- Source: Knivsta Municipality
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. It is known for being one of the safest municipalities in Sweden, consistently ranking among the top 5 safest (out of 290) for more than a decade.
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
Alsike
Knivsta (seat)
Lakes
Edasjön
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.
In total there were 19,795 residents, including 13,626 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.7% voted for the left coalition and 54.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Elections
These are the election results since the refounding of the municipality from the 2002 election.
= Riksdag
=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.
References
External links
Knivsta Municipality - Official site
Knivsta map
Knivstabo.se - A webportal for citizens of Knivsta
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Knivsta Municipality
- Knivsta
- Stones of Mora
- Uppsala Municipality
- Erik Grönwall
- Knivsta.nu
- Listed buildings in Uppsala County
- List of municipalities of Sweden by wealth
- List of municipalities of Sweden
- Edasjön
