Nacka Municipality

Nacka Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and its western parts are considered a suburban part of the city of Stockholm.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Nacka (itself instituted in 1949) was amalgamated with Saltsjöbaden (itself detached from "old" Nacka in 1909) and Boo.

Geography

The municipality is situated in two historical provinces (landskap), Uppland and Södermanland, but in one administrative county (län), Stockholm County.

The western densely built-up area of Nacka Municipality is a contiguous part of the city of Stockholm. About 50,000 of the municipality's total population live there.

There are also some more localities in the municipality. The largest ones are Boo, Fisksätra, Saltsjöbaden, Skuru and Älta.

History

Template:Unreferencedsect The area has been populated since the first mountaintops emerged as islands from the sea after the end of the Last Ice Age, during the Mesolithic. During the Viking Age (800 – 1100 AD), the area has been estimated to have been populated by 100 people. They lived by farming and fishing.

A Danish sailing description from the late 13th century describes the area as a transportation region. The water roads were easier to use than the land roads and were also the main route to the capital, Stockholm. Those circumstances cause plenty of restaurants to be along the shores to cater to travellers. An article by Gunnar Ahlberg describes 24 different outlets and their busy service. In the 18th century, the restaurants closer to the city were transformed from shabby small places to more sophisticated establishments. Here came not only travelers but also citizens of Stockholm for a summer excursion. Many of the artists of the times have documented the excursions in drawings and songs.

During the wintertime, the waterways change somewhatm and instead of taking the seaway, travellers crossed the many lakes with sleighs to reach Stockholm.

The municipality's name harks back to a 16th-century industrial operation established by the Crown at Nacka farmstead where conditions for water mills are good. That spot is now, however, not densely populated, and the municipal seat is on land that once belonged to Järla farmstead on the other side of Lake Järla.

One of many battles during the Great Northern War took place in the most eastern part of Nacka. In 1719, Russian forces burned and raided the eastern coast of Sweden. Several cities were attacked and almost all buildings in the archipelago of Stockholm were burned. On their way to Stockholm greatly outnumbered Swedish forces managed to fight off the attacking Russians at the battle of Stäket.

20th century

The municipality has had a continuous population increase since the 1960s and has almost doubled its population. Today it is the third most populous municipality in Stockholm County, after Stockholm Municipality and Huddinge Municipality, and the 20th in Sweden. The massive increase in housing supply has caused the population to be predicted to grow at an annual rate of more the 3% by the year 2020.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Nacka became the location of an experiment in psychiatry in the 1970s, initiated by psychiatrist Bengt Bengtsson. It allowed the inhabitants a local access to psychotherapeutic methods for preventive purposes. The role model was the Community Mental Health system developed in the U.S. The system has since been implemented in other municipalities.

The industry in Nacka is mainly of a service nature. Nacka has an extensive commuting traffic to Stockholm City, and few major companies are located in Nacka itself.

Nature

Nacka has (in 2015) 12 nature reserves, and two large recreational nature areas, all with a varied landscape of pine forests, swamps and lakes. The largest nature reserve is Nackareservatet, with an area of approximately 730 hectare.

Demographics

Population development

Nacka is a municipality whose population has continuously grown over the last 65 years <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and had by 2017 passed 100 000 citizens.

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Nacka Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=NackaVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 77,440 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=NackaVal2022/> 48.4% voted for the left coalition and 50.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | % % Alphyddan, Finntorp V 1,449 1,198 60.6 38.0 77 70 30 25,213 70 Björknäs S 2,137 1,487 48.6 50.3 84 71 29 29,834 50 Danviken, Saltsjöqvarn 1,983 1,736 50.1 49.1 81 83 17 37,870 71 Duvnäs Utskog 1,628 1,133 52.5 47.1 87 88 12 42,341 70 Eknäs V, Tollare V 1,815 1,167 47.2 51.4 84 76 24 34,045 59 Eknäs Ö, Hjortängen 2,225 1,484 41.2 57.8 87 85 15 42,258 68 Ektorp 1,979 1,437 53.8 44.6 74 69 31 23,695 62 Ekängen, Saltängen V 1,946 1,404 46.7 52.6 85 85 15 36,680 71 Finnberget, Kvarnholmen 1,285 1,020 50.0 49.2 82 71 29 33,364 65 Finnboda 1,846 1,377 50.7 48.2 87 79 21 41,054 70 Finntorp Ö 2,255 1,861 56.6 41.7 81 74 26 28,818 59 Fisksätra N 1,994 1,166 68.0 26.7 68 18 82 19,042 33 Fisksätra S 1,827 1,232 56.1 40.1 70 39 61 23,356 37 Fisksätra V 2,175 1,367 63.3 31.4 69 30 70 21,655 39 Fisksätra Ö 1,866 1,085 68.3 23.2 68 20 80 18,984 33 Gustavsvik, Insjön 1,966 1,342 42.3 57.3 84 83 17 37,373 58 Hasseludden 1,967 1,360 41.1 58.0 84 83 17 40,340 62 Hedvigslund 1,828 1,218 51.0 48.0 86 82 18 36,385 60 Henriksdal 1,709 1,240 64.5 33.4 73 54 46 24,976 54 Igelboda, Neglinge S 1,785 1,263 32.0 66.8 84 90 10 41,388 77 Igelbodaplatån 1,739 1,405 43.7 55.0 79 72 28 26,256 54 Jarlaberg N 1,539 1,213 57.4 41.2 82 68 32 29,540 62 Jarlaberg S 1,469 1,043 52.6 45.6 81 64 36 30,884 55 Järla, Nya gatan 1,020 985 51.2 47.6 86 76 24 33,192 64 Järla sjö 2,127 1,557 55.5 43.4 88 83 17 40,491 74 Kolarängen 1,950 1,403 48.9 50.4 86 86 14 41,634 68 Krokhöjden 2,112 1,629 53.0 45.5 83 75 25 27,838 44 Kvarnholmen Ö 1,969 1,493 40.4 58.3 87 78 22 42,293 67 Källvägsområdet 2,549 1,721 40.2 58.5 87 84 16 40,907 62 Lilla Björknäs 2,272 1,615 41.7 57.8 86 83 17 38,888 64 Lillängen, Storängen 1,610 1,211 50.0 49.7 82 87 13 40,917 77 Lännersta N 2,488 1,653 40.5 59.0 87 88 12 42,781 67 Lännersta S 1,986 1,275 41.1 58.4 86 87 13 44,874 69 Mensättra, Eriksvik 2,111 1,351 41.8 56.9 86 81 19 38,694 58 Nacka C 1,912 1,626 50.9 47.5 79 56 44 27,240 53 Nacka strand 1,851 1,419 40.5 58.5 87 75 25 39,967 67 Nysätra, Hästhagen 2,117 1,642 57.5 41.6 84 82 18 34,347 70 Orminge C 1,352 1,125 51.4 47.0 78 53 47 25,521 43 Orminge N 1,918 1,220 57.6 40.8 78 51 49 22,771 35 Orminge S 1,685 1,175 62.0 35.5 78 59 41 23,456 35 Orminge Ö 2,193 1,547 56.9 42.2 88 84 16 34,740 55 Rösunda 1,893 1,540 26.7 72.6 78 86 14 36,610 68 Saltsjö-Duvnäs 2,044 1,535 41.7 57.4 82 87 13 39,039 76 Sickla V 1,256 992 56.1 43.0 85 82 18 37,977 76 Sickla Ö, Tallbacken 1,605 1,249 66.3 32.7 85 79 21 31,525 69 Sigfridsborg 2,102 1,394 54.8 44.4 89 86 14 39,473 70 Skogalund 2,185 1,594 50.0 49.0 81 73 27 30,567 56 Skogsö, Baggensudden 1,804 1,408 34.3 64.4 79 85 15 37,571 70 Skuru 1,915 1,319 45.5 54.1 86 86 14 43,988 72 Solsidan S, Älgö 2,036 1,379 21.6 77.5 75 83 17 42,412 74 Stensö N 1,763 1,273 58.5 40.2 78 56 44 24,171 43 Stensö S 1,747 1,130 55.9 41.0 75 46 54 23,782 37 Tattby, Solsidan N 1,557 1,107 29.6 69.5 82 89 11 47,106 79 Tollare Ö 2,127 1,426 41.5 58.0 91 80 20 39,747 63 Vikingshill 2,736 1,860 47.9 51.4 84 85 15 36,766 61 Älta gård 2,046 1,439 53.4 46.1 88 86 14 38,121 68 Ältadalen, S Hedvigslund 1,601 910 54.4 45.0 94 87 13 42,518 73 Source: SVT<ref name=NackaVal2022/>

Income and Education

The population in Nacka Municipality has the 5th highest median income per capita in Sweden.<ref name="Medianinkomst">Template:Cite web</ref> The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 39.0% and the 10th highest in the country.<ref name="Andel högutbildade">Template:Cite web</ref>

Residents with a foreign background

On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 25 681, or 25.37% of the population (101 231 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 16 281, or 21.25% of the population (76 624 on 31 December 2002).<ref>Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019)</ref> On 31 December 2017 there were 101 231 residents in Nacka, of which 19 717 people (19.48%) 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.<ref name="Scbfödelseland">Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019</ref>

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Nacka:

• Järla IF FK

Points of interests

• Nackasändaren Radio Mast

Notable people

• Thomas Bodström - lawyer, writer, former politician and Minister for Justice
• Karin Dreijer - singer, songwriter, record producer
• Olof Dreijer - DJ, record producer
• Nicolao Dumitru - football player
• Christer Gardell - venture capitalist
• Nicklas Grossmann - NHL hockey player
• Carola Häggkvist - singer, songwriter
• Sebastian Ingrosso - DJ/Producer of House
• Cornelia Jakobs - Eurovision 2022 Participant, singer
• Jessica Landstrom - football player
• Ulf Lundell - musician, songwriter, author
• Annie Lööf - politician, leader of the Centre Party
• Markoolio - recording artist, television show host, actor
• Nova Miller - recording artist, dancer, actor
• Mona Sahlin - politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party
• Those Dancing Days - Indie pop band

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Template:Flagicon Keila, Estonia
• Template:Flagicon Pyhtää, Finland
• Template:Flagicon Jelgava, Latvia
• Template:Flagicon Gliwice, Poland
• Template:Flagicon Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
• Template:Flagicon Santa Rosa del Peñón, Nicaragua
• Template:Flagicon Adalar, Turkey

Gallery

The images give a view of how the geography looks, with some hills and some tall houses, and streets.

• Alphyddan
  Alphyddan
• Gäddviken
  Gäddviken
• Finnberget
  Finnberget
• Värmdöleden at Alphyddan
  Värmdöleden at Alphyddan
• Nacka church, built in 1891
  Nacka church, built in 1891
• Svindersvik, a summer estate built in 1740
  Svindersvik, a summer estate built in 1740

External links

• Nacka Municipality - Official site