockholm 1250Strangnas 1336Stromstad 1672Sundbyberg 1927Sundsvall 1624Saffle 1951Sater 1642Savsjo 1947Soderhamn 1620Soderkoping 1200Sodertalje 1000Solvesborg 1445Tidaholm 1910Torshalla 1317Tranas 1919Trelleborg 1200Trollhattan 1916Trosa 1300Uddevalla 1498Ulricehamn 1400Umea 1622Uppsala 1286Vadstena 1400Varberg 1100Vaxholm 1652Vetlanda 1920Vimmerby 1400Visby 1000Vanersborg 1644Varnamo 1920Vastervik 1200Vasteras 0 990Vaxjo 1342Ystad 1200Amal 1643Angelholm 1516Orebro 1200Oregrund 1491Ornskoldsvik 1894Ostersund 1786Osthammar 1300Notes edit Skanor and Falsterbo were joined together administratively in 1754 by the name Skanor med Falsterbo they merged into a single urban area in the 1960s still keeping their separate identities as two towns Today editMost of the former towns are today urban centres tatorter and seats of their municipalities Two seats former towns and municipalities have a different name Djursholm is the seat of Danderyd Municipality and Visby is the seat of Gotland Municipality A number of suburban towns have grown together with neighbours and are nowadays seldom considered as separate towns Huskvarna part of Jonkoping Molndal part of Gothenburg urban area Djursholm Nacka Solna Sundbyberg part of Stockholm urban area Lidingo separated from Stockholm by water but anyhow often counted to its urban area although according to Statistics Sweden Lidingo is an urban area of its own The following are not seats of their municipalities Granna and Huskvarna in Jonkoping Municipality Mariefred in Strangnas Municipality Marstrand in Kungalv Municipality Sigtuna in Sigtuna Municipality where the seat is Marsta Skanor med Falsterbo in Vellinge Municipality Skanninge in Mjolby Municipality Torshalla in Eskilstuna Municipality Oregrund in Osthammar Municipality See also editStad Sweden Municipalities of Sweden List of urban areas in Sweden by population List of cities List of cities in EuropeReferences editExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Sweden Map of Sweden at archive today archived 2012 12 09 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of cities in Sweden amp oldid 1180955557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
