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40-403: It is the largest and northernmost municipality of Stockholm County and was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of several former municipalities. There are 25 original local government units (as of 1863) combined in the present municipality. Since the municipality was formed in 1971, the population has grown almost every year. With the exception of the mandate period 2014–2018, Norrtälje has had

80-525: A foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 9 341, or 15.36% of the population (60 808 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 5 606, or 10.44% of the population (53 702 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 60 808 residents in Norrtälje, of which 7 559 people (12.43%) were born in

120-577: A sauna . There are 474,277 cottages in Finland (2005), a country with 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands, including rental holiday cottages owned by hospitality companies but excluding holiday villages and buildings on garden allotments. Reports have 4,172 new cottages built in 2005. Most cottages are situated in the municipalities of Kuusamo (6,196 cottages on 1 January 2006), Kuopio (5,194), Ekenäs (Tammisaari – 5,053), Mikkeli (4,649), and Mäntyharju (4,630). The formal Swedish term for cottages

160-528: A cottage, particularly a summer cottage, to be a relatively small, possibly unfinished house. Various editions of the quintessentially American Webster's Dictionary define it as "a small house; any modest country or suburban dwelling," (fifth edition) with the eleventh edition describing even a vacation cottage as "a usu. small house for vacation use." In North America, most buildings known as cottages are used for weekend or summer getaways by city dwellers. Cottage owners often rent their properties to tourists as

200-416: A cottager was a farm labourer with land, and after an inclosure act the cottager was a farm labourer without land. In the law of England and Wales the definition of a cottage is "a small house or habitation without land". However, originally under an Elizabethan statute , the cottage had to be built with at least 4 acres (0.02 km ; 0.01 sq mi) of land. The Welsh Tŷ unnos or "house in

240-640: 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 . This is a demographic table based on Norrtälje 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 64,630 residents, including 51,006 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.1% voted for

280-544: A fireplace. Today, many cottages have been extended with "outdoor rooms" (semi-heated external rooms with glass walls and a thin roof) and large wood terraces. As a result of the friggebod reform in 1979, many cottage owners have built additional guesthouses on their lots. The formal Norwegian term for cottages is hytte or fritidsbolig (vacation house). In Norway, cabins are often built near leisure activities such as hunting, fishing, and outdoor life / outdoor sports, or in areas with particularly beautiful nature, such as in

320-584: A larger property, is a particular type of cottage and is called a penty . The term cottage has also been used for a larger house that is practical rather than pretentious: see Chawton Cottage . Although the Oxford English Dictionary states that the term cottage is used in North America to represent "a summer residence (often on a large and sumptuous scale) at a watering-place or a health or pleasure resort," most Americans expect

360-598: A lot depending on location; a modern seaside house near Stockholm may cost 100 times as much as a simple cottage in the inner regions of northern Sweden. Until the end of World War II, only a small wealthy Swedish elite could afford vacation houses—often both a large seaside house and a hunting cabin up north. During the rapid urbanisation in the 1950s and 1960s, many families were able to retain their old farmhouses, village cottages, and fisherman cabins and convert them into vacation houses. In addition, economic growth made it possible even for low-income families to buy small lots in

400-531: A movement of "rustic" stylised cottages of the late 18th and early 19th centuries during the Romantic movement , when some sought to discover a more natural way of living as opposed to the formality of the preceding Baroque and Neoclassical architectural styles. English Heritage defines the term as "A rustic building of picturesque design." Cottages ornés often feature well-shaped thatch roofs with ornate timberwork. In England cottage orné were often built by

440-443: A night", was built by squatters on a plot of land defined by the throw of an axe from each corner of the property. In Welsh a cottage is known as bwthyn and its inhabitant preswlydd . In Scotland the equivalent to cottager would be the crofter and the term for the building and its land would be croft . Irish cottages, known as Irish : teachín , were historically the homes of farmworkers and labourers, but in recent years

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480-491: A non-socialistic municipal government since 2010. Many of the houses in Norrtälje municipality are summer cottages , only inhabited during summertime. This is due to its geographical location by the Stockholm archipelago , which makes it popular among Stockholmers and tourists. Norrtälje municipality has more than 13 000 islands. This table lists the national results since the 1972 Swedish municipality reform. The results of

520-497: A small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide some form of service to the manorial lord . However, in time cottage just became the general term for a small house. In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cosy dwelling , typically in a rural or semi-rural location and not necessarily in England. The cottage orné , often quite large and grand residences built by

560-524: A source of revenue. In Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands , most cottages are vacation rentals used for weekend or summer getaways. In Michigan, a cottage normally means a summer residence farther north near or on a lake. An example of a colonial era cottage in North America is a small fieldstone house called Boelson Cottage in Fairmount Park , Philadelphia —one of the oldest extant houses within

600-493: A third of the stations built in the United States in those years, cottage-patterned facilities evoked a picturesque homeyness and were easier to gain approval for than the more stylized or attention-grabbing designs also commonly used at the dawn of the automobile era. In Australia, the term "cabin" or "shack" is commonly used for a small dwelling, the former more often for a place of residence or tourist accommodation and

640-516: Is fritidshus (vacation house) or stuga , of which there are 680.000 in Sweden (2007). According to Statistics Sweden, about 50% of the Swedish population has access to a vacation house. In everyday talk, Swedes refer to their cottages as lantstället (the country house) or stugan (the cottage). Most vacation houses in Sweden are to be found along the coasts and around the major cities. Prices vary

680-539: Is a fine example with beautiful gardens. The cottage orné is the archetypal " chocolate box " cottage, but many chocolate box cottages are attractive cottages of conventional purpose, in no way associated with the Romantic era cottage orné. An early cottage orné is Queen Charlotte's Cottage in Kew Gardens , built to an idea by Queen Charlotte in 1772, and possibly executed by Sir William Chambers . Originally

720-446: Is built on a trailer platform and can be relocated. Statistics Finland defines a cottage ( Finnish : mökki , Finland Swedish : stuga or villa ) as "a residential building that is used as a holiday or free-time dwelling and is permanently constructed or erected on its site". Finnish cottages are traditionally built of logs but other wood constructions have become common. They are usually situated close to water and almost all have

760-512: Is legitimate to talk about the appearance of the term "Russian cottage" – a house, comparable in size to a British villa or even a mansion, and includes a corresponding piece of land. Much like in the rest of the world, cottages in South Africa housed agricultural workers and their friends and families. A number of cottages were also constructed for fishermen along the West and South Coasts of

800-499: Is located approximately 75 km northeast of central Stockholm . The European route E18 connects Norrtälje to other parts of Stockholm. Some of the major bus lines to Norrtälje include 620 and 621 from Åkersberga , 639 from Stockholm and Östhammar , 647 from the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport , and 676 from Stockholm. Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år . On 31 December 2017 the number of people with

840-591: Is most notable in the Midwest and the Western United States, and Western Canada. In much of Northern Ontario , New England , and upstate New York , a summer house near a body of water is known as a camp. In the 1960s and 1970s, the A-Frame house became a popular cottage style in North America. In the 1920s and 30s many gas stations were built in the style of Old World cottages. Comprising about

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880-747: Is one of the most popular tourist draws in Ontario , Canada, parts of which have come to be known as cottage country . This term typically refers to the north and south shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario ; Muskoka, Ontario ; Haliburton, Ontario ; and the Kawartha Lakes, Ontario ; but has also been used to describe several other Canadian regions. The practice of renting cottages has become widespread in these regions, especially with rising property taxes for waterfront property. What Eastern Canadians refer to as "cottages" (seasonal-use dwellings), are generally referred to as "cabins" in most of North America. This

920-719: The Sweden Democrats from 1988 to 1998 were not published by the SCB at a municipal level due to the party's small size nationally at the time. Blocs This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and

960-471: The Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag. Norrtälje

1000-419: The cheapest locally available materials and in the local style, thus in wheat-growing areas, it would be roofed in thatch, and in slate-rich locations, such as Cornwall, slates would be used for roofing. In stone-rich areas, its walls would be built of rubble stone, and in other areas, such as Devon, was commonly built from cob . In England from about the 18th century onwards, the development of industry led to

1040-560: The city (c.1678–84). In the jargon of English-speaking Quebec 's real-estate industry, a cottage is any two-storey house, as opposed to a bungalow . However, "cottages" in Eastern Canada are generally located next to lakes, rivers, or the ocean in forested areas. They are used as a place to spend holidays with friends and family; common activities include swimming, canoeing, waterskiing, fishing, hiking , and sailing . There are also many well-known summer colonies . Cottage living

1080-557: The cottage bore the Latin name: " domus ", while the barn of the cottage was termed " grangia ". The word originally referred to a humble rural detached dwelling of a cotter , a semi-independent resident of a manor who had certain residential rights from the lord of the manor , and who in the social hierarchy was a grade above the slave (mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086), who had no right of tenure and worked full-time to

1120-613: The country throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Most cottages are single-story two to four-room structures, sometimes with an attic for storing supplies. Most cottages in the Western Cape area of South Africa have thatched roofs and stone or adobe walls which were traditionally whitewashed . A large number of the remaining cottages in the country are listed heritage sites. Current editions: Out of copyright (free download): Cottage orn%C3%A9 Cottage orné ( French for 'decorated cottage') dates back to

1160-409: The countryside where they could erect simple houses. Former vacation houses near the large cities have gradually been converted into permanent homes as a result of urban sprawl . The traditional Swedish cottage is a simple paneled house made of wood and painted in red . They may contain 1–3 small bedrooms and also a small bathroom. In the combined kitchen and living room ( storstuga ) there is usually

1200-481: The development of weavers ' cottages and miners ' cottages. Friedrich Engels cites 'Cottages' as a poor quality dwelling in his 1845 work The Condition of the Working Class in England . Over the years various English acts of Parliament removed the right of the cottager to hold land. According to John Lawrence Hammond and Barbara Hammond in their book The Village Labourer , before an inclosure act

1240-421: The landed wealthy either as rustic retreats for themselves or as embellishments for their estates. They were not necessarily cottages in the usual sense of a small dwelling for the rural poor: examples range from the cluster of retirement cottages built by a Bristol banker for his retired staff at Blaise Hamlet to the expansive Royal Lodge , built by king George IV for his own use. Houghton Lodge , Hampshire,

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1280-408: The latter for a simple recreational shelter, typically not continuously occupied. The term cottage usually refers to historic smaller residential buildings, commonly stone or brick, typically from Georgian or Victorian. More recently, cabins are often also referred to tiny houses , however, cabins are built at a permanent site on proper footings, while the term tiny house often implies that the dwelling

1320-402: The left coalition and 54.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. The districts within the urban area of Norrtälje only had about a third of the municipal population. The municipality is twinned with: Cottage A cottage , during England's feudal period , was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or bordar ) of

1360-499: The nobility, dates back to a movement of "rustic" stylised cottages of the late 18th and early 19th century during the Romantic movement. In British English the term now denotes a small, cosy dwelling of traditional build, although it can also be applied to modern construction designed to resemble traditional houses (" mock cottages"). Cottages may be detached houses, or terraced , such as those built to house workers in mining villages. The tied accommodation provided to farm workers

1400-537: The orders of the lord. In the Domesday Book, they were referred to as Coterelli . The cottage had a small amount of surrounding agricultural land, perhaps 2 or three acres, from which the resident gained his livelihood and sustenance. It was defined by its function of housing a cotter, rather than by its form, which varied, but it was certainly small and cheaply built and purely functional, with no non-essential architectural flourishes. It would have been built from

1440-1233: The term "cabin" is common, cottage usually referring to a smaller pre-modern period dwelling. In certain countries (e.g. Nordics , Baltics , and Russia) the term "cottage" has local synonyms: In Finnish mökki , in Estonian suvila , in Latvian vasarnīca , in Livonian sõvvõkuodā , in Swedish stuga , in Norwegian hytte (from the German word Hütte ), in Czech or Slovak chata or chalupa , in Russian дача ( dacha ). In places such as Canada, "cottage" carries no connotations of size (compare with vicarage or hermitage ). The word cottage ( Medieval Latin cotagium ) derives from Old English cot, cote "hut" and Old French cot "hut, cottage", from Old Norse kot "hut" and related to Middle Low German kotten (cottage, hut). Examples of this may be found in 15th century manor court rolls . The house of

1480-438: The term has assumed a romantic connotation especially when referring to cottages with thatched roofs ( Irish : teach ceann tuí ). These thatched cottages were once to be seen all over Ireland, but most have become dilapidated due to newer and modern developments. However, there has been a recent revival of restoring these old cottages, with people wanting a more traditional home. Today, thatched cottages are now mostly built for

1520-834: The tourist industry and many can be let out as accommodation. In popular modern culture, the term cottage is used in a more general and romantic context and can date from any era but the term is usually applied to pre-modern dwellings. Older, pre-Victorian cottages tend to have restricted height, and often have construction timber exposed, sometimes intruding into the living space. Modern renovations of such dwellings often seek to re-expose timber purlins, rafters, posts, etc. which have been covered, in an attempt to establish perceived historical authenticity. Older cottages are typically modest, often semi-detached or terraced, with only four basic rooms ("two up, two down"), although subsequent modifications can create more spacious accommodation. A labourer's or fisherman's one-roomed house, often attached to

1560-528: The woods, in the mountains, or by the sea. In the most attractive areas, it has become increasingly common with regulated fields where the cabins are very close together, in so-called "cabin villages". Chained cabins and holiday apartments are also being built here, similar to a normal city. The first known "cottages" were built in Russia in the 19th century, when British culture was popular. Today many large cities in Russia are surrounded by cottage villages. So it

1600-437: Was usually a cottage, see cottage garden . In England the term holiday cottage now denotes a specialised form of residential let property, attracting various tax benefits to the owner. The holiday cottage exists in many cultures under different names. In Canadian English and American English , "cottage" is one term for such holiday homes, although they may also be called a "cabin", " chalet ", or even "camp". In Australia,

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