Strängnäs Municipality () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Södermanland County Södermanland County (, ) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is the ...

in eastern

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, located by Lake Mälaren. Its seat is located in the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

of Strängnäs. The present municipality was created in 1971, when the ''City of Strängnäs'' was amalgamated with the ''City of

Mariefred Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 7,121 inhabitants in 2023. The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery in the city, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace ...

'' and a number of rural municipalities. Originally there were 15 local government entities in the area. The boxer Erik Agren was born here

Localities

The municipality consists of the old towns of Strängnäs and Mariefred and the villages of Åkers styckebruk and Stallarholmen. * Strängnäs (seat) *

Åkers styckebruk Åkers styckebruk is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It ...

* Stallarholmen

History

Strängnäs is an old town with a history dating to the

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. Its location on the shores of Lake Mälaren has made Strängnäs an important trading centre and meeting place through the ages. Mariefred acquired its name from the

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...

Pax Mariae (" Mary's Peace") which was founded some 500 years ago by Sten Sture the Elder. There are no remains above ground of the monastery, which was the location where Mariefred's church, built in 1624, now stands.

Economy

Strängnäs has a multifaceted and dynamic economy, being home to businesses of different sizes and in many different sectors. The prominent industries are biotech, pharmaceuticals, logistics, education, engineering and tourism.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Strängnäs Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 38,341 inhabitants, of whom 28,212 were Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.0% voted for the left coalition and 56.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ...

These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Strängnäs Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the

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were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. 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.

Twin towns – sister cities

Strängnäs is twinned with: * Kandava, Latvia * Kisko (Salo), Finland * Simanjiro District (Emboreet), Tanzania * Muurla (Salo), Finland *

Olsztynek Olsztynek (Masurian dialects, Masurian: Ôlstÿnek; ) is today a town in northern Poland, in Olsztyn County, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Olsztynek. It is part of the historic region of Masuria. Geog ...

, Poland * Priozersk, Russia * Ratzeburg, Germany *

Rheinsberg Rheinsberg () is a town and a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, in north-eastern Germany. It is located on lake and the river Rhin, approximately north-east of Neuruppin and north-west of Berlin. History Freder ...

, Germany * Ribe, Denmark * Saku, Estonia * Sauvo, Finland * Sogndal, Norway

References

External links

Strängnäs Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Strangnas Municipality Municipalities of Södermanland County