The municipalities of Sweden ( Swedish : Sveriges kommuner ) are its lower-level local government entities . There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services and physical planning.
31-672: Täby Municipality ( Täby kommun ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden . Its seat is located in the town of Täby . Täby Municipality can be characterized as a suburb of Stockholm. The municipality is one of few in Sweden which has approximately the same size as the original entity created out of Täby parish, when the first local government acts came into force in 1863. It has not been amalgamated with other units, but minor changes of its limits have been carried out. For statistical purposes
62-529: 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 . The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system through SL . There are twelve stops on all the three branches of
93-491: A practice adopted by the largest and most urban municipalities Stockholm , Gothenburg and Malmö . Thirteen municipalities altogether, some of them including considerable rural areas, have made this choice, which is unofficial and has no effect on the administrative status of the municipality. The practice can, however, create some confusion as the term stad nowadays normally refers to a larger built-up area and not to an administrative entity. The municipalities in Sweden cover
124-568: Is the name of two closely related Scanian noble families who were influential in both Danish and Swedish history. The noble families became extinct in Denmark in 1786 and in Sweden in 1930. The first member of the family using the name Brahe is speculated to have been Verner Braghde from Halland . Better documented is Peder Axelsen Brahe, who appears in late 14th century records. He had two sons, Thorkild and Axel Pedersen Brahe [ da ] . The Danish branch descended from Axel, and
155-416: The 1943 års kommunindelningskommitté ("Municipal subdivision commission of 1943") proposed that the number of rural municipalities should be drastically reduced. After years of preparations the first of the two nationwide municipal reforms of the 20th century was implemented in 1952. The number of rural municipalities was reduced from 2,281 to 816. The cities (by then 133) were not affected. Rather soon it
186-588: The Altamira in Northern Brazil (159,533 km ) are larger. (By comparison, the total area of the state of Lebanon is 10,452 km .) At any rate, several northern municipalities are larger than many counties in the more densely populated southern part of the country. The municipalities were earlier also divided into parishes , or församlingar . As these were subdivisions of the Church of Sweden ,
217-423: The Stockholm municipality is partially based on its own, separate municipal government law. The first local government acts were implemented on 1 January 1863. There were two acts, one for the cities and one for the countryside. The total number of municipalities was about 2,500. The rural municipalities were based on the country-side civil parishes or administrative parishes ( socknar ), often formed in
248-456: The narrow gauge Roslagsbanan suburban railway . There is also bus connection with the Stockholm metro as well as an extensive internal bus network. During the first millennium, Täby was part of the lands of the Svear , known as Svitjod . Remains from this period can be found in more than 37 runestones found in the municipality. In the north of the municipality can be found, the remains of
279-592: The 11th-century causeway known as Jarlabankes bro . The cross on Täby's coat of arms is found on the Risbylestenen , a runestone, in the northern part of the municipality. It is said that this runestone shows the first signs of Christianity reaching this part of Europe. During the Middle Ages , Täby was part of the Attundaland region. Täby remained a rural community until the 19th century. Most of
310-596: The 6th highest in the country. On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 15 429, or 21.91% of the population (70 405 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 9 760, or 16.21% of the population (60 198 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 70 405 residents in Täby, of which 12 183 people (17.30%) were born in
341-543: The Middle Ages around a church. The municipality acts of 1862 formally separated the civil municipalities from the parishes, establishing the municipality assembly as the decision-making body of rural municipalities and the church assembly as the decision-making body of parishes. The then 89 cities/towns ( städer ) (the same word is used for both city and town in Swedish) were based on the old chartered cities. There
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#1732793353101372-611: The Swedish branch descended from Thorkild's daughter, Johanna Torkildsdotter Brahe [ sv ] . Johanna Torkildsdotter from the Danish Brahe family, married Magnus Laurentsson in Sweden. Their son took his mother's family name Brahe, but not her family arms. Per Brahe was in 1561 granted the title of count by Eric XIV of Sweden , and in 1620 the family was introduced in the House of Nobility ( Riddarhuset ) as
403-402: The amalgamation process too slow, and decided to speed it up by ending the voluntary aspect. In 1971 the unitary municipality ( kommun ) was introduced and the number of entities went down to 464; three years later it was 278. In one case ( Svedala Municipality ) the process was not accomplished until 1977. Most of the municipalities were soon consolidated, but in some cases the antagonism within
434-448: The blocks should ultimately lead to amalgamations. The target year was 1971, when all municipalities should be of uniform type and all the remaining formal differences in government and privileges between cities and rural municipalities should be abolished. The amalgamations within the "blocks" started in 1965 and more were accomplished in 1967 and 1969, when the number of municipalities dropped from 1006 to 848. The Riksdag, however, found
465-407: The decisions of a local government to a county court . Municipal government in Sweden is similar to city commission government and cabinet-style council government . A legislative municipal assembly ( kommunfullmäktige ) of between 31 and 101 members (always an odd number) is elected from party-list proportional representation at municipal elections, held every four years in conjunction with
496-487: The earlier 17th century division socknar , though the Swedish municipality reforms of 1862–63, 1952 and to some extent 1971, did perform some amalgamations and transferals of land (including populations) between municipalities. According to law, the municipalities are responsible for: Many municipalities in addition have services like leisure activities for youths and housing services to make them attractive in getting residents. Brahe Brahe (originally Bragde )
527-617: The entire territory of the nation. Unlike the United States or Canada, there are no unincorporated areas . The municipalities in the north cover large areas of sparsely populated land. Kiruna , at 19,446 km , is sometimes held to be the world's largest "city" by area, although places like La Tuque, Quebec (28,421 km , official style Ville ), the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia (95,575.1 km and
558-530: The highest median incomes in Sweden. Täby has for a long period of time been run by a coalition of centre-right parties. Filippa Reinfeldt , ex-wife of Fredrik Reinfeldt (the former Swedish Prime Minister and former leader of the Moderate Party ), had been mayor of Täby for a long time, until Jan Rosenberg, of the Moderate Party, became the current mayor of Täby Municipality. The slogan of
589-464: The land was owned by the noble families. During the 16th and 17th centuries, most of the land in eastern Täby was owned by the Brahe family of Rydboholm Manor ( Rydboholms slott ). Other noble families owning land in Täby at different times during this period were Banér , Bååth , Roos , Sparre , Gyllenstierna and Meijerfeldt . The latter two owned, at different times, Näsby Manor ( Näsby Slott ) in
620-400: The left coalition and 61.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Täby is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Sweden , with the 2nd highest median income per capita. The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden 's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 43.9% and
651-483: The municipality is divided into two non-administrative urban areas ( tätort ). The southern built-up area constituted until 2014 the multimunicipal urban area Täby which was partly situated in Danderyd Municipality . From 2015 it is considered part of Stockholm urban area The northern built-up area, ( Täby kyrkby ) is part of the bimunicipal Vallentuna urban area, of which the main part constitutes
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#1732793353101682-468: The municipality is today in translation "Täby, the city on the countryside". Täby is twinned with the following municipalities: Municipalities of Sweden The Local Government Act of 1991 specifies several responsibilities for the municipalities, and provides outlines for local government, such as the process for electing the municipal assembly . It also regulates a process ( laglighetsprövning , "legality trial") through which any citizen can appeal
713-435: The national general elections. The assembly in turn appoints a municipal executive committee ( kommunstyrelse ) from its members. The executive committee is headed by its chairman, ( Swedish : kommunstyrelsens ordförande ). Swedish municipalities generally employ one or more politicians as Municipal Commissioners, ( Swedish : kommunalråd ) one of which is usually the chairman of the executive committee. The government of
744-422: The new unities was so strong that it led to "divorces". The total number of municipalities has today risen to 290. The question of whether a new municipality will be created is at the discretion of the central Swedish government . It is recommended that the lower limit of a new municipality shall be 5,000 inhabitants. Some municipalities still use the term "City" (Swedish: stad ) when referring to themselves,
775-447: The population had increased to 8,584, concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the municipality. In 1948 Täby acquired the title of a "merchant town" ( Swedish : köping ), valid until the reform of 1971. This was also the beginning of the large scale development of Täby, led by the mayor Gustaf Berg . By 1975 the population had increased to 41,307 people. Today, Täby is considered an attractive suburb to Stockholm with one of
806-603: The seat of Vallentuna Municipality . The southern part is Ella Gård or in English Ella's Farm , which was the location of one of the largest farms at Täby during the 19th century. Source: SCB – Folkmängd efter region och år. This is a demographic table based on Täby 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 73,870 residents, including 54,267 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.1% voted for
837-487: The separation of church and state along with a shift in responsibility for the population registration in Sweden transferring to the Swedish Tax Agency led to a new formal subdivision called district. Districts have been in force since 2016. These districts correspond by and large to the previous parishes as they existed on 31 December 1999, without later amalgamations. Many of the districts still correspond to
868-476: The southeast of the municipality. By 1790 Täby had a population of approximately 900 people, most of them living on one of the 36 farms. By the end of the 19th century the population had grown to approximately 1,250. In 1885, the Roslagsbanan narrow-gauge railway was built, connecting Täby with the city of Stockholm . Täby experienced a population expansion. People settled near the railway stations. In 1902
899-546: The wealthy engineer Carl Robert Lamm (1856–1938), acquired the burned down Näsby Manor and rebuilt it. Around the time of the First World War many city dwellers in Stockholm acquired small summer residences in the eastern part of Täby, what is now the district of Näsbypark . By 1919 Täby's population had grown to 3,000. Some years after Second World War Täby increasingly became a suburb of Stockholm, and by 1947
930-429: Was also a third type, köping or market town. The status of these was somewhere between the rural municipalities and the cities. There were only eight of them in 1863, rising to a peak of 96 in 1959. Up until 1930, when the total number of municipalities reached its peak (2,532 entities), there were more partitions than amalgamations. In 1943 more than 500 of Sweden's municipalities had fewer than 500 inhabitants, and
961-536: Was established that the reform of 1952 was not radical enough. A new commission, 1959 års indelningssakkunniga ("Subdivision experts of 1959") concluded that the next municipal reform should create new larger mixed rural/urban municipalities. The Riksdag decided in 1962 that the new reform should be implemented on a voluntary basis. The process started in January 1964, when all municipalities were grouped in 282 kommunblock ("municipal blocks"). The co-operation within