Linköping Municipality

Municipality in Östergötland County, Sweden
Linköping Municipality
Linköpings kommun
Municipality
Linköping Library
Linköping Library
Coat of arms of Linköping Municipality
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Linköping - where ideas come to life
Coordinates: 58°24′N 15°37′E / 58.400°N 15.617°E / 58.400; 15.617
CountrySweden
CountyÖstergötland County
SeatLinköping
Area
 • Total1,568.26 km2 (605.51 sq mi)
 • Land1,427.44 km2 (551.14 sq mi)
 • Water140.82 km2 (54.37 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total167,404
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceÖstergötland
Municipal code0580
Websitewww.linkoping.se

Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With more than 165,000 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden.

The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala, and thence clockwise by Finspång, Norrköping, Söderköping, Åtvidaberg, Kinda, Boxholm and Mjölby municipalities.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Linköping with five surrounding rural municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) making up Linköping Municipality is 32.

Linköping is one of the few municipalities in Sweden to style the speaker of the assembly as mayor.

Linköping wants to create a sustainable development of the city and therefore plan to become a carbon neutral community by 2025.

Demographics

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

In total there were 165,293 residents, including 124,369 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 50.5% voted for the left coalition and 48.1% for the right coalition.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Bankekind 1,123 867 41.3 57.9 92 93 7 30,747 55
Berga 1, Ramshäll 1,807 1,389 52.8 45.3 73 71 29 25,339 56
Berga 2, NO 1,708 1,140 68.6 28.0 58 30 70 16,048 39
Berga 3, NV 2,068 1,175 71.4 25.4 59 28 72 15,950 35
Berga 4, SO 1,453 1,109 55.0 43.6 84 83 17 30,132 63
Berga 5, Vidingsjö N 1,376 1,022 47.8 51.8 91 91 9 34,133 73
Berga 6, SV 1,897 1,288 54.5 42.8 69 58 42 21,013 47
Berga 7, Vidingsjö S 1,305 1,130 55.8 43.4 85 90 10 26,098 52
Berga 8, Haninge 1,492 1,073 56.8 42.4 82 85 15 27,878 48
Berga 9, Hagaberg 1,044 882 55.9 43.7 88 84 16 34,756 80
Berga 10, S Ekkällan N 1,641 1,329 53.9 44.7 84 81 19 30,798 71
Berga 11, S Ekkällan S 1,350 1,199 50.4 48.1 82 80 20 28,313 73
Domkyrko 1, Ne Vasastaden V 1,684 1,537 48.0 50.8 81 82 18 26,631 54
Domkyrko 2, Hunneberg 1,641 1,512 52.1 46.7 76 87 13 23,403 60
Domkyrko 3, Öv Vasastaden Ö 1,425 1,222 46.9 51.0 73 80 20 23,656 59
Domkyrko 4, Öv Vasastaden V 1,729 1,319 54.7 43.1 75 63 37 23,446 45
Domkyrko 5, Ne Vasastaden Ö 1,534 1,366 44.4 54.5 78 81 19 27,515 60
Domkyrko 6, Kanberget 1,526 1,337 50.1 48.5 77 85 15 28,058 64
Domkyrko 7, Innerstaden S 1,808 1,554 47.8 50.5 78 79 21 25,539 60
Domkyrko 8, Ekkällan 1,485 1,247 62.9 36.1 74 73 27 23,408 57
Domkyrko 9, Gottfridsberg NO 1,476 1,350 55.9 42.0 73 73 27 23,077 48
Domkyrko 10, Gottfridsberg SO 1,429 1,132 52.4 46.6 60 84 16 18,601 71
Domkyrko 11, Fridhem 1,007 861 56.5 42.5 70 91 9 29,376 85
Domkyrko 12, Barhäll 1,673 1,344 54.3 44.7 82 82 18 29,010 66
Domkyrko 13, Åbylund 1,495 1,357 57.0 41.1 70 75 25 20,456 52
Domkyrko 14, Valla 1,625 1,307 54.2 44.3 78 87 13 28,913 78
Domkyrko 15, T1 N 1,369 1,112 57.7 39.7 66 80 20 20,884 73
Domkyrko 16, T1 S 1,699 1,264 59.5 38.9 83 81 19 30,988 70
Domkyrko 17, Innerstaden N 1,761 1,522 46.4 52.2 80 79 21 28,107 59
Domkyrko 18, Öv Vasastaden N 1,813 1,454 44.5 54.1 78 77 23 28,885 61
Domkyrko 19, Folkets park 1,258 1,049 55.8 43.4 77 80 20 28,269 65
Domkyrko 20, Vallastaden N 1,904 1,546 49.3 49.1 40 78 22 5,593 82
Domkyrko 21, Vallastaden S 697 675 44.1 54.1 63 73 27 16,706 77
Domkyrko 22, Ebbe park 1,002 1,092 52.4 46.1 26 85 15 3,854 82
Flistad-Ljung 1,498 1,117 45.7 53.1 88 93 7 30,134 50
Johannelund 1, Vimanshäll 1,877 1,466 50.4 48.1 82 79 21 30,202 63
Johannelund 2, NV 1,384 998 56.2 40.5 70 62 38 21,607 43
Johannelund 3, NO 1,288 1,133 54.0 44.1 80 81 19 23,770 46
Johannelund 4, Ånestad 1,599 1,200 55.8 43.3 91 91 9 34,164 71
Johannelund 5, SV 1,555 1,281 56.6 41.3 85 86 14 27,007 56
Johannelund 6, SO 1,591 1,192 49.5 49.6 79 76 24 26,750 55
Kaga-Ledberg 974 736 38.3 61.0 92 92 8 32,329 58
Kärna 1, Malmslätt SO 1,102 881 47.0 51.8 83 87 13 29,970 52
Kärna 2, Malmslätt M 1,256 991 48.9 49.9 84 88 12 28,817 56
Kärna 3, Tokarp 1,490 1,070 49.0 50.2 88 79 21 29,492 52
Kärna 4, Malmslätt V 1,511 1,208 52.8 46.6 88 85 15 27,898 51
Landeryd 1, Hackefors 1,891 1,405 44.1 55.5 90 93 7 34,622 68
Landeryd 2, Ekholmen NO 1,815 1,335 53.5 44.9 78 75 25 22,656 45
Landeryd 3, Kvinneby 1,578 1,250 44.7 54.1 88 89 11 28,417 64
Landeryd 4, Ekholmen NV 1,729 1,452 55.3 43.8 83 79 21 24,935 50
Landeryd 5, Ekholmen SO 1,500 1,265 50.4 48.2 79 84 16 21,609 33
Landeryd 6, Hjulsbro M 1,592 1,199 42.8 56.2 89 88 12 37,302 71
Landeryd 7, Ekholmen SV 1,790 1,271 51.8 46.7 88 86 14 29,102 54
Landeryd 8, Ullstämma 2,334 1,565 50.6 48.8 89 88 12 34,461 67
Landeryd 9, Möjetorp 2,321 1,465 46.3 53.0 91 87 13 33,730 67
Lillkyrka-Gistad 658 532 43.3 55.0 90 93 7 28,452 40
Nykil-Gammalkil 2,110 1,631 42.7 56.0 89 95 5 28,716 46
Rappestad-Vikingstad N 1,546 1,176 42.0 57.4 91 94 6 31,008 48
Ryd 1, N 1,715 1,309 56.9 41.5 53 67 33 13,231 73
Ryd 2, SO 2,152 1,320 56.6 41.0 54 48 52 12,726 60
Ryd 3, SV 1,853 951 64.6 30.8 38 24 76 5,730 50
Ryd 4, NO 1,749 1,147 69.8 25.7 58 38 62 15,062 42
Ryd 5, M 1,659 1,038 55.3 41.6 19 52 48 1,340 87
Rystad 2, Tallboda V 1,528 1,100 37.4 61.8 86 81 19 29,817 45
Rystad 3, Tallboda Ö 2,021 1,403 45.2 54.1 90 79 21 30,799 48
Rystad 4, Ekängen 2,799 1,816 35.6 63.7 90 87 13 42,807 76
S:t Lars 1, Innerstaden NO 1,682 1,373 48.7 49.4 76 70 30 25,969 52
S:t Lars 2, Innerstaden Ö 1,312 1,169 43.2 55.7 78 79 21 26,252 56
S:t Lars 3, Hejdegården 1,553 1,328 47.1 51.8 75 82 18 25,953 62
S:t Lars 4, Kungsberget V 1,531 1,412 43.2 55.7 84 85 15 29,836 60
S:t Lars 5, Kungsberget 1,703 1,357 45.9 53.2 76 77 23 24,986 49
S:t Lars 6, Råberga 1,730 1,332 48.9 48.6 71 74 26 23,095 50
S:t Lars 7, Innerstaden SO 1,254 1,087 47.2 51.8 76 83 17 25,393 59
S:t Lars 8, Stångån V 1,190 1,051 51.8 46.8 80 77 23 25,787 50
Sjögestad 840 597 42.3 57.3 81 90 10 27,989 43
Skeda 1,916 1,433 44.7 54.3 91 94 6 30,719 54
Skäggetorp 1, C 2,135 1,194 70.3 25.8 50 22 78 13,299 24
Skäggetorp 2, Nygård 1,928 1,203 67.2 29.6 55 25 75 14,644 35
Skäggetorp 3, SV 2,152 1,168 60.0 36.8 55 29 71 15,409 28
Skäggetorp 4, V 2,160 1,047 69.3 25.7 49 22 78 12,514 26
Skäggetorp 5, Tornby 1,881 952 65.8 30.7 51 25 75 12,788 25
Slaka 1, Lambohov C 1,766 1,229 57.0 40.4 58 54 46 16,263 62
Slaka 2, Lambohov Ö 2,305 1,502 54.6 44.6 83 66 34 30,760 68
Slaka 3, Lilla Mjärdevi 1,758 1,281 52.6 46.5 87 84 16 34,493 72
Slaka 4, Lambohov S 1,929 1,387 58.9 39.2 78 67 33 26,925 51
Slaka 5, Lambohov N 1,763 1,248 63.9 33.9 72 61 39 23,972 56
Stjärnorp 835 679 46.5 51.6 89 93 7 27,941 46
Törnevalla Ö-Skrukeby 2,108 1,538 40.0 59.1 89 93 7 29,687 49
Ulrika 431 338 37.7 61.2 78 94 6 21,935 26
Vikingstad S 2,141 1,544 42.8 56.3 90 90 10 31,123 51
Vist 1, Sturefors S 1,702 1,253 51.1 48.2 91 94 6 31,925 54
Vist 2, Sturefors N 2,272 1,537 46.6 52.8 91 91 9 29,594 57
Vreta Kloster 1, Berg 1,908 1,478 39.3 59.4 90 94 6 33,486 63
Vreta Kloster 2, N 1,890 1,412 49.9 48.4 86 92 8 29,184 50
Vreta Kloster 3, Ö 1,683 1,261 47.1 51.9 85 90 10 29,344 54
Vreta Kloster 4, S 1,835 1,311 51.2 47.9 89 91 9 30,732 50
Vreta Kloster 5, V 1,388 1,148 49.2 49.9 84 90 10 26,299 44
Vårdnäs 1,976 1,566 46.6 53.1 88 95 5 30,408 54
Vårdsberg 2,426 1,712 44.5 54.2 90 92 8 30,537 56
Västerlösa-Björkeberg 993 750 35.3 63.3 89 92 8 30,645 41
Örtomta-Askeby 1,384 1,029 40.6 59.0 88 93 7 29,533 50
Ö Harg-Rystad 1 1,064 798 37.2 61.3 89 92 8 30,833 44
Source: SVT[3]

Politics

Municipal election 2018

On September 9, 2018, Linköping held Municipality Election:[4]

Party Votes % Seats ±
Social Democrats 29137 27,57 22 -5
Moderate Party 23050 21,81 18 -2
Sweden Democrats 11130 10,53 8 +2
Centre Party 9865 9,33 8 +2
Left Party 6459 6,11 5 +2
Christian Democrats 7908 7,48 6 +2
Liberals 9456 8,95 7 +1
Green Party 6904 6,53 5 -2
Others 1770 1,67 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 1254
Total 106933 100 79 0
Following the 2014 Linköping municipal election , the seats were divided in the following way:
The governing parties Parties in opposition
The Social Democrats 27 The Moderate Party 20
The Liberal People's Party 6 The Left Party 3
The Green Party 7 The Sweden Democrats 6
The Christian Democrats 4
The Centre Party 6
Following the 2018 Linköping municipal election, the seats were divided in the following way:
The governing parties Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 18 The Social Democrats 22
The Liberals 7 The Left Party 5
The Christian Democrats 6 The Green Party 5
The Centre Party 8 The Sweden Democrats 8

[5]

In the aftermath of the 2014 municipality election, The local Social Democrats (S; Social Demokraterna), Green Party (MP; Miljöpartiet) and the Liberal People's Party (L; Liberalerna, formerly FP; Folk Partiet) formed a coalition majority named "coalition for Linköping" with 40 out of 79 seats, while the minority opposition in Linköping consisted each separate by: the Moderate Party (M ; Moderaterna), Centre Party (C; Center Partiet), Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna), Left Party (V; Vänsterpartiet) and the Sweden Democrats (SD; Sverige Demokraterna).

After the 2018 elections, all of the Alliance parties in the municipality joined together and took over from the Socialdemocrat's coalition rule and their mandat started the 1st January 2019 and onwards.[6]

List of mayors

  • Eva Joelsson Social Democrats (S), 1994–2006
  • Ann-Cathrine Hjerdt Moderate Party (M), 2006–2014
  • Helena Balthammar Social Democrats (S), 2014–2018
  • Lars Vikinge Centre Party (C), 2018–present

Twin towns – sister cities

Sign post showing the municipality's twin towns

Linköping is twinned with:[7]

Roskilde Municipality in Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality.[8] Twinning with Guangzhou in China terminated in February 2020.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Linköping i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Linköping - Röster - Val 2018".
  5. ^ "Linköping - Valda - Val 2018".
  6. ^ "Valresultat, mandatfördelning".
  7. ^ "Vänorter". linkoping.se (in Swedish). Linköpings kommun. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  8. ^ Corren 7/18 2007. Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  9. ^ "Gothenburg axes twin city agreement with Shanghai as Sweden closes all Confucius Institutes". 24 April 2020.

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