Metropolitan Areas of Sweden

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Sweden has, as of 2009, four Metropolitan Areas. The three largest consists of the surrounding areas around the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Starting 2009 the two cities of Linköping and Norrköping has started a campaign called Fjärde Storstadsregionen[1] (lit. The Fourth Metropolitan Area), or as it is called in English; the Twin Cities of Sweden, in an attempt to promote it as a future fast-growing region.

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[edit] Metropolitan Stockholm

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Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or, in Swedish, "Storstockholm"), is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Since 2005, Metropolitan Stockholm is defined by official Swedish Statistics as all of Stockholm County.[2] It is the largest of the four metropolitan areas in Sweden.

Metropolitan Stockholm is divided into 5 areas: Stockholm City Centre, Söderort, Västerort of Stockholm Municipality; and the northern suburbs and southern suburbs, which consists of several municipalities.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality Number Population Area¹ Density² Part
Stockholm 1 802,611 187.74 Centre, West, South
Huddinge 2 92,907 131.34 690.95 Southern Suburbs
(Södermanland)
Botkyrka 3 79,457 194.83 401.04
Salem 4 15,142 54.32 275.07
Södertälje 5 84,172 522 158.5
Nykvarn 6 9,021 152 57.67
Nynäshamn 7 25,459 356 70.62
Haninge 8 74,323 457.50 160.70
Tyresö 9 42,193 69.36 603.68
Nacka 10 84,973 95.62 872.52
Värmdö 11 37,095 442.96 82.09 Northern Suburbs
(Uppland)
Lidingö 12 42,889 30.49 1,395.24
Vaxholm 13 10,752 58.06 182.21
Österåker 14 38,605 310.75 122.70
Norrtälje 15 55,554 2010 27.36
Vallentuna 16 28,721 360.06 78.00
Sigtuna 17 38,003 327.87 113.22
Upplands-Bro 18 22,428 237.06 92.29
Upplands Väsby 19 38,058 75.37 504.37
Täby 20 61,980 60.62 1,010.94
Sollentuna 21 61,692 53.26 1,146.66
Danderyd 22 30,748 26.51 1,154.54
Järfälla 23 63,854 54.05 1,162.29
Ekerö 24 24,730 216.39 113.22
Sundbyberg 25 35,464 8.72 3,976.15
Solna 26 63,974 19.37 3,229.12
Total 26 1,964,805 6,519 296.48 As of August 20, 2008[3]

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Citizens with a foreign background[4]
Foreign background 491.976 25.6%
Swedish background 1.426.128 74,4%
Total 1.918.104 100%

The definition of foreign background is people who were born outside Sweden, or both of whose parents were born outside Sweden.

[edit] Metropolitan Gothenburg

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Metropolitan Gothenburg (Stor-Göteborg or literally Greater Gothenburg), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The metropolitan region is located in Västra Götaland County, except for the municipality of Kungsbacka, which is located to the south in Halland County. As of 2005, the municipalities of Alingsås and Lilla Edet were added to the region. The region is often used for statistical measures, and estimates in the 1960s predicted that the region would have about one million inhabitants in the year 2000. With a current population of 915,983 individuals it is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden after Metropolitan Stockholm.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality Number Population Area¹ Density²
Gothenburg 1 506,084 451 1073.4
Mölndal 2 60,380 147 395.0
Partille 3 34,192 57 588.3
Härryda 4 33,957 268 119.3
Lerum 5 38,256 260 140.0
Ale 6 27,441 318 83.1
Kungälv 7 40,553 365 105.8
Öckerö 8 12,274 26 469.3
Tjörn 9 14,959 168 89.3
Stenungsund 10 23,927 254 90.4
Lill Edet 11 12,774 317 40.7
Alingsås 12 37,477 475 74.8
Kungsbacka 13 73,709 611 113.9
Total 13 915,983 3,717 236.0

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As of June 2009

[edit] Metropolitan Malmö

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Greater Malmö (Swedish: Stor-Malmö) is the metropolitan area that includes Malmö, Sweden, and much of its surroundings. The area encompasses the south-eastern part of the Scandinavian Öresund Region. The metropolitan area surrounding the cities of Malmö and Lund in the southern-most part of Sweden are usually denoted as South-Western Scania (Sydvästra Skåne), or more seldom Metropolitan Malmö.

Since the 1970s, improved highways and commuter train connections have meant that commuting area has grown to include Ystad, Skurup, Sjöbo, Eslöv, Höör, Landskrona and Helsingborg. It's not uncommon to live by Malmö and work either in Ystad or Helsingborg, or vice versa. Mentally, however, these towns have kept their allegiance with older divisions of Scania. Inhabitants of Eslöv and Höör consider themselves to live in Central Scania, like Landskrona still is grouped together with Helsingborg rather than Malmö–Lund.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality Number Population Area¹ Density²
Malmö 1 284,987 156 1827
Vellinge 2 32,738 143 229
Trelleborg 3 41,450 342 121
Skurup 4 14,788 196 75
Svedala 5 19,263 219 88
Lund 6 107,036 430 249
Staffanstorp 7 21,617 108 201
Burlöv 8 16,220 19 854
Lomma 9 20,350 56 363
Kävlinge 10 28,101 154 182
Eslöv 11 31,076 422 74
Höör 12 15,012 321 47
Total 12 632,638 2,566 247

In 2006 the municipalities of Eslöv, Höör and Skurup were added into the Greater Malmö area.
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[edit] Twin Cities of Sweden

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The The Twin Cities of Sweden consists of the cities of Linköping and Norrköping and surrounding municipalities. The borders of the metropolitan area corresponds to that of Östergötland County. Although the metropolitan area is not very densely built compared to the other three, it is believed that it will continue to grow very much due to the planned Europabanan[5]. This is because of its very strategic position.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality Number Population Area¹ Density²
Linköping 1 141,863 1436 98.8
Norrköping 2 128,060 1503 85.17
Finspång 3 20,589 1062 19.4
Motala 4 41,953 988 42.45
Mjölby 5 26,654 549 46.73
Vadstena 6 7,475 183 40.96
Ödeshög 7 5,350 431 12.4
Boxholm 8 5,260 528 9.96
Ydre 9 3,726 679 5.49
Kinda 10 9,885 1135 8.71
Åtvidaberg 11 11,543 690 16.72
Valdemarsvik 12 7,852 739 10.63
Söderköping 13 13,959 678 20.59
Total 12 423 169 10,562 39

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.fjarde.se
  2. ^ Statistics Sweden – Statistiken i geografin - regionala indelningar i Sverige 2005
  3. ^ [Source: http://www.scb.se/templates/subHeading____26051.asp Statistiska Centralbyråns befolkningsstatistik]
  4. ^ "Befolkning: Antal personer med utländsk eller svensk bakgrund efter kommun, civilstånd, ålder och kön. År 2002-2006" (in Swedish). Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). http://www.ssd.scb.se/databaser/makro/VisavarAgg.asp?var=Region&grupp(1)=RegionStoromr05%2D&statusV(1)=1&nr=1&varpres=region&inl=&xu=scb&yp=bergman&huvudtabell=UtlSvBakgTot&deltabell=K1&deltabellnamn=Antal+personer+med+utl%E4ndsk+eller+svensk+bakgrund+efter+kommun%2C+civilst%E5nd%2C+%E5lder+och+k%F6n%2E+%C5r&omradekod=BE&omradetext=Befolkning&preskat=O&prodid=BE0101&starttid=2002&stopptid=2006&antvar=5&vardemangd=RegionKommun07&innehall=UtlSvBakg&databas=SDB_Befolkning1&pr=B&Fromwhere=S&FromSel=G&lang=1&langdb=1. Retrieved 2008-01-23.  To produce the table select (1) "region": Stor-Stockholm, (2) "utländsk/svensk bakgrund" (foreign/Swedish background): Both, (3) "civilstånd" (civil status): None, (4) "ålder" (age): None, (5) "kön" (gender): None, (6) "år" (year): 2006, and (7) click "Forsätt" (Continue).
  5. ^ http://www.tillvaxtverket.se/huvudmeny/programfortillvaxt/storstadsprogrammet/temastorstaderochekonomisktillvaxt.4.21099e4211fdba8c87b800017377.html

Östergötland County