Stockholm County

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 and Södermanland. More than one fifth of the Swedish population lives in the county. Stockholm County is also one of the statistical National Areas of Sweden 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

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 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 :

municipality	pop.	area/km²
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 in the county are shown below. These refer to contiguous settlements and may straddle municipal 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