Knivsta Municipality Explained

Knivsta Municipality
Native Name:Knivsta kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Image Alt:Knivsta by night
Coordinates:59.7167°N 65°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Uppsala County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Knivsta
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:Uppland
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:0330
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.knivsta.se

Knivsta Municipality (Knivsta kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Knivsta, with some 7,100 inhabitants.

History

Until 1971 Knivsta was a municipality in Stockholm County, when it was merged into Uppsala Municipality and subsequently belonged to Uppsala County. On January 1, 2003 Knivsta was separated from Uppsala to once again form a separate municipality, located in Uppsala County.

The coat of arms symbolises the Stones of Mora where the Swedish Kings were elected in ancient times.

Localities

Lakes

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Knivsta Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]

In total there were 19,795 residents, including 13,626 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 43.7% voted for the left coalition and 54.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Boängen1,7011,00538.560.892831739,39063
Gredelby1,4961,17254.044.985821829,55059
Husby-Långhundra1,18290132.765.886881228,63528
Lagga-Östuna1,8681,36837.861.589871332,05844
Norra Alsike1,6261,04742.156.389792131,82651
Sågen1,42097844.351.981653526,91354
Södra Knivsta1,9251,38145.153.181752527,61247
Tallbacken1,50199948.249.574653524,08342
Vassunda1,5051,09140.557.988861432,19952
Vrå2,0191,18637.062.091811938,23165
Västra Knivsta1,7261,21554.843.387861432,37061
Östra Knivsta1,8261,28348.250.490881235,96363
Source: SVT

Elections

These are the election results since the refounding of the municipality from the 2002 election.

Riksdag

YearTurnoutVotesVSMPCLKDMSD
2002[2] 82.97,1585.431.85.06.717.810.520.01.6
2006[3] 85.97,9153.624.35.510.19.98.034.02.6
2010[4] 88.38,9813.519.27.49.29.57.138.34.4
2014[5] 89.09,7163.921.78.08.06.56.730.610.8

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 2002 to 2006. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election.

YearTurnoutVotesLeftRightSDOtherElected
200282.97,15842.255.00.02.897.2
200685.97,91533.462.00.04.695.4
201088.38,98130.164.14.41.498.6
201489.09,71633.651.810.83.896.2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Knivsta i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 27 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Knivsta kommun 2002. Valmyndigheten. sv. 14 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Knivsta kommun 2006. Valmyndigheten. sv. 14 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Knivsta kommun 2010. Valmyndigheten. sv. 14 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Knivsta kommun 2014. Valmyndigheten. sv. 14 September 2017.