Strängnäs Municipality () is a municipality in Södermanland County in eastern Sweden, located by Lake Mälaren. Its seat is located in the city of Strängnäs.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Strängnäs was amalgamated with the City of Mariefred and a number of rural municipalities. Originally there were 15 local government entities in the area.

The boxer Erik Agren was born here

Localities The municipality consists of the old towns of Strängnäs and Mariefred and the villages of Åkers styckebruk and Stallarholmen. Strängnäs (seat) Mariefred Åkers styckebruk Stallarholmen

History Strängnäs is an old town with a history dating to the Viking Age. Its location on the shores of Lake Mälaren has made Strängnäs an important trading centre and meeting place through the ages.

Mariefred acquired its name from the monastery Pax Mariae ("Mary's Peace") which was founded some 500 years ago by Sten Sture the Elder. There are no remains above ground of the monastery, which was the location where Mariefred's church, built in 1624, now stands.

Economy Strängnäs has a multifaceted and dynamic economy, being home to businesses of different sizes and in many different sectors. The prominent industries are biotech, pharmaceuticals, logistics, education, engineering and tourism.

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Strängnäs 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 38,341 inhabitants, of whom 28,212 were Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.0% voted for the left coalition and 56.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Abborrberget-Sundby 1,630 1,205 43.2 55.5 74 74 26 26,102 42Dammen-Malmby-Löt 1,824 1,252 39.5 58.5 79 73 27 26,488 33Eldsund-Tingstuhöjden 1,505 1,109 44.8 52.7 66 55 45 21,721 34Finninge 2,210 1,587 48.6 50.5 84 80 20 29,095 44Härad 989 747 40.1 58.2 81 87 13 28,289 34Kyrkberget-Kvarnbacken 1,789 1,468 39.1 60.0 80 82 18 26,704 42Länna 800 565 30.9 68.1 81 81 19 26,664 31Mariefred C 1,553 1,274 48.2 51.1 83 88 12 28,550 55Marielund-Hedlandet 1,848 1,273 41.8 57.6 90 84 16 35,548 60Norra Tosterö-Aspö 1,578 1,160 38.9 60.7 82 85 15 28,724 42Slottsbrinken-Viggeby 1,633 1,207 40.6 57.8 86 88 12 32,010 50Stadsskogen 1,675 1,115 50.6 47.7 66 57 43 22,200 37Stavlund-Södra Tosterö 1,265 848 37.9 60.7 80 76 24 28,673 47Storgärdet-Sidöparken 1,476 1,206 45.3 53.4 78 79 21 26,423 48Strängnäs C 1,429 1,169 43.6 54.3 78 80 20 22,850 33Tallåsen-Sörgärdet 1,577 1,278 43.2 55.8 80 84 16 24,865 44Toresund 2,131 1,630 37.9 61.1 85 85 15 29,078 40Ulvhäll-Långberget 2,198 1,536 44.4 53.6 81 74 26 25,937 38Vårfruberga 1,481 1,137 38.7 60.2 83 88 12 27,190 37Ytterselö-Överselö 1,790 1,405 43.1 55.6 81 85 15 24,919 35Åker N 2,135 1,492 39.9 58.9 83 75 25 27,852 28Åker S 1,771 1,260 38.5 60.2 81 73 27 25,685 26Öster-Ekhov-Kalkudden 1,784 1,289 41.3 57.4 79 82 18 26,887 37Source: SVT

Elections

Riksdag These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Strängnäs Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. 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.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND 1973 92.5 13,741 3.1 43.0 0.0 24.6 11.9 1.5 15.5 0.0 0.0 1976 93.1 14,931 2.7 41.4 0.0 24.1 13.6 0.9 16.8 0.0 0.0 1979 92.0 15,400 3.8 41.9 0.0 17.9 12.9 1.0 21.7 0.0 0.0 1982 92.5 16,146 4.1 44.3 1.8 14.5 7.4 1.5 26.3 0.0 0.0 1985 91.2 16,528 3.7 44.0 1.6 10.3 17.8 0.0 23.4 0.0 0.0 1988 86.7 16,263 4.4 40.9 5.2 9.9 16.6 1.9 20.8 0.0 0.0 1991 87.5 17,207 2.9 34.9 3.1 7.2 11.9 6.2 25.2 0.0 8.2 1994 87.1 17,808 4.8 43.2 4.8 6.6 9.1 3.4 26.1 0.0 1.1 1998 81.4 16,902 9.2 35.5 4.2 4.2 5.6 12.2 27.7 0.0 0.0 2002 80.0 17,534 5.9 38.4 4.4 5.4 16.2 9.4 18.3 0.5 0.0 2006 83.1 18,922 3.7 32.5 4.7 7.6 8.3 6.7 32.4 2.2 0.0 2010 85.5 20,626 4.2 26.8 6.7 6.7 7.7 5.4 35.2 6.4 0.0 2014 87.2 21,889 4.6 27.5 5.9 5.5 5.4 4.9 28.8 14.7 0.0

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 1973 92.5 13,741 46.1 52.0 0.0 1.9 98.1 1976 93.1 14,931 44.1 54.5 0.0 1.4 98.6 1979 92.0 15,400 45.7 52.5 0.0 1.8 98.2 1982 92.5 16,146 48.4 48.2 0.0 3.4 96.6 1985 91.2 16,528 47.7 51.5 0.0 1.8 98.2 1988 86.7 16,263 50.5 47.3 0.0 2.2 97.8 1991 87.5 17,207 37.8 50.5 0.0 11.7 96.5 1994 87.1 17,808 52.8 45.2 0.0 2.0 98.0 1998 81.4 16,902 48.9 49.7 0.0 1.4 98.6 2002 80.0 17,534 48.7 49.3 0.0 2.0 98.0 2006 83.1 18,922 40.9 55.0 0.0 4.1 95.9 2010 85.5 20,626 37.7 55.0 6.4 0.9 99.1 2014 87.2 21,889 38.0 44.6 14.7 2.7 97.3

Twin towns – sister cities

Strängnäs is twinned with:

Kandava, Latvia Kisko (Salo), Finland Simanjiro District (Emboreet), Tanzania Muurla (Salo), Finland Olsztynek, Poland Priozersk, Russia Ratzeburg, Germany Rheinsberg, Germany Ribe, Denmark Saku, Estonia Sauvo, Finland Sogndal, Norway

References

External links

Strängnäs Municipality - Official site