Gnesta Municipality

Gnesta Municipality
Gnesta kommun
Municipality
Gnesta City Hall
Gnesta City Hall
Coat of arms of Gnesta Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°03′N 17°18′E / 59.050°N 17.300°E / 59.050; 17.300
CountrySweden
CountySödermanland County
SeatGnesta
Area
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 • Total538.14 km2 (207.78 sq mi)
 • Land461.24 km2 (178.09 sq mi)
 • Water76.9 km2 (29.7 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total11,520
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSödermanland
Municipal code0461
Websitewww.gnesta.se

Gnesta Municipality (Gnesta kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants.

The present municipality was created in 1992, when Nyköping Municipality (of which it had been a part since 1974) was split up.

It is in the middle of the cultural Södermanland province. Although it only has around 10,000 permanent inhabitants, the population increases substantially in the summer due to the many summer houses.

Industry-wise, Gnesta mostly has small companies with few employed. There are about 800 registered companies in the municipality, and a "large" company would have 25-50 employees.

Localities

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From Statistics Sweden, 2004.

Geography

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The highest peak within Gnesta Municipality is at 103 metres (338 ft) at the Gnesta-Flen-Strängnäs municipal tripoint.[3] The highest point is The municipality is landlocked but near the coast, which renders that lowest point is at 9 metres (30 ft) above sea level on the shores of lake Sillen.[4]

Notable events

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Gnesta became Hedestad when Stieg Larsson's book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was made into a film. Filming took place in April 2008. The film premiered worldwide, and in Gnesta, on 27 February 2009.

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Elections

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Riksdag

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The results of Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB at a municipal level between 1991 and 1998 due to the party's small size at a nationwide level.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1991[5] 86.4 5,564 3.7 33.8 4.4 15.1 7.8 6.0 19.4 0.0 9.3
1994[6] 86.7 5,892 5.5 42.2 7.7 13.3 6.0 3.6 19.6 0.0 0.9
1998[7] 81.3 5,634 10.0 34.1 6.8 10.7 3.4 13.0 20.8 0.0 0.0
2002[8] 80.2 5,769 6.6 40.3 6.4 10.3 11.4 8.5 14.4 0.6 0.0
2006[9] 82.6 5,990 4.9 34.5 7.3 11.3 5.5 5.6 26.1 2.5 0.0
2010[10] 85.3 6,684 5.7 28.7 9.8 8.9 5.8 4.0 29.5 6.0 0.0
2014[11] 87.2 6,880 5.9 30.3 7.7 8.7 3.3 2.9 23.4 13.2 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1991, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006 but also the Greens in 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
1991 86.4 5,564 37.5 48.3 0.0 14.2 95.1
1994 86.7 5,892 55.4 42.5 0.0 2.1 97.9
1998 81.3 5,634 50.9 47.9 0.0 1.2 98.8
2002 80.2 5,769 53.3 44.6 0.0 2.1 97.9
2006 82.6 5,990 46.7 48.5 0.0 4.8 95.2
2010 85.3 6,684 44.2 48.2 6.0 1.6 98.4
2014 87.2 6,880 43.9 38.3 13.2 4.6 95.4

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Gnesta Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[12]

In total there were 11,501 residents, of which 8,615 were Swedish citizens of voting age.[12] 49.7% voted for the left coalition and 48.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

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Gnesta has two sister cities, both with around 6,000 inhabitants:

References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Min Karta - 59°12'18.3"N 16°56'13.7"E" (in Swedish). Lantmäteriet. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Min Karta - 58°56'40.8"N 17°24'13.4"E" (in Swedish). Lantmäteriet. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 23)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 37)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 33)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gnesta kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  12. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Gnesta i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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