Norrtälje Municipality facts for kids

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Municipality
Norrtälje town hall
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Stockholm County
Seat	Norrtälje
Area
• Total	5,905.45 km2 (2,280.11 sq mi)
• Land	2,010.76 km2 (776.36 sq mi)
• Water	3,894.69 km2 (1,503.75 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	56,005
• Density	9.48361/km2 (24.56244/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0188
Website	www.norrtalje.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Norrtälje Municipality (Norrtälje kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrtälje.

It is the largest and northernmost municipality of Stockholm County and was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of several former municipalities. There are 25 original local government units (as of 1863) combined in the present municipality. Since the municipality was formed in 1971, the population has grown almost every year. With the exception of the mandate period 2014–2018, Norrtälje has had a non-socialistic municipal government since 2010.

Many of the houses in Norrtälje municipality are summer cottages, only inhabited during summertime. This is due to its geographical location by the Stockholm archipelago, which makes it popular among Stockholmers and tourists. Norrtälje municipality has more than 13 000 islands.

Localities

Elections

Riksdag

This table lists the national results since the 1972 Swedish municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats from 1988 to 1998 were not published by the SCB at a municipal level due to the party's small size nationally at the time.

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.

Transport

Kapellskär port

Norrtälje is located approximately 75 km northeast of central Stockholm. The European route E18 connects Norrtälje to other parts of Stockholm. Some of the major bus lines to Norrtälje include 620 and 621 from Åkersberga, 639 from Stockholm and Östhammar, 647 from the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, and 676 from Stockholm.

Demography

Population development

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 9 341, or 15.36% of the population (60 808 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 5 606, or 10.44% of the population (53 702 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 60 808 residents in Norrtälje, of which 7 559 people (12.43%) 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	&&&&&&&&&&053249.&&&&&053,249
2	Finland	&&&&&&&&&&&01877.&&&&&01,877
3	European Union: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0972.&&&&&0972
4	Asia: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0572.&&&&&0572
5	Iraq	&&&&&&&&&&&&0348.&&&&&0348
6	South America	&&&&&&&&&&&&0344.&&&&&0344
7	Poland	&&&&&&&&&&&&0341.&&&&&0341
8	Africa: Other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0314.&&&&&0314
9	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	&&&&&&&&&&&&0312.&&&&&0312
10	Syria	&&&&&&&&&&&&0310.&&&&&0310
11	Thailand	&&&&&&&&&&&&0278.&&&&&0278
12	Germany	&&&&&&&&&&&&0276.&&&&&0276
13	Afghanistan	&&&&&&&&&&&&0210.&&&&&0210
14	North America	&&&&&&&&&&&&0203.&&&&&0203
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	&&&&&&&&&&&&0166.&&&&&0166
16	Norway	&&&&&&&&&&&&0163.&&&&&0163
17	Eritrea	&&&&&&&&&&&&0156.&&&&&0156
18	Iran	&&&&&&&&&&&&0156.&&&&&0156
19	Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro	&&&&&&&&&&&&0130.&&&&&0130
20	Turkey	&&&&&&&&&&&&0128.&&&&&0128
21	Somalia	&&&&&&&&&&&&0120.&&&&&0120
22	Denmark	&&&&&&&&&&&&0101.&&&&&0101
23	Oceania	&&&&&&&&&&&&&036.&&&&&036
24	Iceland	&&&&&&&&&&&&&021.&&&&&021
25	Soviet Union	&&&&&&&&&&&&&020.&&&&&020
26	Unknown country of birth	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05

2022 population by district

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

There were 64,630 residents, including 51,006 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. The districts within the urban area of Norrtälje only had about a third of the municipal population.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

• Sicaya Municipality, Bolivia
• Paldiski, Estonia
• Kärdla, Estonia
• Vihti, Finland
• Rūjiena, Latvia
• Pskov, Russia

See also

In Spanish: Municipio de Norrtälje para niños