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
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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2/ Population per km²
| 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
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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2/ Population per km²
As of June 2009
[edit] Metropolitan Malmö
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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2/ Population per km²
[edit] Twin Cities of Sweden
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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2/ Population per km²
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.fjarde.se
- ^ Statistics Sweden – Statistiken i geografin - regionala indelningar i Sverige 2005
- ^ [Source: http://www.scb.se/templates/subHeading____26051.asp Statistiska Centralbyråns befolkningsstatistik]
- ^ "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).
- ^ http://www.tillvaxtverket.se/huvudmeny/programfortillvaxt/storstadsprogrammet/temastorstaderochekonomisktillvaxt.4.21099e4211fdba8c87b800017377.html
