Linköping Municipality

Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With 152,966 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden.

Linköping Municipality

Linköpings kommun
Municipality
Linköping Library
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Linköping - where ideas come to life
CountrySweden
CountyÖstergötland County
SeatLinköping
Area
 • Total1,568.26 km2 (605.51 sq mi)
 • Land1,427.44 km2 (551.14 sq mi)
 • Water140.82 km2 (54.37 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total163,051
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceÖstergötland
Municipal code0580
Websitewww.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.

Politics

Municipal election 2018

On September 9, 2018, Linköping held Municipality Election: [3]

Party Votes % Seats ±
Social Democrats2913727,5722-5
Moderate Party2305021,8118-2
Sweden Democrats1113010,53%8+2
Centre Party98659,33%8+2
Left Party64596,115+2
Christian Democrats79087,48%6+2
Liberals94568,95%7+1
Green Party69046,53%5-2
Others17701,67%00
Invalid/blank votes1254
Total106933100790


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

[4]

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 togheter and took over from the Socialdemocrat's coalition rule and their mandat started the 1st January 2019 and onwards. [5]

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

International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden
Sign post showing the municipality's twin towns and sister cities


Twin towns — sister cities

Sister cities to Linköping are

Roskilde Municipality, Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality.[7]

References
  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/05/80/index.html
  4. https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/05/80/valda.html
  5. https://www.linkoping.se/kommun-och-politik/politik-och-demokrati/valresultat-mandatfordelning/
  6. https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/24/gothenburg-axes-twin-city-agreement-with-shanghai-as-sweden-closes-all-confucius-institutes/
  7. Corren 7/18 2007. Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)

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