Växjö Municipality

Växjö Municipality (Växjö kommun) is a municipality in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where Växjö is the seat.

Växjö Municipality Växjö kommun
Municipality
Växjö Railway Station And City Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°53′N 14°48′E
Country	Sweden
County	Kronoberg County
Established	1971
Seat	Växjö
Area
• Total	1,914.25 km2 (739.10 sq mi)
• Land	1,665.51 km2 (643.06 sq mi)
• Water	248.74 km2 (96.04 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	97,574
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	35002 - 35597
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0780
Website	www.vaxjo.se

The municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Växjö with the surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) included in the present municipality is 29.

Localities

There are 12 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in the City of Växjö.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2006. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Växjö	66,275
2	Rottne	2,240
3	Lammhult	1,781
4	Ingelstad	1,667
5	Braås	1,608
6	Gemla	1,498
7	Åryd	671
8	Åby	447
9	Furuby	349
10	Nöbbele	244
11	Tävelsås	225

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Växjö 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 95,780 residents, including 70,824 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.4% voted for the left coalition and 49.1% 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 % % Araby 2,089 1,294 71.3 21.3 55 18 82 15,244 27 Arenastaden 1,088 827 49.3 49.1 83 56 44 26,330 41 Berg 1,041 809 46.1 53.1 90 94 6 27,692 48 Bergunda 1,262 988 41.4 57.9 89 82 18 28,820 47 Braås 2,381 1,632 51.2 47.7 76 70 30 22,265 29 Bäckaslöv 1,306 1,150 47.4 51.5 83 83 17 28,319 54 Centrum 1,462 1,295 44.0 54.8 83 82 18 27,057 52 Dalbo C 2,231 1,214 71.5 20.7 54 19 81 14,145 28 Dädesjö 615 462 44.7 52.3 91 93 7 27,367 43 Fagrabäck 1,584 1,291 52.2 46.5 80 78 22 25,854 54 Furuby 756 549 43.5 55.7 89 91 9 27,716 43 Furutå 1,910 1,463 52.5 46.9 83 75 25 28,104 66 Gamla Hovshaga 1,693 1,275 47.6 52.0 85 82 18 30,219 58 Gemla 1,886 1,353 49.7 49.5 87 89 11 27,771 45 Hov 2,069 1,559 53.7 45.7 90 83 17 29,736 53 Hovshaga C 1,948 1,491 51.3 46.8 81 67 33 25,853 40 Högstorp-Hollstorp 2,208 1,624 47.8 51.9 89 90 10 32,490 62 Ingelstad 2,411 1,794 47.0 52.2 84 89 11 25,507 44 Kampen-Sigfrid 1,469 1,244 52.4 45.5 78 77 23 26,604 58 Kronoberg 2,165 1,497 44.6 55.1 89 84 16 33,733 63 Kungsmad 1,896 1,447 43.3 53.5 79 72 28 28,547 57 Kvarnhagen 1,859 1,324 50.9 47.1 79 69 31 25,052 37 Lammhult 2,371 1,575 36.8 61.4 73 71 29 21,803 26 Lasarettet 1,722 1,510 45.5 53.8 87 83 17 29,931 60 Liedsbergsgatan 1,913 1,439 57.2 39.7 67 42 58 18,812 39 Ljungfälle-Teleborg 1,860 1,289 56.2 41.7 69 59 41 22,094 47 Norr 1,429 1,128 51.9 47.6 87 92 8 30,788 56 Norrelid 1,136 1,064 54.4 45.0 86 86 14 26,985 57 Nya Hovshaga 2,185 1,635 52.9 45.4 88 81 19 28,084 47 Nydala 2,283 1,240 70.1 20.0 59 21 79 15,639 30 Pilbäcken 2,002 1,386 62.5 34.4 71 43 57 20,974 35 Ringsberg 1,541 1,383 53.4 45.3 79 82 18 25,327 48 Rottne N 1,237 855 39.8 58.7 83 79 21 25,771 33 Rottne S 1,724 1,265 42.1 56.8 84 84 16 24,227 34 Sandsbro V 2,983 1,563 46.9 52.6 88 87 13 30,647 58 Sandsbro Ö 2,395 1,736 44.9 54.2 90 91 9 30,637 51 Stallvägen 1,580 870 53.4 46.4 33 48 52 3,687 78 Söder 1,866 1,408 51.2 47.3 87 85 15 32,961 67 Teknikum 1,352 1,049 64.3 34.4 76 68 32 23,189 45 Teleborg C 1,948 1,410 62.1 35.6 61 49 51 17,794 43 Teleborg S 1,874 1,415 48.8 51.0 84 82 18 28,965 63 Torparängen 1,781 1,388 60.0 39.2 80 74 26 25,353 56 Tävelsås-Uråsa 1,705 1,219 45.3 53.2 90 91 9 28,101 48 Ulriksberg 1,999 1,438 44.7 54.8 87 81 19 30,643 61 Universitetet N 1,456 1,214 47.6 51.5 49 73 27 9,744 76 Universitetet S 1,282 897 49.5 48.4 31 59 41 4,894 73 Vederslöv 1,571 1,197 40.7 58.7 90 94 6 28,082 43 Vikaholm 1,671 1,199 51.5 47.7 87 67 33 29,372 63 Värends Nöbbele 686 504 45.0 54.1 88 94 6 26,427 35 Väster 1,764 1,511 44.3 54.2 86 86 14 28,301 51 Åby 1,422 1,031 42.5 56.2 90 90 10 28,058 44 Åryd 1,639 1,171 43.9 54.8 88 88 12 28,414 41 Öjaby N 1,365 1,005 38.1 61.1 91 93 7 32,372 56 Öjaby S-Räppe 2,063 1,505 39.9 59.5 87 87 13 30,164 49 Öster 1,572 1,355 48.2 50.1 82 85 15 27,140 56 Östra Lugnet 2,074 1,388 45.4 54.1 90 81 19 32,059 58 Source: SVT

Economy

Largest employers in the municipality:

1. Växjö Municipality 7,400
2. Kronoberg County Administrative Board 4,000
3. Linnaeus University 1,000
4. Volvo Construction Equipment 800
5. SAAB/Combitech 340
6. Atea 300
7. Alstom Power 300
8. Visma SPCS 300
9. Rottne Industri AB 250
10. Södra Skogsägarna 230
11. Getinge Disinfection 230
12. Boss Media 210
13. Staples Sweden (TG Skrivab) 210
14. Coop Dagligvaruhandel 210
15. Skanska 200
16. Wexiodisk 185

(as of 2010-12-15: )

Environmental work

Växjö Municipality has a long-term and strategic environmental and climate work and has called itself “The Greenest City in Europe” since 2007. It has its foundation in a long history of commitment to environmental issues, and ambitious goals for a green future. It is a vision shared with the citizens and the local companies.

In 2017 Växjö, was awarded the European Green Leaf Award 2018 by the European Commission. The prize is awarded to cities with less than 100 000 inhabitants that show good results and ambitions in terms of environment and committed to generate green growth.

Actions and results

In the early 1970s, Lake Trummen was restored with good results. Twenty years later, the same was done with Växjösjön and Södra Bergundasjön. This was done since the lakes suffered from eutrophication. Through dredging, the damaged ecosystems were restored and today the lakes are fully bath-friendly with a rich wildlife. The aim to receive good water quality for the whole lake system continues and in 2014 the Municipal Council decided to take new actions.

In the 1980s, Växjö Energi AB, Veab, began small-scale use of biofuels in district heating. Thus, the heating plant became the first in Sweden to be fueled with biofuels in this way. In the coming decades, the project was expanded and in 2015, after the inauguration of a third co generation power plant, the heat and power production comes almost entirely from renewable sources.

In 1996, Växjö Municipality decided that it would be completely free from fossil fuels, to be achieved by year 2030. Between 1993 and 2015, carbon dioxide emissions in Växjö have decreased by 54%. This while the city has been able to show strong economic growth. In recent years, Växjö has invested a lot in high-rise wood buildings. Today Växjö is one of the cities where you find most ongoing projects of high-rise wood buildings in Sweden.

International relations

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

• Aabenraa, Denmark
• Almere, Netherlands
• Duluth, Minnesota, United States
• Kalush, Ukraine
• Kaunas, Lithuania
• Lancaster, United Kingdom
• Lohja, Finland
• Pobiedziska, Poland
• Ringerike, Norway
• Schwerin, Germany
• Skagaströnd, Iceland

See also

• List of Kronoberg Governors
• Kronoberg Castle

External links

• Växjö Municipality - Official site
• Tourism Växjö