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Haninge Municipality

Haninge kommun
Haninge City Hall
Haninge City Hall
Coat of arms of Haninge Municipality
Coat of arms
Haninge Municipality in Stockholm County.png
Country Sweden
County Stockholm County
Seat Handen
Area
 • Total 2,173.66 km2 (839.25 sq mi)
 • Land 457.5 km2 (176.6 sq mi)
 • Water 1,716.16 km2 (662.61 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 76,569
 • Density 35.22584/km2 (91.2345/sq mi)
Demonyms
  • Haninger
  • Haningan
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Södermanland
Municipal code 0136
Website www.haninge.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Haninge Municipality (Haninge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen, a part of the Stockholm urban area.

Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when Västerhaninge and Österhaninge were united.

The municipal coat of arms depicts a capercaillie from which the name Haninge is believed to have been derived (the German word hahn means capercaillie), while the anchor symbolizes the naval base in the municipality. The German word usage is supposedly from the old German Hansa traders who operated in the area.

Geography

Haninge in Stockholm
Towns in Haninge Municipality within the border of Stockholm County and the location of Stockholm Municipality.

Haninge cherishes its nature, housing the southern parts of the scenic Stockholm archipelago. There are over 3,600 islands, islets and skerries belonging to the municipality, with the three largest islands being Utö, Ornö and Muskö. A car tunnel, the third longest in Sweden, connects Muskö to the mainland. The other two of the islands are reached with passenger and car ferries. Haninge is also an area with access to Tyresta National Park with a surrounding nature reserve. It has been protected to preserve its noted natural values, e.g. one of the largest sections of untouched forest in southern Sweden.

Localities

Districts

Demographics

Population

Population development in Haninge Municipality 1970–2019
Year Population
1970
45,001
1975
50,295
1980
58,541
1985
61,166
1990
62,797
1995
65,706
2000
69,644
2005
71,837
2010
77,054
2015
83,866
2017
88,037
2019
92,095

Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

2022 by district

This is a demographic table based on Haninge 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 95,449 residents, including 64,640 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.2% voted for the left coalition and 51.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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 Sweden) was 31 107, or 35.33% of the population (88 037 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 17 323, or 24.43% of the population (70 902 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 88 037 residents in Haninge, of which 23 203 people (26.36%) 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.

Notability

The scenic Stockholm Sweden Temple was built in Västerhaninge in 1985. It is the only temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden. This temple is also the center of the LDS church in northern Europe.

There is a comparatively large Sweden-Finn community in Haninge which is estimated to be about 5% of the population.

The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) was held in Haninge in 1994.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Haninge Municipality:

  • IFK Haninge/Brandbergen
  • Haga Haninge Basket
  • Vendelsö IK
  • Haninge Anchors
  • Haninge FBC

Notable people from Haninge Municipality

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Municipio de Haninge para niños

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