| Vaxholm Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Vaxholms kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 59.4167°N 37°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Stockholm County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Vaxholm |
| 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: | 0187 |
| Iso Code: | SE |
| Website: | www.vaxholm.se |
| Footnotes: | Density is calculated using land area only. |
Vaxholm Municipality (Vaxholms kommun or Vaxholms stad) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The municipal slogan is "Vaxholm - the capital of the archipelago", due to its central location in the archipelago. Its seat is located in the city of Vaxholm.
From 1974 to 1984 Vaxholm was united with Österåker Municipality, making up a municipality called Vaxholm, but with the seat in Åkersberga. After the "divorce" the new Vaxholm Municipality came out larger than it had been before the amalgamation. The municipality prefers to style itself City of Vaxholm.
The municipality is located within the Stockholm archipelago some north-east of the city of Stockholm. It includes the Bogesundslandet peninsula, along with 64 islands and islets. Principal islands include Edholma, Edlunda, Granholmen, Hästholmen, Kullö, Ramsö, Resarö, Rindö, Risholmen, Skarpö, Skogsön, Stegesund-Hästholmen, Tynningö, Vaxholmen and Vaxön.
The municipality includes five urban areas or localities as defined by Statistics Sweden. These are Resarö, Rindö, Skarpö, Tynningö and Vaxholm. In 2010, Kullö was also considered an urban area, but it has now been redefined as part of the Vaxholm urban area.[1] [2]
Other, less formally defined, places within the municipality include Karlsudd,, and Ytterby. Ytterby is known for its geology, and for the fact that no less than eight chemical elements were first discovered there.
The population in Vaxholm Municipality has the 8th highest median income per capita in Sweden.[3] The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 36.4% (national average: 27.0%) and the 14th highest in the country.[4]
This is a demographic table based on Vaxholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[5]
In total there were 11,987 residents, including 9,096 Swedish citizens of voting age.[5] 41.6% voted for the left coalition and 57.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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| Vaxholm M | 1,866 | 1,546 | 47.0 | 52.4 | 80 | 86 | 14 | 28,403 | 53 | ||||||||
| Vaxholm NO | 1,688 | 1,207 | 35.5 | 63.5 | 87 | 91 | 9 | 42,532 | 66 | ||||||||
| Vaxholm N | 2,676 | 1,770 | 41.2 | 57.9 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 40,997 | 66 | ||||||||
| Vaxholm SO | 1,642 | 1,430 | 39.5 | 59.6 | 82 | 88 | 12 | 27,646 | 55 | ||||||||
| Vaxholm V | 2,249 | 1,629 | 46.4 | 52.8 | 83 | 77 | 23 | 28,973 | 49 | ||||||||
| Vaxholm Ö | 1,866 | 1,514 | 38.4 | 60.3 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 31,845 | 53 | ||||||||
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On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 1 599, or 13.52% of the population (11 831 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 1 044, or 10.84% of the population (9 631 on 31 December 2002).[6] On 31 December 2017 there were 11 831 residents in Vaxholm, of which 1 285 people (10.86%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.[7]
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The municipality has a significant amount of tourism. Ships transporting passengers between the islands began running on a daily basis in the 1850s. Today, many of islands (among them the main island Vaxholm) can also be reached by bridges from the mainland. The tourist boats depart from Stockholm's Slussen.