Sigtuna Municipality

Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden
Sigtuna Municipality
Sigtuna kommun
Municipality
Head Office of Sigtuna Municipality in Märsta
Head Office of Sigtuna Municipality in Märsta
Coat of arms of Sigtuna Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
  • Sigtuner
  • Sigtunan
  • Sigtunian
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ProvinceUppland
Municipal code0191
Websitewww.sigtuna.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Sigtuna Municipality (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately 37 km (23 mi) north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.

The municipality consists of several former local government units and was formed in 1971. It got its name from the small, but very old, City of Sigtuna, but the seat was placed in the larger modern town of Märsta.

The three towns of the municipality are Märsta (pop. 23,000), Sigtuna (pop. 8,000) and Rosersberg (pop. 1,400), of which Märsta is the municipal seat and Sigtuna with its old and important history is a popular tourist destination.

Demography

Population development

Population development in Sigtuna Municipality 1950–2022
Year Population
1950
6,516
1955
7,300
1960
9,461
1965
17,705
1970
26,062
1975
26,615
1980
28,276
1985
29,300
1990
31,485
1995
33,406
2000
35,001
2001
35,518
2002
35,771
2003
36,028
2004
36,322
2005
36,711
2006
36,976
2007
37,793
2008
38,272
2009
39,219
2010
39,990
2011
41,329
2012
42,272
2013
43,372
2014
44,085
2015
44,786
2016
46,274
2017
47,146
2018
48,130
2019
48,964

Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Sigtuna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

There were 50,180 residents, including 33,030 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 54.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Arenberga 2,228 1,638 43.6 54.2 81 64 36 27,530 36
Björkbacka-Charlottenberg 1,751 1,151 28.2 69.8 79 70 30 30,436 44
Brännbo-Klockbacken 2,127 1,519 39.0 59.3 72 67 33 25,868 46
Centrala Marsta 1,848 1,274 51.2 46.5 76 50 50 24,897 39
Centrala Sigtuna 2,234 1,686 34.2 64.5 81 82 18 31,601 52
Gamla Märsta 1,893 1,197 50.4 45.8 76 44 56 24,194 33
Lunda-Skepptuna-Vidbo 1,333 988 35.0 64.0 85 85 15 27,660 25
Munkholmen 1,420 1,019 30.6 68.2 81 77 23 35,692 56
Norra Ekilla 1,356 957 42.1 56.0 82 65 35 28,525 36
N Rosersberg-Skånela 1,526 1,090 31.7 66.7 84 79 21 29,750 32
Norra Sigtuna 964 740 30.9 67.8 80 78 22 29,402 46
Norra Valsta 2,119 1,172 56.9 35.0 66 22 78 19,981 31
Nymärsta 1,839 1,105 55.7 40.8 70 23 77 21,041 35
Odensala 1,429 1,040 31.9 66.7 87 86 14 30,394 33
Prästängen-Ragvaldsbo 1,453 1,255 38.9 59.6 81 73 27 29,921 47
Rävsta-Steningehöjden 1,675 1,018 35.7 62.0 84 51 49 29,503 41
Sjudargården-S:t Per 1,894 1,420 32.0 67.1 82 80 20 32,814 53
Steninge slottsby 2,335 1,553 44.8 53.4 80 48 52 28,340 44
Sundveda-S Ekilla 2,242 1,461 44.6 52.3 73 47 53 23,630 33
Sätuna 1,664 1,193 50.1 47.6 72 53 47 23,574 35
Södra Rosersberg 1,393 1,041 41.5 57.2 83 76 24 27,806 36
Södra Valsta 2,603 1,326 55.0 35.3 64 14 86 19,410 29
Tingvalla 2,094 1,121 60.5 32.3 65 19 81 19,844 29
Valsta C 2,089 1,112 54.1 41.0 64 18 82 19,586 29
Västra Steninge 2,452 1,648 43.6 54.9 80 47 53 27,864 36
Östra Norrbacka 1,916 1,178 53.2 39.7 71 41 59 23,429 32
Östra Valsta 2,303 1,128 56.2 36.6 68 18 82 20,625 36
Source: SVT[3]

Industry

In the municipality lies the largest workplace in Sweden, the Arlanda Airport, with 13,000 employees in 200 companies. As a result, Sigtuna is travelled through by 18,300,000 visitors yearly, and has the fourth most hotel stays, following to the commercial and regional centres Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.[citation needed]

Swedavia, the Swedish airport management company, has its head office on the airport property.[4] Scandinavian Airlines previously had its head office on the airport property.[5]

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

The municipality is twinned[6] with:

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Sigtuna i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Swedavia Start Page Archived 28 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine." Swedavia. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Swedavia AB, 190 45 Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden."
  5. ^ "SAS Head Office in Sweden." Scandinavian Airlines. Retrieved on 27 January 2012. "SAS Head Office Stockholm-Arlanda Kabinvägen 5 SE-195 87 Stockholm"
  6. ^ [1] Archived 7 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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