Linköping Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With more than 165,000 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden.

The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala, and thence clockwise by Finspång, Norrköping, Söderköping, Åtvidaberg, Kinda, Boxholm and Mjölby municipalities.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Linköping with five surrounding rural municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) making up Linköping Municipality is 32.

Linköping is one of the few municipalities in Sweden to style the speaker of the assembly as mayor.

Linköping wants to create a sustainable development of the city and therefore plan to become a carbon neutral community by 2025.

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Linköping 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 165,293 residents, including 124,369 Swedish citizens of voting age. 50.5% voted for the left coalition and 48.1% for the right coalition.

Location % % Bankekind 1,123 867 41.3 57.9 92 93 7 30,747 55Berga 1, Ramshäll 1,807 1,389 52.8 45.3 73 71 29 25,339 56Berga 2, NO 1,708 1,140 68.6 28.0 58 30 70 16,048 39Berga 3, NV 2,068 1,175 71.4 25.4 59 28 72 15,950 35Berga 4, SO 1,453 1,109 55.0 43.6 84 83 17 30,132 63Berga 5, Vidingsjö N 1,376 1,022 47.8 51.8 91 91 9 34,133 73Berga 6, SV 1,897 1,288 54.5 42.8 69 58 42 21,013 47Berga 7, Vidingsjö S 1,305 1,130 55.8 43.4 85 90 10 26,098 52Berga 8, Haninge 1,492 1,073 56.8 42.4 82 85 15 27,878 48Berga 9, Hagaberg 1,044 882 55.9 43.7 88 84 16 34,756 80Berga 10, S Ekkällan N 1,641 1,329 53.9 44.7 84 81 19 30,798 71Berga 11, S Ekkällan S 1,350 1,199 50.4 48.1 82 80 20 28,313 73Domkyrko 1, Ne Vasastaden V 1,684 1,537 48.0 50.8 81 82 18 26,631 54Domkyrko 2, Hunneberg 1,641 1,512 52.1 46.7 76 87 13 23,403 60Domkyrko 3, Öv Vasastaden Ö 1,425 1,222 46.9 51.0 73 80 20 23,656 59Domkyrko 4, Öv Vasastaden V 1,729 1,319 54.7 43.1 75 63 37 23,446 45Domkyrko 5, Ne Vasastaden Ö 1,534 1,366 44.4 54.5 78 81 19 27,515 60Domkyrko 6, Kanberget 1,526 1,337 50.1 48.5 77 85 15 28,058 64Domkyrko 7, Innerstaden S 1,808 1,554 47.8 50.5 78 79 21 25,539 60Domkyrko 8, Ekkällan 1,485 1,247 62.9 36.1 74 73 27 23,408 57Domkyrko 9, Gottfridsberg NO 1,476 1,350 55.9 42.0 73 73 27 23,077 48Domkyrko 10, Gottfridsberg SO 1,429 1,132 52.4 46.6 60 84 16 18,601 71Domkyrko 11, Fridhem 1,007 861 56.5 42.5 70 91 9 29,376 85Domkyrko 12, Barhäll 1,673 1,344 54.3 44.7 82 82 18 29,010 66Domkyrko 13, Åbylund 1,495 1,357 57.0 41.1 70 75 25 20,456 52Domkyrko 14, Valla 1,625 1,307 54.2 44.3 78 87 13 28,913 78Domkyrko 15, T1 N 1,369 1,112 57.7 39.7 66 80 20 20,884 73Domkyrko 16, T1 S 1,699 1,264 59.5 38.9 83 81 19 30,988 70Domkyrko 17, Innerstaden N 1,761 1,522 46.4 52.2 80 79 21 28,107 59Domkyrko 18, Öv Vasastaden N 1,813 1,454 44.5 54.1 78 77 23 28,885 61Domkyrko 19, Folkets park 1,258 1,049 55.8 43.4 77 80 20 28,269 65Domkyrko 20, Vallastaden N 1,904 1,546 49.3 49.1 40 78 22 5,593 82Domkyrko 21, Vallastaden S 697 675 44.1 54.1 63 73 27 16,706 77Domkyrko 22, Ebbe park 1,002 1,092 52.4 46.1 26 85 15 3,854 82Flistad-Ljung 1,498 1,117 45.7 53.1 88 93 7 30,134 50Johannelund 1, Vimanshäll 1,877 1,466 50.4 48.1 82 79 21 30,202 63Johannelund 2, NV 1,384 998 56.2 40.5 70 62 38 21,607 43Johannelund 3, NO 1,288 1,133 54.0 44.1 80 81 19 23,770 46Johannelund 4, Ånestad 1,599 1,200 55.8 43.3 91 91 9 34,164 71Johannelund 5, SV 1,555 1,281 56.6 41.3 85 86 14 27,007 56Johannelund 6, SO 1,591 1,192 49.5 49.6 79 76 24 26,750 55Kaga-Ledberg 974 736 38.3 61.0 92 92 8 32,329 58Kärna 1, Malmslätt SO 1,102 881 47.0 51.8 83 87 13 29,970 52Kärna 2, Malmslätt M 1,256 991 48.9 49.9 84 88 12 28,817 56Kärna 3, Tokarp 1,490 1,070 49.0 50.2 88 79 21 29,492 52Kärna 4, Malmslätt V 1,511 1,208 52.8 46.6 88 85 15 27,898 51Landeryd 1, Hackefors 1,891 1,405 44.1 55.5 90 93 7 34,622 68Landeryd 2, Ekholmen NO 1,815 1,335 53.5 44.9 78 75 25 22,656 45Landeryd 3, Kvinneby 1,578 1,250 44.7 54.1 88 89 11 28,417 64Landeryd 4, Ekholmen NV 1,729 1,452 55.3 43.8 83 79 21 24,935 50Landeryd 5, Ekholmen SO 1,500 1,265 50.4 48.2 79 84 16 21,609 33Landeryd 6, Hjulsbro M 1,592 1,199 42.8 56.2 89 88 12 37,302 71Landeryd 7, Ekholmen SV 1,790 1,271 51.8 46.7 88 86 14 29,102 54Landeryd 8, Ullstämma 2,334 1,565 50.6 48.8 89 88 12 34,461 67Landeryd 9, Möjetorp 2,321 1,465 46.3 53.0 91 87 13 33,730 67Lillkyrka-Gistad 658 532 43.3 55.0 90 93 7 28,452 40Nykil-Gammalkil 2,110 1,631 42.7 56.0 89 95 5 28,716 46Rappestad-Vikingstad N 1,546 1,176 42.0 57.4 91 94 6 31,008 48Ryd 1, N 1,715 1,309 56.9 41.5 53 67 33 13,231 73Ryd 2, SO 2,152 1,320 56.6 41.0 54 48 52 12,726 60Ryd 3, SV 1,853 951 64.6 30.8 38 24 76 5,730 50Ryd 4, NO 1,749 1,147 69.8 25.7 58 38 62 15,062 42Ryd 5, M 1,659 1,038 55.3 41.6 19 52 48 1,340 87Rystad 2, Tallboda V 1,528 1,100 37.4 61.8 86 81 19 29,817 45Rystad 3, Tallboda Ö 2,021 1,403 45.2 54.1 90 79 21 30,799 48Rystad 4, Ekängen 2,799 1,816 35.6 63.7 90 87 13 42,807 76S:t Lars 1, Innerstaden NO 1,682 1,373 48.7 49.4 76 70 30 25,969 52S:t Lars 2, Innerstaden Ö 1,312 1,169 43.2 55.7 78 79 21 26,252 56S:t Lars 3, Hejdegården 1,553 1,328 47.1 51.8 75 82 18 25,953 62S:t Lars 4, Kungsberget V 1,531 1,412 43.2 55.7 84 85 15 29,836 60S:t Lars 5, Kungsberget 1,703 1,357 45.9 53.2 76 77 23 24,986 49S:t Lars 6, Råberga 1,730 1,332 48.9 48.6 71 74 26 23,095 50S:t Lars 7, Innerstaden SO 1,254 1,087 47.2 51.8 76 83 17 25,393 59S:t Lars 8, Stångån V 1,190 1,051 51.8 46.8 80 77 23 25,787 50Sjögestad 840 597 42.3 57.3 81 90 10 27,989 43Skeda 1,916 1,433 44.7 54.3 91 94 6 30,719 54Skäggetorp 1, C 2,135 1,194 70.3 25.8 50 22 78 13,299 24Skäggetorp 2, Nygård 1,928 1,203 67.2 29.6 55 25 75 14,644 35Skäggetorp 3, SV 2,152 1,168 60.0 36.8 55 29 71 15,409 28Skäggetorp 4, V 2,160 1,047 69.3 25.7 49 22 78 12,514 26Skäggetorp 5, Tornby 1,881 952 65.8 30.7 51 25 75 12,788 25Slaka 1, Lambohov C 1,766 1,229 57.0 40.4 58 54 46 16,263 62Slaka 2, Lambohov Ö 2,305 1,502 54.6 44.6 83 66 34 30,760 68Slaka 3, Lilla Mjärdevi 1,758 1,281 52.6 46.5 87 84 16 34,493 72Slaka 4, Lambohov S 1,929 1,387 58.9 39.2 78 67 33 26,925 51Slaka 5, Lambohov N 1,763 1,248 63.9 33.9 72 61 39 23,972 56Stjärnorp 835 679 46.5 51.6 89 93 7 27,941 46Törnevalla Ö-Skrukeby 2,108 1,538 40.0 59.1 89 93 7 29,687 49Ulrika 431 338 37.7 61.2 78 94 6 21,935 26Vikingstad S 2,141 1,544 42.8 56.3 90 90 10 31,123 51Vist 1, Sturefors S 1,702 1,253 51.1 48.2 91 94 6 31,925 54Vist 2, Sturefors N 2,272 1,537 46.6 52.8 91 91 9 29,594 57Vreta Kloster 1, Berg 1,908 1,478 39.3 59.4 90 94 6 33,486 63Vreta Kloster 2, N 1,890 1,412 49.9 48.4 86 92 8 29,184 50Vreta Kloster 3, Ö 1,683 1,261 47.1 51.9 85 90 10 29,344 54Vreta Kloster 4, S 1,835 1,311 51.2 47.9 89 91 9 30,732 50Vreta Kloster 5, V 1,388 1,148 49.2 49.9 84 90 10 26,299 44Vårdnäs 1,976 1,566 46.6 53.1 88 95 5 30,408 54Vårdsberg 2,426 1,712 44.5 54.2 90 92 8 30,537 56Västerlösa-Björkeberg 993 750 35.3 63.3 89 92 8 30,645 41Örtomta-Askeby 1,384 1,029 40.6 59.0 88 93 7 29,533 50Ö Harg-Rystad 1 1,064 798 37.2 61.3 89 92 8 30,833 44Source: SVT

Politics

Municipal election 2018 On September 9, 2018, Linköping held Municipality Election:

PartyVotes%Seats± Social Democrats 29137 27.57 22 -5 Moderate Party 23050 21.81 18 -2 Sweden Democrats 11130 10.53 8 +2 Centre Party 9865 9.33 8 +2 Left Party 6459 6.11 5 +2 Christian Democrats 7908 7.48 6 +2 Liberals 9456 8.95 7 +1 Green Party 6904 6.53 5 -2 Others 1770 1.67 0 0Invalid/blank votes 1254 Total106933 100790

Following the 2014 Linköping municipal election, the seats were divided in the following way: The governing parties Parties in opposition The Social Democrats 27 The Moderate Party 20 The Liberal People's Party 6 The Left Party 3 The Green Party 7 The Sweden Democrats 6 The Christian Democrats 4 The Centre Party 6

Following the 2018 Linköping municipal election, the seats were divided in the following way: The governing parties Parties in opposition The Moderate Party 18 The Social Democrats 22 The Liberals 7 The Left Party 5 The Christian Democrats 6 The Green Party 5 The Centre Party 8 The Sweden Democrats 8

In the aftermath of the 2014 municipality election, The local Social Democrats (S; Social Demokraterna), Green Party (MP; Miljöpartiet) and the Liberal People's Party (L; Liberalerna, formerly FP; Folk Partiet) formed a coalition majority named "coalition for Linköping" with 40 out of 79 seats, while the minority opposition in Linköping consisted each separate by: the Moderate Party (M; Moderaterna), Centre Party (C; Center Partiet), Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna), Left Party (V; Vänsterpartiet) and the Sweden Democrats (SD; Sverige Demokraterna).

After the 2018 elections, all of the Alliance parties in the municipality joined and took over from the Socialdemocrat's coalition rule and their mandat started 1 January 2019 and onwards.

List of mayors

Eva Joelsson Social Democrats (S), 1994–2006 Ann-Cathrine Hjerdt Moderate Party (M), 2006–2014 Helena Balthammar Social Democrats (S), 2014–2018 Lars Vikinge Centre Party (C), 2018–present

Notable people Fredrik Hasselquist (1722–1752), traveller and naturalist

Twin towns – sister cities

Linköping is twinned with:

Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland Joensuu, Finland Kaunas, Lithuania Linz, Austria Macau, China Palo Alto, United States Tønsberg, Norway

Roskilde Municipality in Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality.Corren 7/18 2007. Twinning with Guangzhou in China terminated in February 2020.

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