Strängnäs Municipality

Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden

Strängnäs Municipality Strängnäs kommun
Municipality
Former Strängnäs town hall, in use until 1994.
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°22′N 17°02′E / 59.367°N 17.033°E / 59.367; 17.033
Country	Sweden
County	Södermanland County
Seat	Strängnäs
Area ^[1]
• Total	975.08 km² (376.48 sq mi)
• Land	739.7 km² (285.6 sq mi)
• Water	235.38 km² (90.88 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	38,917
• Density	40/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Södermanland
Municipal code	0486
Website	www.strangnas.se

Strängnäs Municipality (Strängnäs kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in eastern Sweden, located by Lake Mälaren. Its seat is located in the city of Strängnäs.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Strängnäs was amalgamated with the City of Mariefred and a number of rural municipalities. Originally there were 15 local government entities in the area.

Localities

The municipality consists of the old towns of Strängnäs and Mariefred and the villages of Åkers styckebruk and Stallarholmen.

History

Strängnäs is an old town with a history dating to the Viking Age. Its location on the shores of Lake Mälaren has made Strängnäs an important trading centre and meeting place through the ages.

Mariefred acquired its name from the monastery Pax Mariae ("Mary's Peace") which was founded some 500 years ago by Sten Sture the Elder. There are no remains above ground of the monastery, which was the location where Mariefred's church, built in 1624, now stands.

Economy

Strängnäs has a multifaceted and dynamic economy, being home to businesses of different sizes and in many different sectors. The prominent industries are biotech, pharmaceuticals, logistics, education, engineering and tourism.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Strängnäs Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 38,341 inhabitants, of whom 28,212 were Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 42.0% voted for the left coalition and 56.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Abborrberget-Sundby

1,630

1,205

43.2

55.5

26,102

Dammen-Malmby-Löt

1,824

1,252

39.5

58.5

26,488

Eldsund-Tingstuhöjden

1,505

1,109

44.8

52.7

21,721

Finninge

2,210

1,587

48.6

50.5

29,095

Härad

989

747

40.1

58.2

28,289

Kyrkberget-Kvarnbacken

1,789

1,468

39.1

60.0

26,704

Länna

800

565

30.9

68.1

26,664

Mariefred C

1,553

1,274

48.2

51.1

28,550

Marielund-Hedlandet

1,848

1,273

41.8

57.6

35,548

Norra Tosterö-Aspö

1,578

1,160

38.9

60.7

28,724

Slottsbrinken-Viggeby

1,633

1,207

40.6

57.8

32,010

Stadsskogen

1,675

1,115

50.6

47.7

22,200

Stavlund-Södra Tosterö

1,265

848

37.9

60.7

28,673

Storgärdet-Sidöparken

1,476

1,206

45.3

53.4

26,423

Strängnäs C

1,429

1,169

43.6

54.3

22,850

Tallåsen-Sörgärdet

1,577

1,278

43.2

55.8

24,865

Toresund

2,131

1,630

37.9

61.1

29,078

Ulvhäll-Långberget

2,198

1,536

44.4

53.6

25,937

Vårfruberga

1,481

1,137

38.7

60.2

27,190

Ytterselö-Överselö

1,790

1,405

43.1

55.6

24,919

Åker N

2,135

1,492

39.9

58.9

27,852

Åker S

1,771

1,260

38.5

60.2

25,685

Öster-Ekhov-Kalkudden

1,784

1,289

41.3

57.4

26,887

Source: SVT^[3]

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Strängnäs Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1973^[4]	92.5	13,741	3.1	43.0	0.0	24.6	11.9	1.5	15.5	0.0	0.0
1976^[5]	93.1	14,931	2.7	41.4	0.0	24.1	13.6	0.9	16.8	0.0	0.0
1979^[6]	92.0	15,400	3.8	41.9	0.0	17.9	12.9	1.0	21.7	0.0	0.0
1982^[7]	92.5	16,146	4.1	44.3	1.8	14.5	7.4	1.5	26.3	0.0	0.0
1985^[8]	91.2	16,528	3.7	44.0	1.6	10.3	17.8	0.0	23.4	0.0	0.0
1988^[9]	86.7	16,263	4.4	40.9	5.2	9.9	16.6	1.9	20.8	0.0	0.0
1991^[10]	87.5	17,207	2.9	34.9	3.1	7.2	11.9	6.2	25.2	0.0	8.2
1994^[11]	87.1	17,808	4.8	43.2	4.8	6.6	9.1	3.4	26.1	0.0	1.1
1998^[12]	81.4	16,902	9.2	35.5	4.2	4.2	5.6	12.2	27.7	0.0	0.0
2002^[13]	80.0	17,534	5.9	38.4	4.4	5.4	16.2	9.4	18.3	0.5	0.0
2006^[14]	83.1	18,922	3.7	32.5	4.7	7.6	8.3	6.7	32.4	2.2	0.0
2010^[15]	85.5	20,626	4.2	26.8	6.7	6.7	7.7	5.4	35.2	6.4	0.0
2014^[16]	87.2	21,889	4.6	27.5	5.9	5.5	5.4	4.9	28.8	14.7	0.0

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	92.5	13,741	46.1	52.0	0.0	1.9	98.1
1976	93.1	14,931	44.1	54.5	0.0	1.4	98.6
1979	92.0	15,400	45.7	52.5	0.0	1.8	98.2
1982	92.5	16,146	48.4	48.2	0.0	3.4	96.6
1985	91.2	16,528	47.7	51.5	0.0	1.8	98.2
1988	86.7	16,263	50.5	47.3	0.0	2.2	97.8
1991	87.5	17,207	37.8	50.5	0.0	11.7	96.5
1994	87.1	17,808	52.8	45.2	0.0	2.0	98.0
1998	81.4	16,902	48.9	49.7	0.0	1.4	98.6
2002	80.0	17,534	48.7	49.3	0.0	2.0	98.0
2006	83.1	18,922	40.9	55.0	0.0	4.1	95.9
2010	85.5	20,626	37.7	55.0	6.4	0.9	99.1
2014	87.2	21,889	38.0	44.6	14.7	2.7	97.3

Twin towns – sister cities

Strängnäs is twinned with:^[17]

Kandava, Latvia
Kisko (Salo), Finland
Simanjiro District (Emboreet), Tanzania
Muurla (Salo), Finland
Olsztynek, Poland
Priozersk, Russia
Ratzeburg, Germany
Rheinsberg, Germany
Ribe, Denmark
Saku, Estonia
Sauvo, Finland
Sogndal, Norway

References

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^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Strängnäs i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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