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Municipalities of Sweden The municipalities of Sweden ( sv, Sveriges kommuner) are its lower-level local government entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services and physical ...
. The total number of municipalities has been reduced from 2,500 in 1863 to 290 today. __TOC__


1880–1974

These municipalities were merged into others in between the two major municipality reforms in 1952 and 1974. *
Almunge Almunge is a locality situated in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 813 inhabitants in 2010. The narrow-gauge heritage railroad Upsala-Lenna Jernväg Upsala-Lenna Järnväg (ULJ) (literally: ''Upsala-Lenna Railway'', also nicknam ...
, merged into
Uppsala Municipality Uppsala Municipality (''Uppsala kommun'') is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala. Uppsala Municipality was created throug ...
1971 *
Asarum ''Asarum'' is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, commonly known as wild ginger. ''Asarum'' is the genitive plural of the Latin ''āsa'' (an alternate form of ''āra'') meaning altar or sanctuary. Description ''Asarum' ...
merged into Karlshamn Municipality 1967 * Blidö, merged into Norrtälje Municipality 1971 * Boo, merged into
Nacka Nacka () is the municipal seat of Nacka Municipality and part of Stockholm urban area in Sweden. The municipality's name harks back to a 16th-century industrial operation established by the Crown at Nacka farmstead where conditions for water mil ...
1971 * Brunskogs Municipality, merged into
Arvika Municipality Arvika Municipality (''Arvika kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Arvika was amalgamated with fiv ...
och Kil Municipality 1971 *
Dalarö Dalarö is a locality situated in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 1,199 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated south-east of Stockholm and is part of Metropolitan Stockholm and serves as a recreational summer spot for Stockholmers ...
, merged into Österhaninge Municipality 1959 * Dalby, merged into
Lund Municipality Lund Municipality ( sv, Lunds kommun) is a municipality in Scania County, southern Sweden. Its seat is the city of Lund. As most municipalities in Sweden, the territory of municipality consists of many former local government units, united in a ...
, 1974 * Djursholm, merged into
Danderyd Municipality Danderyd Municipality (''Danderyds kommun''; ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is located in Djursholm and it ...
1971 * Djurö, merged into Värmdö 1974 * Eds Municipality, merged into
Grums Municipality Grums Municipality (''Grums kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grums, with about 5,200 inhabitants. As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created ...
1969 * Ekshärads Municipality, merged into
Hagfors Municipality Hagfors Municipality (''Hagfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors. The present municipality was created in 1974, when the City of Hagfors (itself instituted as a mu ...
1971 * Finnskoga-Dalby Municipality, merged into
Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality (''Torsby kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby. The name ''Torsby'' means Thor's village. The present municipality consists of eig ...
1974 * Frykeruds Municipality, merged into Kil Municipality 1971 * Fryksände Municipality, merged into
Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality (''Torsby kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby. The name ''Torsby'' means Thor's village. The present municipality consists of eig ...
1967 * Frösåker, merged into
Östhammar Municipality Östhammar Municipality (''Östhammars kommun'') is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Östhammar. The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the late sixti ...
1957 *
Frötuna Roslagen is the name of the coastal areas of Uppland province in Sweden, which also constitutes the northern part of the Stockholm archipelago. Historically, it was the name for all the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea, including the eastern pa ...
, merged into Norrtälje Municipality 1971 *
Färingsö Färingsö or Svartsjölandet is an island in Sweden's Lake Mälaren. It covers an area of 82.02 km². The island is a part of Ekerö Municipality Ekerö Municipality ( sv, Ekerö kommun) is a municipality in the province of Uppland in Sto ...
, merged into Ekerö Municipality 1971 * Genarps Municipality * Gillberga Municipality, merged into Säffle Municipality 1971 * Glava Municipality, merged into
Arvika Municipality Arvika Municipality (''Arvika kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Arvika was amalgamated with fiv ...
1971 * Grava Municipality, merged into Karlstad Municipality 1971 * Gräsmarks Municipality, merged into
Sunne Municipality Sunne Municipality ( sv, Sunne kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Sunne. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (''köping'') Sunne (instituted in 1 ...
1971 * Grödinge, merged into Botkyrka Municipality 1971 * Gunnarskogs Municipality, merged into
Arvika Municipality Arvika Municipality (''Arvika kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Arvika was amalgamated with fiv ...
1971 * Gustaf Adolfs Municipality, merged into
Hagfors Municipality Hagfors Municipality (''Hagfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors. The present municipality was created in 1974, when the City of Hagfors (itself instituted as a mu ...
1974 * Gustavsberg, merged into
Värmdö Municipality Värmdö Municipality (''Värmdö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at an elevation of . The municipality is na ...
1974 * Holmedals Municipality, merged into Årjängs Municipality 1971 *
Hällaryd Hällaryd is a urban areas of Sweden, locality in Karlshamn Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 546 inhabitants in 2010. It is between Karlshamn and Ronneby, featuring the archipelago south of Matvik with Tärnö as its far out landmark. ...
merged into Karlshamn Municipality 1967 * Häverö, merged into Norrtälje Municipality 1971 * Järna, merged into
Södertälje Municipality Södertälje Municipality (''Södertälje kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Södertälje. It borders to Lake Mälaren in the north and the Baltic Sea in the south, and withi ...
1971 * Järnskogs Municipality, merged into
Eda Municipality Eda Municipality (''Eda kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, on the Norwegian border. Its seat is located in the town of Charlottenberg. The municipal reform of 1971 saw the forming of the present municipality t ...
1971 * Klintehamns Municipality, merged into Gotland Municipality 1971 *
Knivsta Knivsta is a locality and the seat of Knivsta Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 19,765 inhabitants. Geography The town sits on the Stockholm-Uppsala railway 48 km north from Stockholm and 18 km south from Uppsala, and has a sta ...
, merged into
Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
1971 (recreated 2003) *
Knutby Knutby is a locality situated in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden, with 564 inhabitants in 2010. Knutby's sports club, ''Knutby IF'', was established in 1938 and its activities include football, skiing, gymnastics and athletics. See ...
, merged into
Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
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Norrtälje Norrtälje is a locality and the seat of Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 17,275 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the largest towns in Roslagen. History Norrtälje’s early history dates back to the Iron Age. Around 225 ...
1971 * Kroppa Municipality, merged into
Filipstad Municipality Filipstad Municipality (''Filipstads kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the ...
1971 * Kvillinge Municipality, merged into Norrköpings Municipality 1971 * Kävlinge köping (1946–1971), changed name to Kävlinge Municipality * Köla Municipality, merged into
Eda Municipality Eda Municipality (''Eda kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, on the Norwegian border. Its seat is located in the town of Charlottenberg. The municipal reform of 1971 saw the forming of the present municipality t ...
1971 * Lysviks Municipality, merged into
Sunne Municipality Sunne Municipality ( sv, Sunne kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Sunne. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (''köping'') Sunne (instituted in 1 ...
1971 * Mörrum merged into Karlshamn Municipality 1967 * Norra Ny Municipality, merged into
Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality (''Torsby kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby. The name ''Torsby'' means Thor's village. The present municipality consists of eig ...
1974 * Norra Råda Municipality, merged into
Hagfors Municipality Hagfors Municipality (''Hagfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors. The present municipality was created in 1974, when the City of Hagfors (itself instituted as a mu ...
1974 * Nors Municipality, merged into Karlstad Municipality 1971 * Nyeds Municipality, merged into Karlstad Municipality 1971 * Nätra Municipality, merged into
Örnsköldsvik Municipality Örnsköldsvik Municipality (, ) is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Örnsköldsvik. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the ''City of Örnsk ...
1971 * Rämmens Municipality, merged into
Filipstad Municipality Filipstad Municipality (''Filipstads kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the ...
1971 * Silleruds Municipality, merged into
Årjäng Municipality Årjäng Municipality (''Årjängs kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Årjäng. A separate local government entity named Årjäng was created in 1941 when i ...
1971 * Stavnäs Municipality, merged into
Arvika Municipality Arvika Municipality (''Arvika kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Arvika was amalgamated with fiv ...
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Grums Municipality Grums Municipality (''Grums kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grums, with about 5,200 inhabitants. As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created ...
1969 * Stora Kils Municipality, merged into Kils Municipality 1971 * Stora Sunne Municipality, merged into
Sunne Municipality Sunne Municipality ( sv, Sunne kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Sunne. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (''köping'') Sunne (instituted in 1 ...
1963 * Svanskogs Municipality, merged into Säffle Municipality 1971 * Södra Sandby Municipality * Torns Municipality (1952–1967) * Töcksmarks Municipality, merged into Årjängs Municipality 1974 * Ulleruds Municipality, merged into Forshaga Municipality 1971 * Ullvätterns Municipality, merged into
Storfors Municipality Storfors Municipality (''Storfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Storfors, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants. The first local government unit named Storfors was ...
1967 * Veberöds Municipality * Visnums Municipality, merged into Kristinehamns Municipality 1971 * Vitsands Municipality, merged into
Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality (''Torsby kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby. The name ''Torsby'' means Thor's village. The present municipality consists of eig ...
1967 * Värmlandsbergs Municipality, merged into
Filipstad Municipality Filipstad Municipality (''Filipstads kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the ...
1971 * Värmlandsnäs Municipality, merged into Säffle Municipality 1971 * Väse Municipality, merged into Karlstad Municipality and Kristinehamns Municipality 1971 *
Västerhaninge Västerhaninge () is a locality situated in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It had 15,134 inhabitants in 2010. It is connected to Stockholm by commuter rail. Västerhaninge borders the large Hanveden forest to the north, the Jordbr ...
, merged into Haninge Municipality 1971 * Åkerbo Municipality, merged into
Linköping Municipality 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 ...
1971 * Älgå Municipality, merged into
Arvika Municipality Arvika Municipality (''Arvika kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Arvika was amalgamated with fiv ...
1971 * Österhaninge, merged into Haninge Municipality 1971 * Östmarks Municipality, merged into
Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality (''Torsby kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby. The name ''Torsby'' means Thor's village. The present municipality consists of eig ...
1971 * Östra Fågelviks Municipality, merged into Karlstad Municipality 1967


1952

This is a partial list of the municipalities that were merged into others as part of the municipal reform of 1952. * Alsters Municipality, merged into Nyeds Municipality * Bjurtjärns Municipality, merged into Ullvätterns Municipality * Blomskogs Municipality, merged into Holmedal Municipality * Boda Municipality, merged into Brunskog Municipality * Bogens Municipality, merged into Gunnarskog Municipality * Borgviks Municipality, merged into Eds Municipality * Botilsäter Municipality, merged into Värmlandsnäs Municipality * Brattfors Municipality, merged into Värmlandsberg Municipality * Bro Municipality, merged into Värmlandsnä Municipality *
Elleholm Elleholm is a former Danish town in Blekinge, Sweden. The town existed between 1450 and 1600, when it was abandoned. The town was based around a former castle, called Sjöborg (meaning "Lake Castle") which today is a Hill fort. The name "Elleh ...
merged into Mörrum Municipality * Eskilsäters Municipality, merged into Värmlandsnä Municipality * Dalby Municipality, merged into Finnskoga-Dalby Municipality * Färnebo Municipality, merged into Värmlandsberg Municipality * Gåsborns Municipality, merged into Värmlandsberg Municipality * Huggenäs Municipality, merged into Värmlandsnäs Municipality * Hällaryd and Åryd, merged into Hällaryd Municipality * Högerud Municipality, merged into Stavnäs Municipality * Igelösa and Odarslöv Municipality (−1952) * Karlanda Municipality, merged into Holmedals Municipality * Kila Municipality, merged into Gillberga Municipality * Lekvattnets Municipality, merged into Fryksände Municipality * Lungsunds Municipality, merged into Ullvätterns Municipality * Långseruds Municipality, merged into Svanskogs Municipality * Mangskogs Municipality, merged into Brunskogs Municipality * Millesviks Municipality, merged into Värmlandsnäs Municipality * Nedre Ulleruds Municipality, merged into Ulleruds Municipality * Nordmark Municipality, merged into Värmlandsbergs Municipality * Norra Finnskoga Municipality, merged into Finnskoga-Dalby Municipality * Ny Municipality, merged into Älgå Municipality * Nyskoga Municipality, merged into Vitsands Municipality * Ransäters Municipality, merged into
Munkfors Municipality Munkfors Municipality (''Munkfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Munkfors. In 1952 the rural municipality Ransäter got the title of a market town (''köping'') and the n ...
* Ringamåla merged into Asarum Municipality * Rudskoga Municipality, merged into Visnums Municipality * Segerstad Municipality, merged into Nors Municipality * Sillbodal Municipality, merged into Årjängs köping * Skillingmark Municipality, merged into Järnskogs Municipality * Sunnemo Municipality, merged into Norra Råda Municipality * Södra Finnskoga Municipality, merged into Finnskoga-Dalby Municipality * Södra Ny Municipality, merged into Värmlandsnäs Municipality * Södra Råda Municipality, merged into Visnums Municipality * Trankils Municipality, merged into Holmedals Municipality * Tveta Municipality, merged into Säffle stad * Varnums Municipality, merged into Kristinehamns stad * Visnums-Kil Municipality, merged into Visnums Municipality * Värmskog Municipality, merged into Stavnäs Municipality * Västra Fågelviks Municipality, merged into Töcksmarks Municipality * Västra Ämterviks Municipality, merged into Stora Sunne Municipality * Älvsbacka Municipality, merged into Nyeds Municipality * Ölme Municipality, merged into Väse Municipality * Ölserud Municipality, merged into Värmlandsnäs Municipality * Östervallskog Municipality, merged into Töcksmarks Municipality * Östra Ämtervik Municipality, merged into Stora Sunne Municipality * Övre Ullerud Municipality, merged into Ulleruds Municipality Former municipalities of Sweden
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