Lidingö Municipality

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.

Lidingö Municipality Lidingö kommun
Municipality
Lidingö Museum
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°22′N 18°09′E
Country	Sweden
County	Stockholm County
Seat	Lidingö
Area
• Total	51.05 km2 (19.71 sq mi)
• Land	30.8 km2 (11.9 sq mi)
• Water	20.25 km2 (7.82 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	48,324
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0186
Website	www.lidingo.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

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

Population development in Lidingö Municipality 1970–2019

Year	Population
1970	36,174
1975	36,727
1980	37,390
1985	38,271
1990	38,399
1995	39,042
2000	40,584
2005	41,892
2010	44,017
2015	46,302
2017	47,185
2019	48,123

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.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Baggeby 1,580 1,275 46.5 52.4 81 74 26 27,068 57 Bo-Björnbo 1,780 1,359 27.8 71.8 80 89 11 37,349 81 Bodal 1,559 1,218 42.7 55.3 82 75 25 28,374 57 Brevik Ö-Käppala S 1,972 1,403 25.8 73.7 78 84 16 44,103 79 Dalénum 2,184 1,699 32.7 66.1 82 76 24 39,360 69 Ekholmsnäs-Killinge 1,666 1,162 34.0 64.8 83 78 22 33,781 64 Gångsätra V 1,648 1,160 56.1 41.9 73 46 54 23,564 49 Gångsätra Ö 2,235 1,580 39.4 59.2 84 81 19 37,524 70 Gåshaga 1,834 1,362 22.8 77.0 83 84 16 47,709 72 Hersby S 2,032 1,442 29.1 70.0 84 86 14 41,117 75 Hersby SÖ-Mosstorp 2,272 1,602 42.8 56.7 83 83 17 36,819 71 Herserud 2,002 1,591 28.8 70.2 77 84 16 34,303 73 Käppala N 1,573 1,192 46.9 50.8 75 46 54 24,433 45 Larsberg N 2,123 1,669 52.7 46.0 77 59 41 25,689 49 Larsberg S 1,803 1,327 48.8 49.4 76 60 40 26,219 47 Mölna Ö-Brevik V 2,157 1,508 32.0 67.5 81 83 17 40,586 71 Näset V 1,520 1,185 49.2 49.9 82 77 23 28,066 60 Näset Ö 1,904 1,474 42.3 56.6 83 81 19 33,782 65 Rudboda V-Bosön 1,779 1,341 41.8 57.1 80 86 14 35,164 71 Rudboda Ö-Yttringe 1,655 1,154 34.3 65.2 87 89 11 41,818 73 Skärsätra 1,759 1,366 41.3 57.3 81 78 22 31,383 66 Sticklinge N 2,120 1,455 24.4 74.8 81 84 16 48,062 79 Sticklinge S-Islinge 2,197 1,574 30.8 68.2 80 83 17 40,805 74 Stockby-Mölna V 1,288 1,018 34.4 65.0 82 84 16 45,033 76 Torsvik N-Hersby N 1,805 1,341 27.9 71.5 79 84 16 40,055 77 Torsvik S-Centrum 1,640 1,420 38.7 59.8 78 78 22 29,966 64 Source: SVT

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	38,920
2	European Union: Other countries	1,563
3	Asia: Other countries	988
4	Finland	850
5	South America	608
6	Poland	487
7	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	479
8	Africa: Other countries	411
9	Germany	402
10	North America	382
11	Syria	302
12	Iraq	288
13	Iran	259
14	Norway	236
15	Afghanistan	189
16	Eritrea	158
17	Denmark	124
18	Thailand	110
19	Yugoslavia/Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro	105
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	92
21	Turkey	71
22	Soviet Union	66
23	Oceania	53
24	Somalia	23
25	Iceland	16
26	Unknown country of birth	3

Politics

The island's politics has traditionally been dominated by the centre-right Moderate Party. They currently run the municipality in coalition with the Christian Democrats and with the Lidingö Party.

Chairman of the municipal executive board is Anna Rheyneuclaudes Kihlman from the Moderate Party.

Election results

Election results 2014
Moderate Party	32,87%
Liberal People's Party	9,35%
Social Democrats	9,91%
Lidingö Party	14,32%
Centre Party	17,04%
Christian Democrats	3,88%
Green Party	7,06%
Left Party	2,36%

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

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

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.

See also

• List of islands of Sweden

External links

• Media related to Lidingö Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in Swedish)