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Politics Of Stockholm
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms kommun or Stockholms stad) 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 second 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 (kommunfullmäktige) has decided to use the name Stockholms stad (City of Stockholm in English) whenever possible. This is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.

Geographically, the city comprises the Stockholm City Centre and two suburban areas, Söderort (South Stockholm) and Västerort (West Stockholm). Administratively, it is subdivided into 14 districts (sometimes incorrectly called "boroughs" in English), which are administered by district councils (stadsdelsnämnder).

History

When the first local government acts came into force in Sweden in 1863, the City of 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.

Geography

Geographically, the City of Stockholm comprises the central part of the capital (Innerstaden or Stockholm City Centre) as well as the southern and western suburban parts (Söderort or South Stockholm and Västerort or West Stockholm respectively). Of the municipal population, all but 200 people are considered living in the Stockholm urban area, a tätort further extending into ten other municipalities.

Demography

Population development

Population development in the City of Stockholm 1970–2019
Year Population
1970
744,912
1975
665,202
1980
647,214
1985
659,030
1990
674,452
1995
711,119
2000
750,348
2005
771,038
2010
847,073
2015
923,516
2017
949,761
2019
974,073

Source: SCB - Population by region, marital status, age and sex.

Education

The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 42.4% (national average: 27.0%).

Residents with a foreign background

On the 31 of December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 311,401, or 32.79% of the population (949,761 on the 31 of December 2017). On the 31 of December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 189 938, or 25.05% of the population (758,148 on the 31 of December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 949,761 residents in Stockholm, of which 234,703 people (24.71%) 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 the City of Stockholm. The municipality forms one of three municipal constituencies for the Riksdag along with Gothenburg and Malmö. In the Statistics Sweden 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

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND F!
1973 89.1 469,386 9.2 39.4 0.0 14.8 11.2 1.3 23.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 90.3 471,470 8.8 38.1 0.0 13.3 13.3 0.8 24.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979 89.0 453,287 10.5 37.8 0.0 9.0 11.7 0.8 29.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982 90.0 453,535 10.1 39.4 2.2 7.3 5.9 1.0 33.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 88.8 453,117 9.6 38.0 1.7 3.7 15.8 0.0 30.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 84.7 432,490 10.3 33.6 5.0 4.2 14.5 1.8 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 85.7 433,200 7.1 29.8 5.3 2.9 11.4 4.9 30.7 0.0 6.8 0.0
1994 85.4 438,432 8.4 34.8 5.8 3.2 10.2 3.0 32.2 0.0 1.3 0.0
1998 81.0 436,295 12.9 27.2 5.8 1.7 7.5 8.9 33.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 80.7 458,005 10.8 31.3 6.7 1.7 19.5 6.5 21.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
2006 82.4 482,455 7.4 23.2 9.3 5.7 10.1 5.0 35.1 1.6 0.0 1.4
2010 85.0 534,887 7.4 20.9 12.2 6.3 8.6 5.3 34.3 3.2 0.0 0.9
2014 85.8 581,065 7.7 21.6 11.2 4.9 7.9 4.3 27.7 6.6 0.0 7.2
2018 87.3 611,206 13.1 23.8 7.7 9.1 7.9 4.9 21.9 9.8 0.0 0.7

Blocs

This 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 (kommunfullmäktige) 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 (kommunstyrelse), 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 (borgarråd) and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Commissioner of Finance (finansborgarråd, sometimes called Mayor), who also chairs the executive committee. The current Commissioner of Finance is Karin Wanngård, representing the Social democrats.

Following the 2014 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:
The governing parties Parties in opposition
The Social Democrats 24 The Moderate Party 28
The Left Party 10 The Liberal People's Party 9
The Green Party 16 The Christian Democrats 2
The Feminist Initiative 3 The Centre Party 3
The Sweden Democrats 6
Following the 2010 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:
The governing parties Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 38 The Social Democrats 25
The Liberal People's Party 10 The Left Party 8
The Christian Democrats 1 The Green Party 16
The Centre Party 3
Following the 2006 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:
The governing parties Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 39 The Social Democrats 27
The Liberal People's Party 10 The Left Party 9
The Christian Democrats 3 The Green Party 10
The Centre Party 1
Following the 2002 municipal elections, the seats were divided in the following way:
The governing parties Parties in opposition
The Social Democrats 35 The Moderate Party 27
The Left Party 11 The Liberal People's Party 17
The Green Party 6 The Christian Democrats 5

Municipal elections 1994–2014

Year Sweden Democrats Moderate Party Christian Democrats Centre Party Liberals Stockholm Party Green Party Feminist Initiative Social Democrats Left Party others
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
1994 128,975 28,7 29 9,399 2,1 0 24,329 5,4 5 35,437 7,9 9 15,309 3,4 2 35,120 7,8 8 148,684 33,0 37 41,274 9,2 11 11,533 2,5 0
1998 146,797 32,9 35 28,320 6,4 6 9,187 2,1 0 34,789 7,8 9 19,561 4,4 3 26,347 5,9 6 114,118 25,6 28 54,663 12,3 13 20,411 4,5 0
2002 121,405 26,0 27 20,746 4,4 5 5,939 1,2 0 73,736 15,7 17 9,137 1,9 0 24,965 5,3 6 149,871 32,0 35 52,325 11,2 11 8,772 1,8 0
2006 180,207 37,3 41 18,907 3,9 3 15,205 3,1 1 46,657 9,6 10 5,831 1,2 0 44,530 9,2 10 118,129 24,4 27 38,284 7,9 9 16,084 2,6 0
2010 184,344 34,4 38 18,705 3,5 1 21,335 4,0 3 53,770 10,0 10 74,437 13,9 16 121,273 22,6 25 39,920 7,4 8 22,710 4,2 0
2014 30,078 5,2 6 158,450 28,1 28 19,125 3,3 2 27,369 4,7 3 48,302 8,3 9 83,561 14,3 16 27,079 4,6 3 128,086 22,0 24 52,146 8,9 10 9,137 1,6 0

Stockholm Party is a local party, which was represented in the City Council 1979–2002.

Municipal Election 2018

On September 9, 2018 Stockholm held Municipality Elections

Party Votes Seats
Number % +/− Number +/−
  Social Democrats 137,874 22,30 +0,34 23 -1
  Moderate Party 129,725 20,98 -6,18 22 -6
  Left Party 80,592 13,03 +4,10 13 +3
  Liberal People's Party 62,271 10,07 +1,79 10 +1
  Green Party 51,531 8,33 -5,99 9 -7
  Sweden Democrats 49,238 7,96 +2,81 8 +2
  Centre Party 48,786 7,89 +3,20 8 +5
  Christian Democrats 31,198 5,05 +1,77 5 +3
  Feminist Initiative 20,387 3,30 -1,34 3 +/-0
Others 6,676 1,08 -0,49 0 +/−0
Total 583,333 100,00 +/−0 101 +/−0

Board of Commissioners since 2006

  • Sten Nordin (m), Commissioner of Finance (after 2008) (finansborgarråd)
  • Mikael Söderlund (m), Commissioner of Building and Traffic (byggnads- och trafikborgarråd)
  • Ulla Hamilton (m), Commissioner of Environment and Real Estate (miljö och bostadsbolagsborgarråd)
  • Lotta Edholm (fp), Commissioner of Education (skolborgarråd)
  • Madeleine Sjöstedt (fp), Commissioner of Culture and Sports (kulturborgarråd)
  • Kristina Alvendal (m), Commissioner of Housing and Integration (bostads- och integrationsborgarråd)
  • Ulf Kristersson (m), Commissioner of Social Services (socialborgarråd)
  • Ewa Samuelsson (kd), Commissioner of Senior Citizen's Service (äldrevårdsborgarråd)
  • Carin Jämtin (s), Commissioner in Opposition (oppositionsborgarråd)
  • Roger Mogert (s), Commissioner in Opposition (oppositionsborgarråd)
  • Ann-Margarethe Livh (v), Commissioner in Opposition (oppositionsborgarråd)
  • Yvonne Ruwaida (mp), Commissioner in Opposition (oppositionsborgarråd)

District Councils

The district council areas of Stockholm

The municipality is subdivided into 13 districts. These districts are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "boroughs" in English. They are, however, no legal entities or juristic persons of their own, but committees of the municipality itself. These districts are administered by District Councils, stadsdelsnämnder, which carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas. The members of these councils are not directly elected by the inhabitants of the respective districts, but rather appointed by the kommunfullmäktige (municipal assembly).

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.

Stockholm City Centre South Stockholm West Stockholm

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 other cities claim to have established such treaties in the past which are still valid.

The cities claiming to have been twinned with Stockholm are:

Notable people

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