Strängnäs Municipality

Strängnäs Municipality (Template:Langx) 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.

The boxer Erik Agren was born here

Localities

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

• Strängnäs (seat)
• Mariefred
• Åkers styckebruk
• 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.<ref name=SträngnäsVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 38,341 inhabitants, of whom 28,212 were Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SträngnäsVal2022/> 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 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;" | % % Abborrberget-Sundby 1,630 1,205 43.2 55.5 74 74 26 26,102 42 Dammen-Malmby-Löt 1,824 1,252 39.5 58.5 79 73 27 26,488 33 Eldsund-Tingstuhöjden 1,505 1,109 44.8 52.7 66 55 45 21,721 34 Finninge 2,210 1,587 48.6 50.5 84 80 20 29,095 44 Härad 989 747 40.1 58.2 81 87 13 28,289 34 Kyrkberget-Kvarnbacken 1,789 1,468 39.1 60.0 80 82 18 26,704 42 Länna 800 565 30.9 68.1 81 81 19 26,664 31 Mariefred C 1,553 1,274 48.2 51.1 83 88 12 28,550 55 Marielund-Hedlandet 1,848 1,273 41.8 57.6 90 84 16 35,548 60 Norra Tosterö-Aspö 1,578 1,160 38.9 60.7 82 85 15 28,724 42 Slottsbrinken-Viggeby 1,633 1,207 40.6 57.8 86 88 12 32,010 50 Stadsskogen 1,675 1,115 50.6 47.7 66 57 43 22,200 37 Stavlund-Södra Tosterö 1,265 848 37.9 60.7 80 76 24 28,673 47 Storgärdet-Sidöparken 1,476 1,206 45.3 53.4 78 79 21 26,423 48 Strängnäs C 1,429 1,169 43.6 54.3 78 80 20 22,850 33 Tallåsen-Sörgärdet 1,577 1,278 43.2 55.8 80 84 16 24,865 44 Toresund 2,131 1,630 37.9 61.1 85 85 15 29,078 40 Ulvhäll-Långberget 2,198 1,536 44.4 53.6 81 74 26 25,937 38 Vårfruberga 1,481 1,137 38.7 60.2 83 88 12 27,190 37 Ytterselö-Överselö 1,790 1,405 43.1 55.6 81 85 15 24,919 35 Åker N 2,135 1,492 39.9 58.9 83 75 25 27,852 28 Åker S 1,771 1,260 38.5 60.2 81 73 27 25,685 26 Öster-Ekhov-Kalkudden 1,784 1,289 41.3 57.4 79 82 18 26,887 37 Source: SVT<ref name=SträngnäsVal2022/>

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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	92.5	13,741	3.1	43.0	0.0	24.6	11.9	1.5	15.5	0.0	0.0
1976<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	93.1	14,931	2.7	41.4	0.0	24.1	13.6	0.9	16.8	0.0	0.0
1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	92.0	15,400	3.8	41.9	0.0	17.9	12.9	1.0	21.7	0.0	0.0
1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	92.5	16,146	4.1	44.3	1.8	14.5	7.4	1.5	26.3	0.0	0.0
1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	91.2	16,528	3.7	44.0	1.6	10.3	17.8	0.0	23.4	0.0	0.0
1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	86.7	16,263	4.4	40.9	5.2	9.9	16.6	1.9	20.8	0.0	0.0
1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	87.5	17,207	2.9	34.9	3.1	7.2	11.9	6.2	25.2	0.0	8.2
1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	87.1	17,808	4.8	43.2	4.8	6.6	9.1	3.4	26.1	0.0	1.1
1998<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	81.4	16,902	9.2	35.5	4.2	4.2	5.6	12.2	27.7	0.0	0.0
2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	80.0	17,534	5.9	38.4	4.4	5.4	16.2	9.4	18.3	0.5	0.0
2006<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	83.1	18,922	3.7	32.5	4.7	7.6	8.3	6.7	32.4	2.2	0.0
2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	85.5	20,626	4.2	26.8	6.7	6.7	7.7	5.4	35.2	6.4	0.0
2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	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

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

External links

• Strängnäs Municipality - Official site