Gnesta Municipality Explained

Gnesta Municipality
Native Name:Gnesta kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Södermanland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Gnesta
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Södermanland
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:0461
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.gnesta.se

Gnesta Municipality (Gnesta kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants.

The present municipality was created in 1992, when Nyköping Municipality (of which it had been a part since 1974) was split up.

It is in the middle of the cultural Södermanland province. Although it only has around 10,000 permanent inhabitants, the population increases substantially in the summer due to the many summer houses.

Industry-wise, Gnesta mostly has small companies with few employed. There are about 800 registered companies in the municipality, and a "large" company would have 25-50 employees.

Localities

From Statistics Sweden, 2004.

Geography

The highest peak within Gnesta Municipality is at 103m (338feet) at the Gnesta-Flen-Strängnäs municipal tripoint.[1] The highest point is The municipality is landlocked but near the coast, which renders that lowest point is at 9m (30feet) above sea level on the shores of lake Sillen.[2]

Notable events

Gnesta became Hedestad when Stieg Larsson's book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was made into a film. Filming took place in April 2008. The film premiered worldwide, and in Gnesta, on 27 February 2009.

http://www.gnesta.se/inenglish/gnestabecamehedestad.4.10a7a78128f30c30d18000187.html

Elections

Riksdag

The results of Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB at a municipal level between 1991 and 1998 due to the party's small size at a nationwide level.

YearTurnoutVotesVSMPCLKDMSDND
1991[3] 86.45,5643.733.84.415.17.86.019.40.09.3
1994[4] 86.75,8925.542.27.713.36.03.619.60.00.9
1998[5] 81.35,63410.034.16.810.73.413.020.80.00.0
2002[6] 80.25,7696.640.36.410.311.48.514.40.60.0
2006[7] 82.65,9904.934.57.311.35.55.626.12.50.0
2010[8] 85.36,6845.728.79.88.95.84.029.56.00.0
2014[9] 87.26,8805.930.37.78.73.32.923.413.20.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1991, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006 but also the Greens in 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.

YearTurnoutVotesLeftRightSDOtherElected
199186.45,56437.548.30.014.295.1
199486.75,89255.442.50.02.197.9
199881.35,63450.947.90.01.298.8
200280.25,76953.344.60.02.197.9
200682.65,99046.748.50.04.895.2
201085.36,68444.248.26.01.698.4
201487.26,88043.938.313.24.695.4

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gnesta Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[10]

In total there were 11,501 residents, of which 8,615 were Swedish citizens of voting age.[10] 49.7% voted for the left coalition and 48.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Björnlunda1,4081,09947.351.485861424,63129
Dansut1,8961,46447.252.185871328,19940
Freja1,8151,27754.643.883821826,57843
Frönäs2,1821,55646.552.186851529,34640
Gnesta C2,0691,56256.941.772762420,88128
Gryt95970650.248.277792123,53033
Gåsinge-Dillnäs1,17295143.954.678861425,43538
Source: SVT

Sister cities

Gnesta has two sister cities, both with around 6,000 inhabitants:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Min Karta - 59°12'18.3"N 16°56'13.7"E. Lantmäteriet. sv. 8 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Min Karta - 58°56'40.8"N 17°24'13.4"E. Lantmäteriet. sv. 8 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 23). SCB. sv. 12 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 37). SCB. sv. 12 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 33). SCB. sv. 12 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2002. Valmyndigheten. sv. 12 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2006. Valmyndigheten. sv. 12 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2010. Valmyndigheten. sv. 12 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2014. Valmyndigheten. sv. 12 August 2017.
  10. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Gnesta i riksdagsvalet. SVT. 11 September 2022. 24 January 2023.