Stockholm County (, ) is a county () 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 (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.

History

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 Tullan Yngern

Nature and wildlife In 2023, there were two national parks in Stockholm County: Tyresta National Park and Ängsö National Park. Tyresta National Park was established in 1993 and consists of a total of hectares of coniferous forest, lakes, and wetlands. Its primeval forest is described by the County Administrative Board as "one of the finest in southern Sweden," and has trees up to 400 years old. Rare lichens, wood fungi, mosses, and beetles thrive in the forest. Ängsö National Park park is the older, having been established in 1909, and consists of 190 hectares of archipelago, meadows and pastures, and mixed forest. It is located on an island, only accessible by boat. The area has been kept open since the 1930s through mowing and grazing. Types of orchids such as elder-flowered orchid, frog orchid, lesser butterfly-orchid, greater butterfly-orchid, common twayblade, and bird's-nest orchid grow in the meadows.

The county also has a national city park, Royal National City Park. Established by an act of parliament in 1994, it is claimed to be the world's first "national urban park". The park includes old forest and cliffs as well as castles and museums.

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.

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 885,010 6.5 42.4 12.6 20.4 1.1 16.0 48.9 49.1 1973 921,509 8.0 38.9 18.5 10.8 1.0 21.8 46.9 51.2 1976 966,277 7.5 37.7 16.4 13.4 0.7 23.5 45.2 53.3 1979 963,497 8.7 37.8 11.2 11.9 0.8 28.7 46.6 51.8 1982 989,138 8.2 39.7 2.2 8.9 5.9 1.0 33.8 47.9 48.5 1985 1,012,325 7.5 38.2 1.7 4.8 16.6 30.5 45.7 51.9 1988 988,575 8.1 34.6 6.4 5.4 15.3 1.8 27.5 49.1 48.3 1991 1,012,456 5.4 29.9 4.5 3.7 11.7 5.0 31.5 7.6 35.3 52.0 1994 1,033,430 6.7 36.4 5.4 3.8 9.7 3.3 32.4 1.3 48.5 49.1 1998 1,026,227 10.8 29.2 4.9 2.2 6.6 10.8 33.8 44.9 52.7 2002 1,075,192 8.6 32.6 5.7 2.3 18.9 7.9 21.8 1.0 46.9 50.9 2006 1,139,679 5.9 24.9 7.1 5.5 9.5 6.0 37.0 1.8 37.9 57.9 2010 1,251,236 5.7 21.7 9.5 6.0 8.4 5.8 37.5 3.7 36.9 57.8 2014 1,341,760 6.0 23.0 9.2 5.0 7.4 4.9 30.5 8.4 38.2 47.8 2018 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 municipalities (kommuner): municipalitypop. (2018)area/km2Botkyrka93,106194Danderyd33,18726Ekerö28,308217Haninge89,989458Huddinge111,722131Järfälla78,48054Lidingö47,81831Nacka103,65695Norrtälje61,7692015Nykvarn10,923153Nynäshamn28,290359Salem16,78654Sigtuna48,130328Sollentuna72,52853Solna80,95019Stockholm962,154187Sundbyberg50,5649Södertälje97,381525Tyresö48,00469Täby71,39761Upplands-Bro28,756235Upplands Väsby45,54375Vallentuna33,432358Vaxholm12,02358Värmdö44,397448Österåker44,831312

Localities by population (2017) All 132 built-up places (tätorter) in the county are shown below. These refer to contiguous settlements and may straddle municipal (and occasionally county) boundaries. Pos Locality Population 1 Stockholm 1,562,136 2 143,582 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 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 65 627 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 74 558 75 Hästhagen 531 76 Väländan 529 77 Svanberga 525 78 Kårsta 512 79 Östra Kallfors 491 80 482 81 Spillersboda 479 82 Ängsvik 460 83 Solberga 454 84 Täljö 439 85 437 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 99 361 100 Norra Lagnö 357 101 357 102 Södersvik 351 103 343 104 Riala 342 105 Rättarboda 339 106 327 107 316 108 314 109 302 110 301 111 Söderby 297 112 Ekskogen 291 113 Granby 290 114 Johannesudd 290 115 Skarpö 289 116 Nysättra 274 117 269 118 Finsta 269 119 Muskö 268 120 268 121 Söderby-Karl 265 122 Östorp and Ådran 265 123 Landfjärden 263 124 252 125 Brottby 251 126 250 127 242 128 Skebobruk 236 129 Lurudden 226 130 Northern Muskö 226 131 Hilleshög 222 132 Lurudden 226

Demographics

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

Foreign background

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. The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

Two foreign born parents or foreign bornLocation200220032004200520062010201420182019Botkyrka 47.0 47.7 48.2 48.9 49.7 53.2 56.4 59.3 61.6Danderyd 15.2 15.4 15.6 16.0 15.7 16.6 18.0 20.3 20.5Ekerö 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.5 11.2 11.9 13.4 16.4 17.2Haninge 24.4 24.7 25.1 25.4 26.2 29.3 32.3 36.2 37.3Huddinge 28.1 28.8 29.1 29.8 30.9 34.0 37.2 40.7 41.3Järfälla 25.4 25.6 26.4 27.0 27.9 32.1 36.4 42.5 44.0Lidingö 15.6 15.8 15.9 16.0 16.3 17.9 19.4 21.9 22.3Nacka 21.2 21.2 21.3 21.3 21.6 22.7 23.7 25.9 25.9Norrtälje 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.8 11.0 12.1 13.3 15.9 16.4Nykvarn 15.2 15.1 15.2 14.9 15.0 15.1 16.0 17.5 17.9Nynäshamn 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.2 13.7 16.3 18.8 22.5 23.4Salem 17.8 18.0 18.2 18.4 18.8 20.8 23.9 28.7 29.7Sigtuna 26.4 26.7 26.9 27.0 27.6 31.8 37.9 44.9 46.2Sollentuna 21.3 21.7 22.2 22.4 23.0 25.9 29.3 33.5 34.7Solna 26.0 26.2 26.7 27.4 27.8 31.8 35.0 39.5 40.4Stockholm 25.1 25.4 25.8 26.2 27.0 29.2 31.1 33.4 33.8Sundbyberg 25.2 26.3 27.2 28.2 29.7 34.4 37.9 41.8 42.9Södertälje 34.8 35.5 36.1 36.8 38.3 44.0 49.6 54.3 55.6Tyresö 17.9 18.0 18.0 18.2 18.1 19.3 20.2 22.5 23.0Täby 16.2 16.5 16.6 16.7 17.0 18.2 19.9 22.8 23.3Upplands-Bro 23.6 24.1 24.3 26.7 25.1 28.3 31.1 37.1 39.0Upplands Väsby 27.1 27.6 28.0 28.5 28.8 31.4 35.0 40.8 42.5Vallentuna 13.3 13.6 13.5 13.8 13.9 14.7 16.1 18.6 19.7Vaxholm 10.8 10.9 10.9 10.6 10.8 11.5 12.7 13.9 13.9Värmdö 13.8 13.6 13.5 13.2 13.0 14.2 15.2 17.5 17.8Österåker 14.3 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.3 15.5 17.5 20.7 21.1Total24.0 24.3 24.625.025.6 28.2 30.7 33.8 34.5 Source: SCB All foreign backgroundLocation1991200220112023Botkyrka45.8% 54.6% 62.3% 70.5%Danderyd19.1% 23.0% 26.1% 31.3%Ekerö17.3% 18.5% 21.4% 27.4%Haninge28.1% 33.1% 39.5% 50.0%Huddinge31.4% 36.9% 44.2% 52.5%Järfälla27.3% 33.9% 42.2% 59.0%Lidingö21.6% 23.7% 27.6% 33.2%Nacka27.9% 30.2% 32.7% 37.2%Norrtälje14.9% 17.0% 19.4% 25.4%Nykvarn23.5% 24.6% 24.3% 31.6%Nynäshamn15.3% 20.2% 24.9% 35.1%Salem24.9% 27.1% 31.3% 44.4%Sigtuna30% 35.1% 42.8% 59.7%Sollentuna25.2% 29.5% 35.9% 48.1%Solna29.0% 34.5% 42.3% 54.6%Stockholm26.3% 33.6% 39.5% 45.6%Sundbyberg28.0% 34.1% 44.6% 56.3%Södertälje36.1% 42.6% 53.6% 67.3%Tyresö26.3% 27.4% 29.5% 35.1%Täby22.2% 24.7% 28.0% 35.9%Upplands-Bro30.1% 32.6% 38.9% 54.8%Upplands Väsby32.2% 36.4% 42.3% 56.7%Vallentuna19.6% 21.8% 24.5% 31.4%Vaxholm14.8% 18.7% 20.9% 22.9%Värmdö23.6% 23.1% 24.3% 28.4%Österåker21.2% 22.5% 25.1% 32.4% Origin background19912001200220112023All foreign background27.1%31.9%32.4%38.2%46.5%Foreign born15.7%17.9%18.1%21.7%27.3%Born in Sweden with two foreign born parents11.4%14.0%5.9%7.2%9.3%Born in Sweden with one parent born in Sweden and one foreign born parent8.5%9.3%10.0%Born in Sweden with two parents born in Sweden72.9%68.1%67.6%61.8%53.5% Origin background by country of backgroundCountry of Background19912001Sweden1 207 0001 252 000Finland143 000144 000Other Nordic Countries35 00036 000Germany26 00026 000Poland17 00020 000Other Europe92 000163 500Iran4 00024 000Iraq13 00023 000Turkey23 00032 000Other Asia35 00063 000Latin America27 00036 500Africa20 00045 500Other13 00019 500

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