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Sigtuna Municipality

Sigtuna kommun
Head Office of Sigtuna Municipality in Märsta
Head Office of Sigtuna Municipality in Märsta
Coat of arms of Sigtuna Municipality
Coat of arms
Sigtuna Municipality in Stockholm County.png
Country Sweden
County Stockholm County
Seat Märsta
Area
 • Total 351.64 km2 (135.77 sq mi)
 • Land 327.87 km2 (126.59 sq mi)
 • Water 23.77 km2 (9.18 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 39,449
 • Density 112.1858/km2 (290.560/sq mi)
Demonyms
  • Sigtuner
  • Sigtunan
  • Sigtunian
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Province Uppland
Municipal code 0191
Website www.sigtuna.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Sigtuna Municipality (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately 37 km (23 mi) north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.

The municipality consists of several former local government units and was formed in 1971. It got its name from the small, but very old, City of Sigtuna, but the seat was placed in the larger modern town of Märsta.

The three towns of the municipality are Märsta (pop. 23,000), Sigtuna (pop. 8,000) and Rosersberg (pop. 1,400), of which Märsta is the municipal seat and Sigtuna with its old and important history is a popular tourist destination.

Demography

Population development

Population development in Sigtuna Municipality 1950–2022
Year Population
1950
6,516
1955
7,300
1960
9,461
1965
17,705
1970
26,062
1975
26,615
1980
28,276
1985
29,300
1990
31,485
1995
33,406
2000
35,001
2001
35,518
2002
35,771
2003
36,028
2004
36,322
2005
36,711
2006
36,976
2007
37,793
2008
38,272
2009
39,219
2010
39,990
2011
41,329
2012
42,272
2013
43,372
2014
44,085
2015
44,786
2016
46,274
2017
47,146
2018
48,130
2019
48,964

Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Sigtuna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

There were 50,180 residents, including 33,030 Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 54.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Industry

In the municipality lies the largest workplace in Sweden, the Arlanda Airport, with 13,000 employees in 200 companies. As a result, Sigtuna is travelled through by 18,300,000 visitors yearly, and has the fourth most hotel stays, following to the commercial and regional centres Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.

Swedavia, the Swedish airport management company, has its head office on the airport property. Scandinavian Airlines previously had its head office on the airport property.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

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