Stockholm Municipality
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm 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 most densely populated. It is also the most populous municipality in the Nordic countries.
Although legally a municipality with the official proper name Stockholms kommun, the municipal assembly has decided to use the name Stockholms stad whenever possible. This is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.
Geographically, the municipality comprises the Stockholm City Centre and two suburban areas, Söderort and Västerort. Administratively, it is subdivided into 14 districts, which are administered by district councils.
Geography
Geographically, Stockholm Municipality comprises the central part of the capital as well as the southern and western suburban parts. Of the municipal population, all but 200 people are considered living in the Stockholm urban area, a tätort further extending into ten other municipalities.History
When the first local government acts came into force in Sweden in 1863, 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 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.Demography
Population development
Income and Education
The population in Stockholm Municipality has the highest median income per capita in Sweden. The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 41.8% and the highest in the country.Residents with a foreign background
On the 31st of December 2017 the number of people with a :sv:utländsk bakgrund|foreign background was 311 401, or 32.79% of the population. On the 31st of December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was 189 938, or 25.05% of the population. On 31 December 2017 there were 949 761 residents in Stockholm, of which 234 703 people were born in 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.Politics
National
These are the election results from the 1973 onwards in Stockholm Municipality. The municipality forms one of three municipal constituencies for the Riksdag along with Gothenburg and Malmö. In the SCB 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.Riksdag">Swedish Riksdag">Riksdag
BlocsThis 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 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 the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.
| Year | Turnout | Votes | Left | Right | SD | Other | Elected |
| 1973 | 89.1 | 469,386 | 48.6 | 49.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| 1976 | 90.3 | 471,470 | 46.9 | 51.4 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 98.3 |
| 1979 | 89.0 | 453,287 | 48.3 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 98.2 |
| 1982 | 90.0 | 453,535 | 49.5 | 46.9 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 96.4 |
| 1985 | 88.8 | 453,117 | 47.6 | 49.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 97.3 |
| 1988 | 84.7 | 432,490 | 48.9 | 46.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 95.2 |
| 1991 | 85.7 | 433,200 | 36.9 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 93.6 |
| 1994 | 85.4 | 438,432 | 49.0 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 97.6 |
| 1998 | 81.0 | 436,295 | 45.9 | 51.8 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 97.7 |
| 2002 | 80.7 | 458,005 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 96.5 |
| 2006 | 82.4 | 482,455 | 39.9 | 55.9 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 95.8 |
| 2010 | 85.0 | 534,887 | 40.5 | 54.5 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 98.2 |
| 2014 | 85.8 | 581,065 | 40.5 | 44.8 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 91.9 |
| 2018 | 87.3 | 611,206 | 44.6 | 43.7 | 9.8 | 1.9 | 98.1 |
Local
The municipality is governed by a Municipal assembly 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, with 13 members representing both 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 and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Commissioner of Finance, who also chairs the executive committee. The current Commissioner of Finance is Karin Wanngård, representing the Social democrats.Municipal elections 1994-2014
is a local party, which was represented in the City Council 1979-2002.Municipal Election 2018
On September 9, 2018 Stockhlolm held Municipality ElectionBoard of Commissioners since 2006
- Sten Nordin, Commissioner of Finance
- Mikael Söderlund, Commissioner of Building and Traffic
- Ulla Hamilton, Commissioner of Environment and Real Estate
- Lotta Edholm, Commissioner of Education
- Madeleine Sjöstedt, Commissioner of Culture and Sports
- Kristina Alvendal, Commissioner of Housing and Integration
- Ulf Kristersson, Commissioner of Social Services
- Ewa Samuelsson, Commissioner of Senior Citizen's Service
- Carin Jämtin, Commissioner in Opposition
- Roger Mogert, Commissioner in Opposition
- Ann-Margarethe Livh, Commissioner in Opposition
- Yvonne Ruwaida, Commissioner in Opposition
District Councils
Effective January 1, 2007 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.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities
The policy of Stockholm is to have informal town twinning with all capitals of the world, its main focus being those in northern Europe. Stockholm does not sign any formal town twinning treaties, although the city claims to have established such treaties in the past which are still valid.The cities claiming to have been twinned with Stockholm are: