Linköping Municipality
Linköping Municipality
Linköpings kommun | |
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 Linköping Library | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Linköping - where ideas come to life | |
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| Coordinates: 58°24′N 15°37′E / 58.400°N 15.617°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Östergötland County |
| Seat | Linköping |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,568.26 km2 (605.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,427.44 km2 (551.14 sq mi) |
| • Water | 140.82 km2 (54.37 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 167,404 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Östergötland |
| Municipal code | 0580 |
| Website | www.linkoping.se |
Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With 152,966 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden.
The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala, and thence clockwise by Finspång, Norrköping, Söderköping, Åtvidaberg, Kinda, Boxholm and Mjölby municipalities.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Linköping with five surrounding rural municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) making up Linköping Municipality is 32.
Linköping is one of the few municipalities in Sweden to style the speaker of the assembly as mayor.
Linköping wants to create a sustainable development of the city and therefore plan to become a carbon neutral community by 2025.
Politics
Municipal election 2018
On September 9, 2018, Linköping held Municipality Election:[3]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ± | |
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| bgcolor=Template:Swedish Social Democratic Party/meta/color| | Social Democrats | 29137 | 27,57 | 22 | -5 |
| bgcolor=Template:Moderate Party/meta/color| | Moderate Party | 23050 | 21,81 | 18 | -2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Sweden Democrats/meta/color| | Sweden Democrats | 11130 | 10,53% | 8 | +2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Centre Party (Sweden)/meta/color| | Centre Party | 9865 | 9,33% | 8 | +2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Left Party (Sweden)/meta/color| | Left Party | 6459 | 6,11 | 5 | +2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Christian Democrats (Sweden)/meta/color| | Christian Democrats | 7908 | 7,48% | 6 | +2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Liberals (Sweden)/meta/color| | Liberals | 9456 | 8,95% | 7 | +1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Green Party (Sweden)/meta/color| | Green Party | 6904 | 6,53% | 5 | -2 |
| Others | 1770 | 1,67% | 0 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1254 | ||||
| Total | 106933 | 100 | 79 | 0 | |
| Following the 2014 Linköping municipal election , the seats were divided in the following way: | |||
| The governing parties | Parties in opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Social Democrats | 27 | The Moderate Party | 20 |
| The Liberal People's Party | 6 | The Left Party | 3 |
| The Green Party | 7 | The Sweden Democrats | 6 |
| The Christian Democrats | 4 | ||
| The Centre Party | 6 | ||
| Following the 2018 Linköping municipal election, the seats were divided in the following way: | |||
| The governing parties | Parties in opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Moderate Party | 18 | The Social Democrats | 22 |
| The Liberals | 7 | The Left Party | 5 |
| The Christian Democrats | 6 | The Green Party | 5 |
| The Centre Party | 8 | The Sweden Democrats | 8 |
In the aftermath of the 2014 municipality election, The local Social Democrats (S; Social Demokraterna), Green Party (MP; Miljöpartiet) and the Liberal People's Party (L; Liberalerna, formerly FP; Folk Partiet) formed a coalition majority named "coalition for Linköping" with 40 out of 79 seats, while the minority opposition in Linköping consisted each separate by: the Moderate Party (M ; Moderaterna), Centre Party (C; Center Partiet), Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna), Left Party (V; Vänsterpartiet) and the Sweden Democrats (SD; Sverige Demokraterna).
After the 2018 elections, all of the Alliance parties in the municipality joined together and took over from the Socialdemocrat's coalition rule and their mandat started the 1st January 2019 and onwards.[5]
List of mayors
- Eva Joelsson Social Democrats (S), 1994–2006
- Ann-Cathrine Hjerdt Moderate Party (M), 2006–2014
- Helena Balthammar Social Democrats (S), 2014–2018
- Lars Vikinge Centre Party (C), 2018–present
Twin towns – sister cities
Roskilde Municipality in Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality.[7] Twinning with Guangzhou in China terminated in February 2020.[8]
References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/05/80/index.html
- ^ https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/05/80/valda.html
- ^ https://www.linkoping.se/kommun-och-politik/politik-och-demokrati/valresultat-mandatfordelning/
- ^ "Vänorter". linkoping.se (in Swedish). Linköpings kommun. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ Corren 7/18 2007. Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
- ^ https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/24/gothenburg-axes-twin-city-agreement-with-shanghai-as-sweden-closes-all-confucius-institutes/
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