Helsingborg Municipality

Helsingborg Municipality (Helsingborgs kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Helsingborg, which is Sweden's eighth-largest city. The municipality had a population of 147,734 on 1 January 2019 and the metropolitan area has about 320,000 inhabitants.

Helsingborg
Municipality
Helsingborgs kommun
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°03′N 12°43′E
Country	Sweden
County	Scania County
Seat	Helsingborg
Government
• Mayor	Christian Orsing (M)
Area
• Total	423.97 km2 (163.70 sq mi)
• Land	344.01 km2 (132.82 sq mi)
• Water	79.96 km2 (30.87 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	151,306
• Density	360/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1283
Website	www.helsingborg.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Between 1912 and 1971 the name of the town was officially spelled Hälsingborg (rather like the region of Hälsingland but unlike neighbouring Danish Helsingør and the Finnish capital Helsingfors (Helsinki)). The spelling was changed back to the older version when the present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the Town of Hälsingborg with four surrounding rural municipalities. Since the 1990s the municipality again styles itself Helsingborgs stad (Town of Helsingborg). This usage is only nominal and has no effect on the status of the municipality.

Localities

Helsingborg Municipality districts

Helsingborg City Hall

As of 2018, there were 16 urban areas the municipality.

#	Locality	Population
1	Helsingborg	109,869
2	Rydebäck (part of)	6,429
3	Ödåkra	5,413
4	Hittarp	4,670
5	Påarp	2,959
6	Bårslöv	2,774
7	Mörarp	1,889
8	Gantofta	1,356
9	Vallåkra	828
10	Kattarp	732
11	Allerum	725
12	Domsten	602
13	Hasslarp	600
14	Tånga och Rögle	230
15	Utvälinge	230
16	Fleninge	208

Districts

The administrative division of Helsingborg is divided into 17 districts. They are Allerum, Bårslöv, Filborna, Fjärestad, Fleninge, Frillestad, Helsingborgs Gustav Adolf, Helsingborgs Maria, Hässlunda, Kattarp, Kropp, Kvistofta, Mörarp, Ottarp, Raus, Välinge and Välluv.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Helsingborg 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 149,791 residents, including 110,550 Swedish citizens of voting age. 41.5% voted for the left coalition and 56.8% for the right coalition. This made Helsingborg the strongest among large municipalities for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Adolfsberg 1,532 1,094 51.2 47.4 73 46 54 23,036 34 Allerum 1,442 1,052 24.3 74.8 87 90 10 30,024 43 Berga 1,816 1,403 44.8 53.8 78 54 46 25,788 39 Björka-Väla 1,712 1,157 45.7 50.6 71 39 61 24,031 35 Brohult 1,491 1,150 48.1 49.8 69 40 60 20,461 26 Bårslöv V 1,489 1,081 40.0 58.3 77 62 38 26,204 34 Bårslöv Ö 1,260 912 38.2 58.6 77 65 35 24,614 29 Centrum S 1,592 1,307 41.8 56.5 74 69 31 28,551 51 Centrum V 1,471 1,357 31.6 67.9 82 81 19 29,206 52 Centrum Ö 1,615 1,508 33.6 65.2 79 81 19 29,723 52 Dalhem S 1,811 1,220 52.1 45.0 63 40 60 18,604 22 Dalhem-Källstorp 1,695 1,224 49.6 48.2 60 43 57 19,544 25 Drottninghög V 1,195 895 57.7 37.9 58 28 72 14,926 27 Drottninghög Ö 1,829 1,194 64.6 30.0 54 21 79 15,125 23 Elineberg 1,871 1,352 53.1 43.9 63 47 53 18,344 33 Eneborg M 1,324 970 53.1 43.4 64 39 61 18,343 40 Eneborg V 1,583 973 62.3 33.5 59 30 70 16,612 35 Eneborg Ö 1,412 1,216 46.1 52.0 75 60 40 23,638 49 Eskilsminne 1,782 1,237 42.4 57.1 76 66 34 26,268 49 Fredriksdal M 1,821 1,057 53.5 43.4 60 30 70 17,845 35 Fredriksdal V 1,646 1,177 60.0 36.2 61 37 63 18,372 31 Fredriksdal Ö 1,508 907 66.6 27.1 49 19 81 14,145 31 Furutorp 1,641 743 56.7 39.0 47 23 77 11,744 43 Gantofta 1,834 1,299 34.0 64.9 87 87 13 29,238 45 Gustav Adolf 1,432 996 59.4 37.0 52 33 67 15,748 36 Gustavslund V 1,520 1,129 35.6 63.2 86 78 22 31,491 54 Gustavslund Ö 1,932 1,169 34.4 64.8 88 65 35 33,707 55 Hittarp-Domsten 1,500 1,272 28.1 71.1 77 89 11 38,530 68 Humlegården 1,575 1,155 37.8 61.5 84 80 20 32,279 54 Husensjö 1,905 1,393 41.4 57.5 86 79 21 32,973 59 Högaborg V 1,432 935 54.5 42.7 53 36 64 14,065 39 Högaborg Ö 1,808 1,192 61.4 34.7 57 27 73 15,413 26 Högasten 1,597 1,327 43.7 54.2 69 62 38 21,327 33 Kattarp 1,658 1,130 34.2 64.1 71 68 32 22,308 30 Laröd V 1,853 1,378 29.8 69.2 81 87 13 36,921 65 Laröd Ö 1,901 1,406 32.6 66.2 85 83 17 30,968 50 Lundsbäck 1,619 1,051 41.6 56.3 72 47 53 26,984 46 Lussebäcken 1,535 1,207 47.4 50.7 66 62 38 20,267 31 Margaretaplatsen 1,249 1,132 34.4 64.0 81 83 17 29,343 55 Mariastaden N 2,101 1,384 32.0 67.4 86 78 22 37,623 64 Mariastaden S 1,764 1,170 35.1 63.8 81 74 26 31,726 52 Mariastaden V 1,692 1,192 41.5 56.8 82 80 20 31,297 58 Mariastaden Ö 1,936 1,139 39.1 58.4 70 44 56 23,166 42 Mörarp V 1,346 967 29.6 68.1 84 81 19 27,242 35 Mörarp Ö 1,490 1,044 32.7 66.7 83 80 20 27,401 35 Närlunda 1,807 1,215 63.6 33.0 60 35 65 17,487 33 Oceanhamnen 1,039 869 39.8 59.3 64 57 43 23,536 51 Olympia 1,628 1,395 39.5 59.5 70 71 29 24,627 51 Planteringen N 2,039 1,236 59.2 32.5 51 25 75 13,976 25 Planteringen S 2,086 1,466 49.8 46.1 58 42 58 17,335 30 Påarp V 1,878 1,313 31.7 66.7 81 70 30 27,020 34 Påarp Ö 1,863 1,362 32.9 66.6 84 85 15 26,494 32 Pålsjöbaden 1,054 985 23.5 75.8 74 88 12 31,233 61 Pålsjö Ö 1,391 1,067 44.2 54.8 79 77 23 26,009 50 Ragnvalla 1,921 1,173 48.7 46.2 65 34 66 19,569 29 Ramlösa N 1,556 1,196 41.0 58.7 86 83 17 32,633 55 Ramlösa Ö 1,631 1,212 35.5 63.3 88 84 16 35,189 59 Ramlösabrunn 1,795 1,305 42.8 56.2 85 79 21 30,588 55 Raus S 1,413 1,026 37.0 61.9 86 77 23 29,707 48 Ringstorp C 1,581 1,374 41.3 57.3 81 75 25 23,965 41 Ringstorp N 1,715 1,343 37.5 61.4 80 75 25 27,658 52 Ringstorp Ö 1,718 1,173 40.9 56.5 72 60 40 23,382 42 Rosengården C 1,728 1,165 54.3 43.4 70 46 54 22,829 39 Rosengården V 1,558 1,245 47.3 50.3 72 65 35 23,597 35 Rosengården Ö 1,482 1,139 54.2 44.2 71 40 60 20,575 36 Rydebäck M 1,721 1,310 37.4 61.8 89 91 9 30,601 60 Rydebäck N 1,701 1,206 33.2 65.9 87 88 12 32,942 60 Rydebäck S 1,541 1,134 34.3 65.1 88 94 6 35,159 63 Rydebäck Ö 1,568 1,121 36.4 62.8 88 86 14 30,019 57 Råå N 1,602 1,343 42.8 56.6 82 89 11 27,389 61 Råå S 1,770 1,412 37.2 62.1 84 91 9 32,173 57 Slottshöjden N 1,616 1,286 43.6 54.2 72 61 39 23,376 51 Slottshöjden S 1,528 1,386 39.9 59.1 79 81 19 25,921 50 Sofieberg 1,527 1,149 45.5 53.7 83 73 27 30,015 54 St Jörgens plats 1,436 1,334 32.9 66.9 82 84 16 31,123 52 Stadsparken 1,489 976 57.8 38.6 61 35 65 17,706 33 Stattena 1,597 1,343 43.6 54.5 77 69 31 23,524 44 Söder 1,728 1,063 60.6 37.3 58 24 76 15,812 41 Tågaborg C 1,598 1,313 41.4 57.1 80 78 22 29,211 52 Tågaborg M 1,484 1,327 38.2 60.7 82 80 20 28,998 51 Tågaborg N 1,627 1,357 29.4 69.7 80 84 16 33,732 65 Tågaborg S 1,676 1,385 39.7 59.4 79 79 21 27,704 55 Tågaborg Ö 1,607 1,419 41.7 57.0 79 70 30 27,025 47 Vallåkra-Ottarp 1,784 1,307 31.4 67.6 82 84 16 27,785 39 Viskängen 1,654 1,332 44.6 53.3 75 63 37 24,801 45 Välinge 756 560 34.9 64.2 82 86 14 26,916 35 Västergård N 1,389 1,009 51.6 46.6 68 42 58 21,564 35 Wilson park 1,768 1,373 47.3 51.5 75 67 33 26,822 53 Ättekulla N 1,305 1,067 48.2 50.3 77 60 40 21,959 33 Ättekulla Ö 1,256 983 43.5 55.2 75 65 35 22,278 31 Ödåkra N 1,642 1,194 32.3 66.9 80 75 25 25,268 35 Ödåkra V 1,627 1,114 40.8 57.8 78 59 41 26,991 41 Ödåkra Ö 1,694 1,235 40.0 59.1 82 65 35 27,508 46 Source: SVT

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

Helsingborg is twinned with:

• Alexandria, United States
• Dubrovnik, Croatia
• Liepāja, Latvia
• Pärnu, Estonia

See also

• Municipalities of Sweden
• European route E4

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Helsingborg Municipality - Official site
• The local daily newspaper