Huddinge Municipality

Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden
Huddinge Municipality
Huddinge kommun
Municipality
Huddinge town hall
Huddinge town hall
Coat of arms of Huddinge Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°14′N 17°59′E / 59.233°N 17.983°E / 59.233; 17.983
CountrySweden
CountyStockholm County
SeatHuddinge
Area
 • Total140.63 km2 (54.30 sq mi)
 • Land131.01 km2 (50.58 sq mi)
 • Water9.62 km2 (3.71 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total113,920
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSödermanland
Municipal code0126
Websitewww.huddinge.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Huddinge Municipality (Swedish: Huddinge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge (pronounced [hɵ̂dːɪŋɛ] ), which is a part of Stockholm urban area.

The municipality is, with its approximately 110,000 inhabitants,[3] the second most populated in Stockholm County.

Geography

The municipality covers the entire central part of the Södertörn peninsula. More than half of the land area consists of agriculture, forests, hills, or lakes, and it contains 13 nature reserves.

Huddinge borders the following municipalities: Stockholm Municipality, Ekerö Municipality (by water), Botkyrka Municipality, Haninge Municipality and Tyresö Municipality (by water).

Localities

Huddinge Church

Subdivisions

Huddinge municipality is sub-divided into six districts:

  • Flemingsberg (pop. 14,924)
  • Segeltorp (pop. 11,870)
  • Sjödalen-Fullersta (pop. 22,304)
  • Skogås (pop. 13,783)
  • Stuvsta-Snättringe (pop. 15,847)
  • Trångsund (pop. 9,912)
  • Vårby (pop. 10,115), including Masmo

There are four territorial parishes of the Church of Sweden within the municipality: Huddinge, Trångsund, Flemingsberg and St. Mikael.

Natural reserves

Source:[4]

Lakes

Source:[5]

History

It is believed that the history of Huddinge goes back at least 1,000 years, to before the Viking Age. When hostile ships approached the community, the inhabitants of Huddinge would climb to high locations and light beacons. Beacons were located around the entirety of Lake Mälaren. Huddinge's coat of arms has its origins in this tradition. The name Huddinge is believed to come from the Uddung's - the first inhabitants in this area, which during the Iron Age lived on the shores of Lake Mälaren nearby Vårby.

Split into two municipalities

After years of protests from inhabitants and after much debate, it was decided in 2007 to hold a vote in 2008 regarding a split to make the eastern part of Huddinge its own municipality, named in published documents as Huddinge östra ("Huddinge East").[6] However only the inhabitants of eastern Huddinge would be allowed to vote. This caused a major political split of opinions as the political opposition wanted to see a vote.[7] At least 60% of the inhabitants of eastern Huddinge had to vote "yes" for the split for it to be approved.

The referendum ended with a clear "no" to the split, ending the discussion.

Demography

Huddinge has a total population of roughly 110,000,[3] or 4.5% of the population of Stockholm County. The average age is 36.7 years, but one-third of the population is under 25 years of age. This means that Huddinge has a slightly younger population than both Stockholm County (38.9 years) and the whole country (40.6 years). The population density of the municipality is increasing significantly. Since the 1960s, the population has doubled in size and is currently among the 14 largest municipalities in Sweden. The population of Huddinge passed the one of Gävle in 2008, and the ones of Eskilstuna and Sundsvall as well in 2009.

Population

Population development in Huddinge Municipality 1970–2017
Year Population
1970
54,732
1975
62,576
1980
66,570
1985
70,209
1990
73,829
1995
77,384
2000
84,535
2005
88,750
2010
97,453
2015
105,311
2017
110,003
2019
112,848

Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

2022 by district

This is a demographic table based on Huddinge Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[8]

In total there were 113,678 residents, including 76,114 Swedish citizens of voting age.[8] 50.9% voted for the left coalition and 46.9% 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
% %
Balingsnäs 1,943 1,271 49.0 49.5 89 81 19 35,218 57
Flemingsberg N 1,113 774 67.2 26.6 62 17 83 16,146 33
Flemingsberg S 2,071 867 74.8 21.1 48 20 80 5,478 75
Fridhem 1,999 1,428 48.9 50.4 87 84 16 35,663 62
Fullersta gård 1,466 1,097 51.4 47.0 84 80 20 31,970 57
Fullersta torg 1,282 1,106 50.2 49.0 80 75 25 26,979 50
Fållan-Nytorp 2,182 1,522 47.5 51.4 85 76 24 33,837 53
Gladökvarn-Lissma 1,565 1,149 35.8 63.0 81 81 19 29,947 31
Glömsta N 1,635 973 39.0 59.1 84 54 46 31,531 50
Glömsta S 1,574 1,002 43.4 55.4 82 57 43 32,887 50
Grantorp N 1,863 1,131 68.3 20.8 60 12 88 17,323 30
Grantorp Ö 2,256 1,177 65.7 28.9 67 14 86 19,095 40
Haga 1,610 1,079 63.6 31.6 63 22 78 17,901 35
Hammartorp 1,774 1,288 49.9 49.0 82 60 40 26,199 44
Huddinge C 1,516 1,182 58.4 38.8 73 58 42 21,683 37
Hörningsnäs 1,765 1,195 51.8 47.4 87 80 20 35,511 60
Juringe 1,830 1,358 43.6 55.7 84 65 35 33,562 49
Kråkvik-Kungens kurva 2,399 1,611 47.0 51.6 77 68 32 31,737 55
Kvarnbergsplan 1,343 1,040 52.3 46.2 85 68 32 26,868 45
Kynäs 2,296 1,614 44.7 54.4 85 80 20 35,322 55
Källbrink 1,639 1,137 44.5 54.9 87 79 21 39,751 62
Kästa 1,492 944 47.5 49.8 76 37 63 26,206 45
Länna 2,624 1,675 38.0 59.8 82 63 37 32,394 44
Milsten 1,795 1,217 49.6 49.4 87 82 18 35,722 62
Myrstuguberget 1,127 740 60.2 35.1 73 28 72 22,543 43
Myrängen-Högmora 2,566 1,716 46.0 53.2 89 78 22 35,310 55
Paradisbacken 1,615 1,354 48.5 49.8 80 71 29 26,617 47
Segeltorp C 1,678 1,221 50.4 48.6 87 79 21 35,398 58
Segersminne 1,413 1,052 53.2 46.4 87 80 20 32,054 61
Sjöängen 1,742 1,179 41.1 57.7 88 79 21 42,174 64
Skogsäng 2,133 1,539 52.9 45.7 84 80 20 36,537 61
Smista V 1,595 1,073 49.1 48.3 82 52 48 29,325 45
Smista Ö 2,135 1,408 46.2 52.1 80 57 43 30,470 47
Snättringe gård 1,603 1,162 45.8 53.7 88 84 16 40,517 66
Solgård 2,069 1,420 47.4 51.6 84 72 28 33,495 56
Stensängen 1,416 956 52.5 46.4 86 82 18 37,573 58
Stortorp 1,794 1,256 42.7 56.3 86 78 22 34,463 54
Storängen 1,301 1,067 48.5 49.1 84 63 37 31,086 56
Stuvsta C 1,519 1,083 52.6 46.8 84 73 27 33,072 61
Stuvsta gård 1,580 1,107 49.6 48.9 86 75 25 34,869 59
Sörskogen 1,271 897 44.2 54.8 86 78 22 32,151 52
Tomtberga N 1,626 1,198 49.3 48.0 81 65 35 26,507 41
Tomtberga S 1,664 1,292 55.6 42.7 76 66 34 24,981 44
Trångsund C 1,859 1,389 53.1 45.2 77 61 39 23,365 35
Utsälje 1,927 1,355 40.3 59.0 87 80 20 37,806 59
Utsälje C 1,622 1,178 46.9 52.1 87 81 19 33,233 50
Vidja-Mellansjö 1,714 1,165 40.6 58.1 81 74 26 31,900 41
Vistaberg 2,734 1,482 49.7 49.2 91 75 25 41,268 66
Visättra 1,631 914 63.7 32.0 72 30 70 22,974 50
Visättra V 1,963 1,385 66.0 29.1 63 29 71 17,287 40
Visättra Ö 1,839 1,066 64.6 31.2 69 26 74 20,807 43
Visättra-Björnkulla 1,315 773 60.6 36.0 66 30 70 19,655 43
Vårby gård 1,476 905 60.3 33.4 70 26 74 22,361 36
Vårby gård C 2,103 1,270 70.1 24.3 68 18 82 19,453 28
Vårby gård V 2,015 951 75.4 20.6 65 12 88 18,123 26
Vårby gård Ö 2,269 1,333 72.2 21.0 56 16 84 16,064 26
Vårdkasen-Rosenhill 1,895 1,282 46.2 52.6 84 72 28 31,959 55
Västra Skogås C 2,179 1,391 61.8 32.6 63 30 70 17,739 28
Västra Skogås N 1,860 1,186 57.2 38.9 75 42 58 22,571 36
Västra Skogås S 1,349 784 58.6 35.3 79 34 66 23,295 40
Västra Skogås V 1,737 930 60.7 30.7 70 22 78 21,121 29
Östra Skogås C 1,502 1,077 50.6 46.4 78 61 39 25,879 43
Östra Skogås N 1,996 1,399 48.7 49.3 81 63 37 30,515 47
Östra Skogås S 1,814 1,342 50.1 48.4 82 66 34 29,524 48
Source: SVT[8]

Residents with a foreign background

On 31 December 2017, the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside Sweden or with two parents born abroad) was 43,699, or 39.73% of the population (110,003 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002, the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 24,319, or 28.13% of the population (86,457 on 31 December 2002).[9] On 31 December 2017, there were 110,003 residents in Huddinge, of which 32,190 people (29.26%) 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 Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.[10]

Country of birth[10]
31 December 2017
1  Sweden 77,813
2 Asia: Other countries 4,810
3  European Union: Other countries 3,797
4  Iraq 2,847
5 Africa: Other countries 2,812
6  Finland 2,381
7  Turkey 2,340
8  Poland 2,267
9 South America 2,019
10  Europe outside the EU: other countries 1,657
11  Syria 1,061
12  Iran 980
13  Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro
878
14  Afghanistan 762
15 North America 703
16  Thailand 585
17  Germany 507
18  Bosnia and Herzegovina 457
19  Eritrea 366
20  Norway 248
21  Somalia 235
22  Denmark 148
23  Soviet Union 123
24  Iceland 102
25 Oceania 81
26 Unknown country of birth 24

Schools

In 2012 there were 27 public schools and five independent schools. Huddinge also has five public high schools with about 3400 students combined, these are:

  • Huddingegymnasiet
  • Östra Gymnasiet
  • Sjödalsgymnasiet
  • Sågbäcksgymnasiet
  • Widerströmska gymnasiet

Public transport

Art by Huddinge Station made by Nils G. Stenqvist called "Du har tid! - Snäckfossil med stjärnsystem".

Huddinge is served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are two stations on the Stockholm Metro and five on the Stockholm commuter rail system as well as large bus network. Some main line trains call at Flemingsberg.

2018 Election

Elections to Swedish municipalities are held every fourth year on the second Sunday in September. The 2018 election to the 61-seat council resulted in the centre-right Alliance of four parties (M, L, KD and C) plus two local parties (HP and DP) staying in power without a majority. The Alliance and local parties gained a seat since the 2014 election and maintains power. The three Red-Green parties (S, MP and V) are in opposition and the far right Sweden Democrats (SD) holds the balance of power but normally votes with the Alliance.

Polling period Polling agency Alliance Parties Red-Green Parties Other Alliance & Local
(M, L, C, KD, HD, DP)
R-G
(S, MP, V)
SD
M L C KD S MP V SD HP DP Others
2018 Election 24.0% 6.5% 5.6% 4.0% 25.5% 5.3% 8.7% 11.4% 2.8% 5.1% 1.2% 48.5% 39.0% 12.5%
2018 Seats 15 4 4 2 16 3 5 7 2 3 0 30 24 7

[11] [12]

Culture

The municipality contains six public libraries, Södertörn University College and one of the campuses for Karolinska Institutet.

Kungens Kurva is one of Sweden's largest shopping areas. It hosts, among other things, the largest IKEA store in the world,[13] the largest cinema in the country, and a large shopping centre. In total, it generates a turnover of 6 billion Swedish kronor and has 15 million visitors per year. Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth grew up in Huddinge.

Sports

The most known sports club in Huddinge is the ice hockey club Huddinge IK, which has fostered a long line of well-known Swedish ice hockey players, such as Michael Nylander, Mattias Norström and Kent Johansson, and used to be a regular runner up in the Swedish second division and the qualifications for the Elitserien. Peter Forsberg also happened to make his debut as a senior player with his original club Modo Hockey, facing Huddinge away.

Twin cities

Notes

  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 "Korta fakta om Huddinge" (in Swedish). Huddinge Municipality. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018. År 2017 hade Huddinge kommun 110 003 invånare ... [In 2017, Huddinge Municipality had 110,003 inhabitants ...]
  4. ^ "Naturreservat" (in Swedish). Huddinge Municipality. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  5. ^ Huddinge Municipality, Sjöar och vattendrag
  6. ^ Nya kommunerna efter delning – Huddinge kommun Archived 2008-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Huddinges invånare kan få folkomrösta om delning Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Huddinge i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  9. ^ Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019)
  10. ^ a b Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019
  11. ^ "Borgerliga koalitionen går framåt i Huddinge". 10 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Valresultat för Kommunvalet: Huddinge".
  13. ^ IKEA Group Stores - Sweden Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine

References

  • "Nature reserves of Huddinge" (in Swedish). Huddinge Municipality. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  • "Sjöar och vattendrag" (in Swedish). Huddinge Municipality. Retrieved 2008-02-24.

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