Linköping Municipality

Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With more than 165,000 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden.

Linköping Municipality Linköpings kommun
Municipality
Linköping Library
Coat of arms
Motto:  Linköping - where ideas come to life
Coordinates: 58°24′N 15°37′E
Country	Sweden
County	Östergötland County
Seat	Linköping
Area
• Total	1,568.26 km2 (605.51 sq mi)
• Land	1,427.44 km2 (551.14 sq mi)
• Water	140.82 km2 (54.37 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	167,404
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Östergötland
Municipal code	0580
Website	www.linkoping.se

The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala, and thence clockwise by Finspång, Norrköping, Söderköping, Åtvidaberg, Kinda, Boxholm and Mjölby municipalities.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Linköping with five surrounding rural municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) making up Linköping Municipality is 32.

Linköping is one of the few municipalities in Sweden to style the speaker of the assembly as mayor.

Linköping wants to create a sustainable development of the city and therefore plan to become a carbon neutral community by 2025.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Linköping 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 165,293 residents, including 124,369 Swedish citizens of voting age. 50.5% voted for the left coalition and 48.1% for the right coalition.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Bankekind 1,123 867 41.3 57.9 92 93 7 30,747 55 Berga 1, Ramshäll 1,807 1,389 52.8 45.3 73 71 29 25,339 56 Berga 2, NO 1,708 1,140 68.6 28.0 58 30 70 16,048 39 Berga 3, NV 2,068 1,175 71.4 25.4 59 28 72 15,950 35 Berga 4, SO 1,453 1,109 55.0 43.6 84 83 17 30,132 63 Berga 5, Vidingsjö N 1,376 1,022 47.8 51.8 91 91 9 34,133 73 Berga 6, SV 1,897 1,288 54.5 42.8 69 58 42 21,013 47 Berga 7, Vidingsjö S 1,305 1,130 55.8 43.4 85 90 10 26,098 52 Berga 8, Haninge 1,492 1,073 56.8 42.4 82 85 15 27,878 48 Berga 9, Hagaberg 1,044 882 55.9 43.7 88 84 16 34,756 80 Berga 10, S Ekkällan N 1,641 1,329 53.9 44.7 84 81 19 30,798 71 Berga 11, S Ekkällan S 1,350 1,199 50.4 48.1 82 80 20 28,313 73 Domkyrko 1, Ne Vasastaden V 1,684 1,537 48.0 50.8 81 82 18 26,631 54 Domkyrko 2, Hunneberg 1,641 1,512 52.1 46.7 76 87 13 23,403 60 Domkyrko 3, Öv Vasastaden Ö 1,425 1,222 46.9 51.0 73 80 20 23,656 59 Domkyrko 4, Öv Vasastaden V 1,729 1,319 54.7 43.1 75 63 37 23,446 45 Domkyrko 5, Ne Vasastaden Ö 1,534 1,366 44.4 54.5 78 81 19 27,515 60 Domkyrko 6, Kanberget 1,526 1,337 50.1 48.5 77 85 15 28,058 64 Domkyrko 7, Innerstaden S 1,808 1,554 47.8 50.5 78 79 21 25,539 60 Domkyrko 8, Ekkällan 1,485 1,247 62.9 36.1 74 73 27 23,408 57 Domkyrko 9, Gottfridsberg NO 1,476 1,350 55.9 42.0 73 73 27 23,077 48 Domkyrko 10, Gottfridsberg SO 1,429 1,132 52.4 46.6 60 84 16 18,601 71 Domkyrko 11, Fridhem 1,007 861 56.5 42.5 70 91 9 29,376 85 Domkyrko 12, Barhäll 1,673 1,344 54.3 44.7 82 82 18 29,010 66 Domkyrko 13, Åbylund 1,495 1,357 57.0 41.1 70 75 25 20,456 52 Domkyrko 14, Valla 1,625 1,307 54.2 44.3 78 87 13 28,913 78 Domkyrko 15, T1 N 1,369 1,112 57.7 39.7 66 80 20 20,884 73 Domkyrko 16, T1 S 1,699 1,264 59.5 38.9 83 81 19 30,988 70 Domkyrko 17, Innerstaden N 1,761 1,522 46.4 52.2 80 79 21 28,107 59 Domkyrko 18, Öv Vasastaden N 1,813 1,454 44.5 54.1 78 77 23 28,885 61 Domkyrko 19, Folkets park 1,258 1,049 55.8 43.4 77 80 20 28,269 65 Domkyrko 20, Vallastaden N 1,904 1,546 49.3 49.1 40 78 22 5,593 82 Domkyrko 21, Vallastaden S 697 675 44.1 54.1 63 73 27 16,706 77 Domkyrko 22, Ebbe park 1,002 1,092 52.4 46.1 26 85 15 3,854 82 Flistad-Ljung 1,498 1,117 45.7 53.1 88 93 7 30,134 50 Johannelund 1, Vimanshäll 1,877 1,466 50.4 48.1 82 79 21 30,202 63 Johannelund 2, NV 1,384 998 56.2 40.5 70 62 38 21,607 43 Johannelund 3, NO 1,288 1,133 54.0 44.1 80 81 19 23,770 46 Johannelund 4, Ånestad 1,599 1,200 55.8 43.3 91 91 9 34,164 71 Johannelund 5, SV 1,555 1,281 56.6 41.3 85 86 14 27,007 56 Johannelund 6, SO 1,591 1,192 49.5 49.6 79 76 24 26,750 55 Kaga-Ledberg 974 736 38.3 61.0 92 92 8 32,329 58 Kärna 1, Malmslätt SO 1,102 881 47.0 51.8 83 87 13 29,970 52 Kärna 2, Malmslätt M 1,256 991 48.9 49.9 84 88 12 28,817 56 Kärna 3, Tokarp 1,490 1,070 49.0 50.2 88 79 21 29,492 52 Kärna 4, Malmslätt V 1,511 1,208 52.8 46.6 88 85 15 27,898 51 Landeryd 1, Hackefors 1,891 1,405 44.1 55.5 90 93 7 34,622 68 Landeryd 2, Ekholmen NO 1,815 1,335 53.5 44.9 78 75 25 22,656 45 Landeryd 3, Kvinneby 1,578 1,250 44.7 54.1 88 89 11 28,417 64 Landeryd 4, Ekholmen NV 1,729 1,452 55.3 43.8 83 79 21 24,935 50 Landeryd 5, Ekholmen SO 1,500 1,265 50.4 48.2 79 84 16 21,609 33 Landeryd 6, Hjulsbro M 1,592 1,199 42.8 56.2 89 88 12 37,302 71 Landeryd 7, Ekholmen SV 1,790 1,271 51.8 46.7 88 86 14 29,102 54 Landeryd 8, Ullstämma 2,334 1,565 50.6 48.8 89 88 12 34,461 67 Landeryd 9, Möjetorp 2,321 1,465 46.3 53.0 91 87 13 33,730 67 Lillkyrka-Gistad 658 532 43.3 55.0 90 93 7 28,452 40 Nykil-Gammalkil 2,110 1,631 42.7 56.0 89 95 5 28,716 46 Rappestad-Vikingstad N 1,546 1,176 42.0 57.4 91 94 6 31,008 48 Ryd 1, N 1,715 1,309 56.9 41.5 53 67 33 13,231 73 Ryd 2, SO 2,152 1,320 56.6 41.0 54 48 52 12,726 60 Ryd 3, SV 1,853 951 64.6 30.8 38 24 76 5,730 50 Ryd 4, NO 1,749 1,147 69.8 25.7 58 38 62 15,062 42 Ryd 5, M 1,659 1,038 55.3 41.6 19 52 48 1,340 87 Rystad 2, Tallboda V 1,528 1,100 37.4 61.8 86 81 19 29,817 45 Rystad 3, Tallboda Ö 2,021 1,403 45.2 54.1 90 79 21 30,799 48 Rystad 4, Ekängen 2,799 1,816 35.6 63.7 90 87 13 42,807 76 S:t Lars 1, Innerstaden NO 1,682 1,373 48.7 49.4 76 70 30 25,969 52 S:t Lars 2, Innerstaden Ö 1,312 1,169 43.2 55.7 78 79 21 26,252 56 S:t Lars 3, Hejdegården 1,553 1,328 47.1 51.8 75 82 18 25,953 62 S:t Lars 4, Kungsberget V 1,531 1,412 43.2 55.7 84 85 15 29,836 60 S:t Lars 5, Kungsberget 1,703 1,357 45.9 53.2 76 77 23 24,986 49 S:t Lars 6, Råberga 1,730 1,332 48.9 48.6 71 74 26 23,095 50 S:t Lars 7, Innerstaden SO 1,254 1,087 47.2 51.8 76 83 17 25,393 59 S:t Lars 8, Stångån V 1,190 1,051 51.8 46.8 80 77 23 25,787 50 Sjögestad 840 597 42.3 57.3 81 90 10 27,989 43 Skeda 1,916 1,433 44.7 54.3 91 94 6 30,719 54 Skäggetorp 1, C 2,135 1,194 70.3 25.8 50 22 78 13,299 24 Skäggetorp 2, Nygård 1,928 1,203 67.2 29.6 55 25 75 14,644 35 Skäggetorp 3, SV 2,152 1,168 60.0 36.8 55 29 71 15,409 28 Skäggetorp 4, V 2,160 1,047 69.3 25.7 49 22 78 12,514 26 Skäggetorp 5, Tornby 1,881 952 65.8 30.7 51 25 75 12,788 25 Slaka 1, Lambohov C 1,766 1,229 57.0 40.4 58 54 46 16,263 62 Slaka 2, Lambohov Ö 2,305 1,502 54.6 44.6 83 66 34 30,760 68 Slaka 3, Lilla Mjärdevi 1,758 1,281 52.6 46.5 87 84 16 34,493 72 Slaka 4, Lambohov S 1,929 1,387 58.9 39.2 78 67 33 26,925 51 Slaka 5, Lambohov N 1,763 1,248 63.9 33.9 72 61 39 23,972 56 Stjärnorp 835 679 46.5 51.6 89 93 7 27,941 46 Törnevalla Ö-Skrukeby 2,108 1,538 40.0 59.1 89 93 7 29,687 49 Ulrika 431 338 37.7 61.2 78 94 6 21,935 26 Vikingstad S 2,141 1,544 42.8 56.3 90 90 10 31,123 51 Vist 1, Sturefors S 1,702 1,253 51.1 48.2 91 94 6 31,925 54 Vist 2, Sturefors N 2,272 1,537 46.6 52.8 91 91 9 29,594 57 Vreta Kloster 1, Berg 1,908 1,478 39.3 59.4 90 94 6 33,486 63 Vreta Kloster 2, N 1,890 1,412 49.9 48.4 86 92 8 29,184 50 Vreta Kloster 3, Ö 1,683 1,261 47.1 51.9 85 90 10 29,344 54 Vreta Kloster 4, S 1,835 1,311 51.2 47.9 89 91 9 30,732 50 Vreta Kloster 5, V 1,388 1,148 49.2 49.9 84 90 10 26,299 44 Vårdnäs 1,976 1,566 46.6 53.1 88 95 5 30,408 54 Vårdsberg 2,426 1,712 44.5 54.2 90 92 8 30,537 56 Västerlösa-Björkeberg 993 750 35.3 63.3 89 92 8 30,645 41 Örtomta-Askeby 1,384 1,029 40.6 59.0 88 93 7 29,533 50 Ö Harg-Rystad 1 1,064 798 37.2 61.3 89 92 8 30,833 44 Source: SVT

Politics

Municipal election 2018

On September 9, 2018, Linköping held Municipality Election:

Party		Votes	%	Seats	±
	Social Democrats	29137	27.57	22	-5
	Moderate Party	23050	21.81	18	-2
	Sweden Democrats	11130	10.53	8	+2
	Centre Party	9865	9.33	8	+2
	Left Party	6459	6.11	5	+2
	Christian Democrats	7908	7.48	6	+2
	Liberals	9456	8.95	7	+1
	Green Party	6904	6.53	5	-2
	Others	1770	1.67	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		1254
Total		106933	100	79	0

Following the 2014 Linköping municipal election , the seats were divided in the following way:
The governing parties		Parties in opposition
The Social Democrats	27	The Moderate Party	20
The Liberal People's Party	6	The Left Party	3
The Green Party	7	The Sweden Democrats	6
		The Christian Democrats	4
		The Centre Party	6

Following the 2018 Linköping municipal election, the seats were divided in the following way:
The governing parties		Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party	18	The Social Democrats	22
The Liberals	7	The Left Party	5
The Christian Democrats	6	The Green Party	5
The Centre Party	8	The Sweden Democrats	8

In the aftermath of the 2014 municipality election, The local Social Democrats (S; Social Demokraterna), Green Party (MP; Miljöpartiet) and the Liberal People's Party (L; Liberalerna, formerly FP; Folk Partiet) formed a coalition majority named "coalition for Linköping" with 40 out of 79 seats, while the minority opposition in Linköping consisted each separate by: the Moderate Party (M; Moderaterna), Centre Party (C; Center Partiet), Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna), Left Party (V; Vänsterpartiet) and the Sweden Democrats (SD; Sverige Demokraterna).

After the 2018 elections, all of the Alliance parties in the municipality joined together and took over from the Socialdemocrat's coalition rule and their mandat started 1 January 2019 and onwards.

List of mayors

• Eva Joelsson Social Democrats (S), 1994–2006
• Ann-Cathrine Hjerdt Moderate Party (M), 2006–2014
• Helena Balthammar Social Democrats (S), 2014–2018
• Lars Vikinge Centre Party (C), 2018–present

Twin towns – sister cities

Sign post showing the municipality's twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Linköping is twinned with:

• Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland
• Joensuu, Finland
• Kaunas, Lithuania
• Linz, Austria
• Macau, China
• Palo Alto, United States
• Tønsberg, Norway

Roskilde Municipality in Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality. Twinning with Guangzhou in China terminated in February 2020.

External links

• Official website