Svedala Municipality (''Svedala kommun'') is a

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in Skåne County in southern Sweden, just southeast of

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Svedala Svedala (, outdatedly ; is a locality and the seat of Svedala Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is ...

. The present municipality is the result of a series of amalgamations, carried out in 1952, 1967, 1974 and 1977. Svedala was last municipality to be completed during the local government reform of the 1970s. There had been considerations of adding the whole or parts of the territory to

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. There exists a city partnership between Svedala Municipality and Bergen auf Rügen,

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Localities

There are 5

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Svedala Municipality. In the table the urban areas are listed according to the size of the population as of 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

Elections

Below are the results listed from since the 1973 municipal reform. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.

Riksdag

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.

Riksdag

Culture

The event SommarRock (Summer Rock) is held every year in

the second week in July. In 2011 the event attracted 12.200 visitors. Popular bands are The Ark, Mustasch, September and Wilmer X. 2012 marks its 25th anniversary, since its start in 1987.SommarRock's official website
/ref> In Bara there is a PGA Golf Course that opened 2009. It is ranked as the 17th best PGA Golf Course in

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/ref> In Svedala there is also a local newspaper called Lokaltidningen Svedala.The local newspaper in Svedala
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References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Svedala
- Official site

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