Lidingö Municipality (, semi-officially ) is a municipality east of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located on the island of Lidingö. The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.
It is chiefly located on the island Lidingö, but also incorporates a few smaller islands in the surroundings, most notably the Fjäderholmarna islands within the Stockholm archipelago.
Being an island municipality it has not been amalgamated with any other entities. The small island of Tranholmen has, however, been transferred to Danderyd Municipality. The rural municipality was made a market town (köping) in 1910, a city in 1926 and a unitary municipality in 1971.
The municipality always refers to itself as Lidingö stad ("the City of Lidingö"). This was a decision taken by the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) in 1992.
Raoul Wallenberg, Righteous Among the Nations, was born in Lidingö on 4 August 1912.
Geography
The island Lidingö is connected to the city of Stockholm by the two bridges of Lidingöbron. One is for cars and one for the Lidingöbanan suburban tramway and pedestrians. The bridges lead directly to Ropsten, a station on the Stockholm Metro.
Lidingö is for statistical purposes divided into three localities: Lidingö, Brevik and Sticklinge udde. Because of the strait Lilla Värtan separating the island Lidingö from central Stockholm, Lidingö statistically is not counted as a part of Stockholm.
History Lidingö traces its history to at least 600 BC, from when remains have been found.Runic inscription on Lidingö. According to legend, Lidingö was a place where the Vikings would gather before setting sails to eastern areas, however no proof have been found to confirm that theory. When the city arms was to be chosen in 1928 a Viking ship became the motif, in the colors of the Swedish flag. Lidingö was first mentioned in writing in 1328, called Lydhingö when the entire island and the farms were owned by Bo Johnsson Grip. On a map from 1661 the island is called Lijdingeöö.
Economy
The island itself hosts very few industries, a relatively well-known one being AGA AB, which started production on the island in 1912.
Much of the populated land area is built with one-family houses; a total of 36% of the population, or 17,020 people (2006), live in such houses and, to a large extent, commute to work in Stockholm or other municipalities of Greater Stockholm.
There are also quite a number of conference mansions in the northern parts of the island, providing a part of the industry of Lidingö.
Demography Population development
2022 population by district This is a demographic table based on Lidingö 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 35,877 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 36.8% voted for the left coalition and 62.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Baggeby 1,580 1,275 46.5 52.4 81 74 26 27,068 57Bo-Björnbo 1,780 1,359 27.8 71.8 80 89 11 37,349 81Bodal 1,559 1,218 42.7 55.3 82 75 25 28,374 57Brevik Ö-Käppala S 1,972 1,403 25.8 73.7 78 84 16 44,103 79Dalénum 2,184 1,699 32.7 66.1 82 76 24 39,360 69Ekholmsnäs-Killinge 1,666 1,162 34.0 64.8 83 78 22 33,781 64Gångsätra V 1,648 1,160 56.1 41.9 73 46 54 23,564 49Gångsätra Ö 2,235 1,580 39.4 59.2 84 81 19 37,524 70Gåshaga 1,834 1,362 22.8 77.0 83 84 16 47,709 72Hersby S 2,032 1,442 29.1 70.0 84 86 14 41,117 75Hersby SÖ-Mosstorp 2,272 1,602 42.8 56.7 83 83 17 36,819 71Herserud 2,002 1,591 28.8 70.2 77 84 16 34,303 73Käppala N 1,573 1,192 46.9 50.8 75 46 54 24,433 45Larsberg N 2,123 1,669 52.7 46.0 77 59 41 25,689 49Larsberg S 1,803 1,327 48.8 49.4 76 60 40 26,219 47Mölna Ö-Brevik V 2,157 1,508 32.0 67.5 81 83 17 40,586 71Näset V 1,520 1,185 49.2 49.9 82 77 23 28,066 60Näset Ö 1,904 1,474 42.3 56.6 83 81 19 33,782 65Rudboda V-Bosön 1,779 1,341 41.8 57.1 80 86 14 35,164 71Rudboda Ö-Yttringe 1,655 1,154 34.3 65.2 87 89 11 41,818 73Skärsätra 1,759 1,366 41.3 57.3 81 78 22 31,383 66Sticklinge N 2,120 1,455 24.4 74.8 81 84 16 48,062 79Sticklinge S-Islinge 2,197 1,574 30.8 68.2 80 83 17 40,805 74Stockby-Mölna V 1,288 1,018 34.4 65.0 82 84 16 45,033 76Torsvik N-Hersby N 1,805 1,341 27.9 71.5 79 84 16 40,055 77Torsvik S-Centrum 1,640 1,420 38.7 59.8 78 78 22 29,966 64Source: SVT
Income and Education Lidingö is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Sweden, with the fourth highest median income per capita. The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 46.0% – also the fourth highest in the country.
Residents with a foreign background 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 10 065, or 21.33% of the population (47 185 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 6 422, or 15.59% of the population (41 192 on 31 December 2002).Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019) On 31 December 2017 there were 47 185 residents in Lidingö, of which 8 265 people (17.52%) 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.Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019
Country of birth 31 December 2017 1 2 : Other countries 3 Asia: Other countries 4 5 South America 6 7 outside of the EU: other countries 8 Africa: Other countries 9 10 North America 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 /SFR Yugoslavia/ 20 21 22 23 Oceania 24 25 26 Unknown country of birth
Politics The island's politics has traditionally been dominated by the centre-right Moderate Party. They currently run the municipality in coalition with the Christian Democrats and with the Lidingö Party.
Chairman of the municipal executive board is Anna Rheyneuclaudes Kihlman from the Moderate Party.
Election results Election results 2014 Moderate Party 32,87% Liberal People's Party 9,35% Social Democrats 9,91% Lidingö Party 14,32% Centre Party 17,04% Christian Democrats 3,88% Green Party 7,06% Left Party 2,36%
Major sporting events Lidingöloppet, cross-country running, 30 km. Round Lidingö Race, sailing race round Lidingö counter clockwise, 13,5 M
Culture
Millesgården is an art museum and sculpture garden, located on the island of Lidingö, created by Carl and his wife Olga Milles.
Twin towns – sister cities
Lidingö Municipality is twinned with:
Lohja, Finland Saldus, Latvia Slavuta, Ukraine
See also List of islands of Sweden
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