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Municipality
Lidingö Museum
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Stockholm County
Seat	Lidingö
Area
• Total	48.96 km2 (18.90 sq mi)
• Land	30.49 km2 (11.77 sq mi)
• Water	18.47 km2 (7.13 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	43,601
• Density	890.54/km2 (2,306.50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0186
Density is calculated using land area only.

Lidingö Municipality (Lidingö kommun semi-officially named as Lidingö stad) 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 two bridges connecting Lidingö with Stockholm. Old bridge to the right. View towards Ropsten.

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. 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

Dalénum where AGA have the head office since 1912.

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 [1] 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.

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). 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.

Country of birth
31 December 2017
1	Sweden	&&&&&&&&&&038920.&&&&&038,920
2	European Union: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&01563.&&&&&01,563
3	Asia: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0988.&&&&&0988
4	Finland	&&&&&&&&&&&&0850.&&&&&0850
5	South America	&&&&&&&&&&&&0608.&&&&&0608
6	Poland	&&&&&&&&&&&&0487.&&&&&0487
7	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0479.&&&&&0479
8	Africa: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0411.&&&&&0411
9	Germany	&&&&&&&&&&&&0402.&&&&&0402
10	North America	&&&&&&&&&&&&0382.&&&&&0382
11	Syria	&&&&&&&&&&&&0302.&&&&&0302
12	Iraq	&&&&&&&&&&&&0288.&&&&&0288
13	Iran	&&&&&&&&&&&&0259.&&&&&0259
14	Norway	&&&&&&&&&&&&0236.&&&&&0236
15	Afghanistan	&&&&&&&&&&&&0189.&&&&&0189
16	Eritrea	&&&&&&&&&&&&0158.&&&&&0158
17	Denmark	&&&&&&&&&&&&0124.&&&&&0124
18	Thailand	&&&&&&&&&&&&0110.&&&&&0110
19	Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro	&&&&&&&&&&&&0105.&&&&&0105
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	&&&&&&&&&&&&&092.&&&&&092
21	Turkey	&&&&&&&&&&&&&071.&&&&&071
22	Soviet Union	&&&&&&&&&&&&&066.&&&&&066
23	Oceania	&&&&&&&&&&&&&053.&&&&&053
24	Somalia	&&&&&&&&&&&&&023.&&&&&023
25	Iceland	&&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016
26	Unknown country of birth	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03

Major sporting events

• Lidingöloppet, cross-country running, 30 km.
• Round Lidingö Race, sailing race round Lidingö counter clockwise, 13,5 M

Culture

Millesgården art museum.

Millesgården is an art museum and sculpture garden, located on the island of Lidingö, created by Carl and his wife Olga Milles.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

In 1942, Lidingö created a committee to provide support for the people in Lohja (Swedish: Lojo) in the southern part of Finland who suffered badly during World War II. An orphanage was opened in Lidingö and money was collected and sent to Lohja. The orphanage was closed in 1943 as most of the children then had returned to Finland. The money that was left over was used to provide food for the children in Lohja. Lidingö and Lohja still maintain a close relationship.

Another sister city is Alameda, California. The initiative came from Alameda in 1959 and was part of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's people-to-people-movement. The purpose was to develop better understanding between people from different countries after World War II. Both Alameda and Lidingö are islands with a bridge connecting them to a big city.

As the Baltic countries were liberated from the Soviet Union in 1990-1991, Lidingö looked for a new sister city in the area. Saldus in Latvia was selected. During the years, a number of environmental, cultural and other projects have been accomplished.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lidingö made a sister city deal in 2023 with Slawuta in Ukraine.