Nykvarn Municipality

Nykvarn Municipality Nykvarns kommun
Municipality
Nykvarn City Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°10′N 17°26′E
Country	Sweden
County	Stockholm County
Seat	Nykvarn
Area
• Total	176.99 km2 (68.34 sq mi)
• Land	152.76 km2 (58.98 sq mi)
• Water	24.23 km2 (9.36 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	12,107
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Södermanland
Municipal code	0140
Website	www.nykvarn.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Nykvarn Municipality (Nykvarns kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nykvarn.

Nykvarn is a young municipality, and is the result of the splitting of Södertälje Municipality in 1999. Nykvarn can be regarded as a totally new municipality, because there was never before an entity with that territory or that name.

The municipality has a significant population increase in the summer thanks to tourism.

Nykvarn is located between the two cities Södertälje and Strängnäs, and many citizens of Nykvarn work in either.

Archeological finds show the area to have been inhabited for about 5,000 years, similar to its neighbouring municipalities around Lake Mälaren.

Besides graves from the Stone Age, there is also an interesting runestone that can be visited that is listed in the Rundata catalog as Sö 338. It currently resides in the Turinge church, a church that has a history dating back to around the year 1100. This runestone has a very long inscription.

A newer sight is the Taxinge-Näsby Castle, which was begun sometime in or before the 14th century, by Bo Jonsson Grip. The castle has its current facade in the empire style from 1813. Many celebrities have during the centuries visited or stayed at the castle, including Carl Michael Bellman in the 18th century and August Strindberg in the 19th century.

Demography

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Nykvarn 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 11,486 residents, including 8,271 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 35.3% voted for the left coalition and 64.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Gammeltorp-Hökmossen 1,677 1,146 38.2 61.6 87 81 19 32,233 41 Lillhaga-Sandtorp 2,058 1,504 37.0 62.6 90 84 16 34,294 44 Nykvarns C 1,561 1,140 39.4 59.4 79 73 27 25,017 26 Stensborg-Brokvarn 2,354 1,712 33.2 66.1 91 83 17 33,576 41 Taxinge 1,774 1,252 31.3 67.5 89 82 18 31,647 33 Turinge 2,062 1,517 35.5 64.0 88 81 19 32,165 42 Source: SVT

Population development

Population development in Nykvarn Municipality 2000–2019

Year	Population
2000	8,052
2005	8,354
2010	9,331
2015	10,192
2017	10,660
2019	11,014
Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

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 1 821, or 17.08% of the population (10 660 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 1 243, or 15.15% of the population (8 204 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 10 660 residents in Nykvarn, of which 1 290 people (12.10%) 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.

Country of birth
31 December 2017
1	Sweden	9,370
2	Finland	456
3	European Union: Other countries	186
4	Asia: Other countries	83
5	Syria	71
6	Iraq	66
7	Poland	86
8	South America	46
9	Africa: Other countries	44
10	Norway	34
11	Thailand	34
12	Germany	30
13	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	29
14	Somalia	19
15	Yugoslavia/Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro	19
16	Afghanistan	17
17	North America	15
18	Denmark	12
19	Eritrea	12
20	Iran	12
21	Turkey	9
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
23	Soviet Union	3
24	Iceland	2
25	Oceania	1

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Nykvarn Municipality since the founding of the modern municipality from the 1998 election. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD
1998	83.8	4,370	7.9	42.4	4.0	4.2	5.4	8.4	26.1	0.0
2002	83.0	4,570	5.1	42.9	4.2	4.8	14.0	8.1	17.5	1.3
2006	84.8	4,905	2.8	32.6	4.1	7.1	7.2	5.8	34.6	2.9
2010	87.7	5,648	2.5	23.9	6.1	5.1	6.9	5.0	41.7	7.3
2014	89.4	6,106	2.5	26.3	5.6	5.8	4.5	3.8	31.5	18.0
2018	90.7	6,847	3.5	22.4	3.0	7.6	4.6	6.1	27.2	24.6

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 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 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.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1998	83.8	4,370	54.3	44.1	0.0	1.6	98.4
2002	83.0	4,570	52.2	44.4	0.0	3.4	96.6
2006	84.8	4,905	39.5	54.7	0.0	5.8	94.2
2010	87.7	5,648	32.5	58.7	7.3	1.5	98.5
2014	89.4	6,106	34.4	45.6	18.0	2.0	98.0

External links

• Nykvarn Municipality - Official site