Huddinge Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge (), that is a part of Stockholm urban area.

The municipality is, with its approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the second most populated in Stockholm County.

Geography The municipality covers the entire central part of the Södertörn peninsula. More than half of the land area consists of agriculture, forests, hills, or lakes, and it contains 13 nature reserves.

Huddinge borders the following municipalities: Stockholm Municipality, Ekerö Municipality (by water), Botkyrka Municipality, Haninge Municipality and Tyresö Municipality (by water).

Localities

Stockholm urban area (part of) 86,802 inh. Vidja 633 inh. Rural areas 2,465 inh.

Subdivisions Huddinge municipality is sub-divided into six districts: Flemingsberg (pop. 14,924) Segeltorp (pop. 11,870) Sjödalen-Fullersta (pop. 22,304) Skogås (pop. 13,783) Stuvsta-Snättringe (pop. 15,847) Trångsund (pop. 9,912) Vårby (pop. 10,115), including Masmo

There are four territorial parishes of the Church of Sweden within the municipality: Huddinge, Trångsund, Flemingsberg and St. Mikael.

Natural reserves

Source:

Björksättra Peninsula Nature Reserve Drevviken Nature Reserve Flemingsbergsskogen Nature Reserve Gladö Kvarnsjön Nature Reserve Gladöskogen Nature Reserve Gömmaren Nature Reserve, including the Fullersta kvarn Natura 2000 area. Gömsta Äng Nature Reserve Korpberget Nature Reserve Lissmadalen Nature Reserve Lännaskogen Nature Reserve, including Lissma-Kvarnsjö and Lännaskogen Natura 2000 areas. Orlången Nature Reserve Paradiset Nature Reserve, including Granby and Hanveden Natura 2000 areas. Trångsundsskogen Nature Reserve

Lakes

Source:Huddinge Municipality, Sjöar och vattendrag

History Huddinge is a locality believed to trace its origins back at least 1,000 years, preceding the Viking Age. In times of conflict, the inhabitants of Huddinge would ascend to elevated areas to light beacons as a warning signal against approaching hostile ships. This practice was common throughout the entirety of Lake Mälaren, where beacons were strategically placed. The coat of arms of Huddinge is derived from this tradition of beacon lighting. The name "Huddinge" is thought to be rooted in the term "Uddung," referring to the area's earliest known inhabitants. During the Iron Age, these individuals resided along the shores of Lake Mälaren.

Split into two municipalities After years of protests from inhabitants and after much debate, it was decided in 2007 to hold a referendum in 2008 regarding a split to make the eastern part of Huddinge its own municipality, named in published documents as Huddinge östra ("Huddinge East").Nya kommunerna efter delning – Huddinge kommun However only the inhabitants of eastern Huddinge would be allowed to vote. This caused a major political split of opinions as the political opposition wanted to see a vote.Huddinges invånare kan få folkomrösta om delning At least 60% of the inhabitants of eastern Huddinge had to vote "yes" for the split for it to be approved.

The referendum ended with a clear "no" to the split, ending the discussion.

Demography Huddinge has a total population of roughly 110,000, or 4.5% of the population of Stockholm County. The average age is 36.7 years, but one-third of the population is under 25 years of age. This means that Huddinge has a slightly younger population than both Stockholm County (38.9 years) and the whole country (40.6 years). The population density of the municipality is increasing significantly. Since the 1960s, the population has doubled in size and is currently among the 14 largest municipalities in Sweden. The population of Huddinge passed the one of Gävle in 2008, and the ones of Eskilstuna and Sundsvall as well in 2009.

Population

2022 by district This is a demographic table based on Huddinge 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 113,678 residents, including 76,114 Swedish citizens of voting age. 50.9% voted for the left coalition and 46.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Balingsnäs 1,943 1,271 49.0 49.5 89 81 19 35,218 57Flemingsberg N 1,113 774 67.2 26.6 62 17 83 16,146 33Flemingsberg S 2,071 867 74.8 21.1 48 20 80 5,478 75Fridhem 1,999 1,428 48.9 50.4 87 84 16 35,663 62Fullersta gård 1,466 1,097 51.4 47.0 84 80 20 31,970 57Fullersta torg 1,282 1,106 50.2 49.0 80 75 25 26,979 50Fållan-Nytorp 2,182 1,522 47.5 51.4 85 76 24 33,837 53Gladökvarn-Lissma 1,565 1,149 35.8 63.0 81 81 19 29,947 31Glömsta N 1,635 973 39.0 59.1 84 54 46 31,531 50Glömsta S 1,574 1,002 43.4 55.4 82 57 43 32,887 50Grantorp N 1,863 1,131 68.3 20.8 60 12 88 17,323 30Grantorp Ö 2,256 1,177 65.7 28.9 67 14 86 19,095 40Haga 1,610 1,079 63.6 31.6 63 22 78 17,901 35Hammartorp 1,774 1,288 49.9 49.0 82 60 40 26,199 44Huddinge C 1,516 1,182 58.4 38.8 73 58 42 21,683 37Hörningsnäs 1,765 1,195 51.8 47.4 87 80 20 35,511 60Juringe 1,830 1,358 43.6 55.7 84 65 35 33,562 49Kråkvik-Kungens kurva 2,399 1,611 47.0 51.6 77 68 32 31,737 55Kvarnbergsplan 1,343 1,040 52.3 46.2 85 68 32 26,868 45Kynäs 2,296 1,614 44.7 54.4 85 80 20 35,322 55Källbrink 1,639 1,137 44.5 54.9 87 79 21 39,751 62Kästa 1,492 944 47.5 49.8 76 37 63 26,206 45Länna 2,624 1,675 38.0 59.8 82 63 37 32,394 44Milsten 1,795 1,217 49.6 49.4 87 82 18 35,722 62Myrstuguberget 1,127 740 60.2 35.1 73 28 72 22,543 43Myrängen-Högmora 2,566 1,716 46.0 53.2 89 78 22 35,310 55Paradisbacken 1,615 1,354 48.5 49.8 80 71 29 26,617 47Segeltorp C 1,678 1,221 50.4 48.6 87 79 21 35,398 58Segersminne 1,413 1,052 53.2 46.4 87 80 20 32,054 61Sjöängen 1,742 1,179 41.1 57.7 88 79 21 42,174 64Skogsäng 2,133 1,539 52.9 45.7 84 80 20 36,537 61Smista V 1,595 1,073 49.1 48.3 82 52 48 29,325 45Smista Ö 2,135 1,408 46.2 52.1 80 57 43 30,470 47Snättringe gård 1,603 1,162 45.8 53.7 88 84 16 40,517 66Solgård 2,069 1,420 47.4 51.6 84 72 28 33,495 56Stensängen 1,416 956 52.5 46.4 86 82 18 37,573 58Stortorp 1,794 1,256 42.7 56.3 86 78 22 34,463 54Storängen 1,301 1,067 48.5 49.1 84 63 37 31,086 56Stuvsta C 1,519 1,083 52.6 46.8 84 73 27 33,072 61Stuvsta gård 1,580 1,107 49.6 48.9 86 75 25 34,869 59Sörskogen 1,271 897 44.2 54.8 86 78 22 32,151 52Tomtberga N 1,626 1,198 49.3 48.0 81 65 35 26,507 41Tomtberga S 1,664 1,292 55.6 42.7 76 66 34 24,981 44Trångsund C 1,859 1,389 53.1 45.2 77 61 39 23,365 35Utsälje 1,927 1,355 40.3 59.0 87 80 20 37,806 59Utsälje C 1,622 1,178 46.9 52.1 87 81 19 33,233 50Vidja-Mellansjö 1,714 1,165 40.6 58.1 81 74 26 31,900 41Vistaberg 2,734 1,482 49.7 49.2 91 75 25 41,268 66Visättra 1,631 914 63.7 32.0 72 30 70 22,974 50Visättra V 1,963 1,385 66.0 29.1 63 29 71 17,287 40Visättra Ö 1,839 1,066 64.6 31.2 69 26 74 20,807 43Visättra-Björnkulla 1,315 773 60.6 36.0 66 30 70 19,655 43Vårby gård 1,476 905 60.3 33.4 70 26 74 22,361 36Vårby gård C 2,103 1,270 70.1 24.3 68 18 82 19,453 28Vårby gård V 2,015 951 75.4 20.6 65 12 88 18,123 26Vårby gård Ö 2,269 1,333 72.2 21.0 56 16 84 16,064 26Vårdkasen-Rosenhill 1,895 1,282 46.2 52.6 84 72 28 31,959 55Västra Skogås C 2,179 1,391 61.8 32.6 63 30 70 17,739 28Västra Skogås N 1,860 1,186 57.2 38.9 75 42 58 22,571 36Västra Skogås S 1,349 784 58.6 35.3 79 34 66 23,295 40Västra Skogås V 1,737 930 60.7 30.7 70 22 78 21,121 29Östra Skogås C 1,502 1,077 50.6 46.4 78 61 39 25,879 43Östra Skogås N 1,996 1,399 48.7 49.3 81 63 37 30,515 47Östra Skogås S 1,814 1,342 50.1 48.4 82 66 34 29,524 48Source: SVT

Residents with a foreign background On 31 December 2017, the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside Sweden or with two parents born abroad) was 43,699, or 39.73% of the population (110,003 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002, the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 24,319, or 28.13% of the population (86,457 on 31 December 2002).Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019) On 31 December 2017, there were 110,003 residents in Huddinge, of which 32,190 people (29.26%) 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 Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019

Country of birth 31 December 2017 1 2 Asia: Other countries 3 : Other countries 4 5 Africa: Other countries 6 7 8 9 South America 10 outside the EU: other countries 11 12 13 /SFR Yugoslavia/ 14 15 North America 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Oceania 26 Unknown country of birth

Schools In 2012 there were 27 public schools and five independent schools. Huddinge also has five public high schools with about 3400 students combined, these are:

Huddingegymnasiet Östra Gymnasiet Sjödalsgymnasiet Sågbäcksgymnasiet Widerströmska gymnasiet

Public transport

Huddinge is served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are two stations on the Stockholm Metro and five on the Stockholm commuter rail system as well as large bus network. Some main line trains call at Flemingsberg.

2018 Election Elections to Swedish municipalities are held every fourth year on the second Sunday in September. The 2018 election to the 61-seat council resulted in the centre-right Alliance of four parties (M, L, KD and C) plus two local parties (HP and DP) staying in power without a majority. The Alliance and local parties gained a seat since the 2014 election and maintains power. The three Red-Green parties (S, MP and V) are in opposition and the far right Sweden Democrats (SD) holds the balance of power but normally votes with the Alliance.

Polling period Polling agency Alliance Parties Red-Green Parties OtherAlliance & Local(M, L, C, KD, HD, DP)R-G(S, MP, V)SD Others 2018 Election 24.0% 6.5% 5.6% 4.0% 25.5% 5.3% 8.7% 11.4% 2.8% 5.1% 1.2% 48.5% 39.0% 12.5% 2018 Seats 15 4 4 2 16 3 5 7 2 3 0 30 24 7

Culture The municipality contains six public libraries, Södertörn University College and one of the campuses for Karolinska Institutet.

Kungens Kurva is one of Sweden's largest shopping areas. It hosts, among other things, the largest IKEA store in the world,IKEA Group Stores - Sweden the largest cinema in the country, and a large shopping centre. In total, it generates a turnover of 6 billion Swedish kronor and has 15 million visitors per year. Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth and song writer and pop artist Orup both grew up in Huddinge.

Sports The most known sports club in Huddinge is the ice hockey club Huddinge IK, which has fostered a long line of well-known Swedish ice hockey players, such as Michael Nylander, Mattias Norström and Kent Johansson, and used to be a regular runner up in the Swedish second division and the qualifications for the Elitserien. Peter Forsberg also happened to make his debut as a senior player with his original club Modo Hockey, facing Huddinge away.

Twin cities Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, Denmark Vantaa, Finland Nuuk, Greenland Seyðisfjörður, Iceland Askim, Norway

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References

External links

Huddinge Municipality - Official site