Sweden has, as of 2009, four Metropolitan Areas. The three largest consists of the surrounding areas around the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Starting 2009 the two cities of Linköping and Norrköping has started a campaign called Fjärde Storstadsregionen^[1] (lit. The Fourth Metropolitan Area), or as it is called in English; the Twin Cities of Sweden, in an attempt to promote it as a future fast-growing region.

Contents 1 Metropolitan Stockholm 1.1 Statistics 2 Metropolitan Gothenburg 2.1 Statistics 3 Metropolitan Malmö 3.1 Statistics 4 Twin Cities of Sweden 4.1 Statistics 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Metropolitan Stockholm

Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or, in Swedish, "Storstockholm"), is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Since 2005, Metropolitan Stockholm is defined by official Swedish Statistics as all of Stockholm County.^[2] It is the largest of the four metropolitan areas in Sweden.

Metropolitan Stockholm is divided into 5 areas: Stockholm City Centre, Söderort, Västerort of Stockholm Municipality; and the northern suburbs and southern suburbs, which consists of several municipalities.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality	Number	Population	Area¹	Density²	Part
Stockholm	1	802,611	187.74		Centre, West, South
Huddinge	2	92,907	131.34	690.95	Southern Suburbs (Södermanland)
Botkyrka	3	79,457	194.83	401.04
Salem	4	15,142	54.32	275.07
Södertälje	5	84,172	522	158.5
Nykvarn	6	9,021	152	57.67
Nynäshamn	7	25,459	356	70.62
Haninge	8	74,323	457.50	160.70
Tyresö	9	42,193	69.36	603.68
Nacka	10	84,973	95.62	872.52
Värmdö	11	37,095	442.96	82.09
Lidingö	12	42,889	30.49	1,395.24	Northern Suburbs (Uppland)
Vaxholm	13	10,752	58.06	182.21
Österåker	14	38,605	310.75	122.70
Norrtälje	15	55,554	2010	27.36
Vallentuna	16	28,721	360.06	78.00
Sigtuna	17	38,003	327.87	113.22
Upplands-Bro	18	22,428	237.06	92.29
Upplands Väsby	19	38,058	75.37	504.37
Täby	20	61,980	60.62	1,010.94
Sollentuna	21	61,692	53.26	1,146.66
Danderyd	22	30,748	26.51	1,154.54
Järfälla	23	63,854	54.05	1,162.29
Ekerö	24	24,730	216.39	113.22
Sundbyberg	25	35,464	8.72	3,976.15
Solna	26	63,974	19.37	3,229.12
Total	26	1,964,805	6,519	296.48	As of August 20, 2008[3]

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Citizens with a foreign background[4]
Foreign background	491.976	25.6%
Swedish background	1.426.128	74,4%
Total	1.918.104	100%

The definition of foreign background is people who were born outside Sweden, or both of whose parents were born outside Sweden.

[edit] Metropolitan Gothenburg

Metropolitan Gothenburg (Stor-Göteborg or literally Greater Gothenburg), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The metropolitan region is located in Västra Götaland County, except for the municipality of Kungsbacka, which is located to the south in Halland County. As of 2005, the municipalities of Alingsås and Lilla Edet were added to the region. The region is often used for statistical measures, and estimates in the 1960s predicted that the region would have about one million inhabitants in the year 2000. With a current population of 915,983 individuals it is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden after Metropolitan Stockholm.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality	Number	Population	Area¹	Density²
Gothenburg	1	506,084	451	1073.4
Mölndal	2	60,380	147	395.0
Partille	3	34,192	57	588.3
Härryda	4	33,957	268	119.3
Lerum	5	38,256	260	140.0
Ale	6	27,441	318	83.1
Kungälv	7	40,553	365	105.8
Öckerö	8	12,274	26	469.3
Tjörn	9	14,959	168	89,3
Stenungsund	10	23,927	254	90.4
Lill Edet	11	12,774	317	40.7
Alingsås	12	37,477	475	74.8
Kungsbacka	13	73,709	611	113.9
Total	13	915,983	3,717	236.0

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As of June 2009

[edit] Metropolitan Malmö

Greater Malmö (Swedish: Stor-Malmö) is the metropolitan area that includes Malmö, Sweden, and much of its surroundings. The area encompasses the south-eastern part of the Scandinavian Öresund Region. The metropolitan area surrounding the cities of Malmö and Lund in the southern-most part of Sweden are usually denoted as South-Western Scania (Sydvästra Skåne), or more seldom Metropolitan Malmö.

Since the 1970s, improved highways and commuter train connections have meant that commuting area has grown to include Ystad, Skurup, Sjöbo, Eslöv, Höör, Landskrona and Helsingborg. It's not uncommon to live by Malmö and work either in Ystad or Helsingborg, or vice versa. Mentally, however, these towns have kept their allegiance with older divisions of Scania. Inhabitants of Eslöv and Höör consider themselves to live in Central Scania, like Landskrona still is grouped together with Helsingborg rather than Malmö–Lund.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality	Number	Population	Area¹	Density²
Malmö	1	284,987	156	1827
Vellinge	2	32,738	143	229
Trelleborg	3	41,450	342	121
Skurup	4	14,788	196	75
Svedala	5	19,263	219	88
Lund	6	107,036	430	249
Staffanstorp	7	21,617	108	201
Burlöv	8	16,220	19	854
Lomma	9	20,350	56	363
Kävlinge	10	28,101	154	182
Eslöv	11	31,076	422	74
Höör	12	15,012	321	47
Total	12	632,638	2,566	247

In 2006 the municipalities of Eslöv, Höör and Skurup were added into the Greater Malmö area.
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[edit] Twin Cities of Sweden

The The Twin Cities of Sweden consists of the cities of Linköping and Norrköping and surrounding municipalities. The borders of the metropolitan area corresponds to that of Östergötland County. Although the metropolitan area is not very densely built compared to the other three, it is believed that it will continue to grow very much due to the planned Europabanan^[5]. This is because of its very strategic position.

[edit] Statistics

Municipality	Number	Population	Area¹	Density²
Linköping	1	141,863	1436	98,8
Norrköping	2	128,060	1503	85,17
Finspång	3	20,589	1062	19,4
Motala	4	41,953	988	42,45
Mjölby	5	26,654	549	46,73
Vadstena	6	7,475	183	40,96
Ödeshög	7	5,350	431	12,4
Boxholm	8	5,260	528	9,96
Ydre	9	3,726	679	5,49
Kinda	10	9,885	1135	8,71
Åtvidaberg	11	11,543	690	16,72
Valdemarsvik	12	7,852	739	10,63
Söderköping	13	13,959	678	20,59
Total	12	423 169	10,562	39

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[edit] See also

• Stockholm urban area

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.fjarde.se
2. ^ Statistics Sweden – Statistiken i geografin - regionala indelningar i Sverige 2005
3. ^ [Source: http://www.scb.se/templates/subHeading____26051.asp Statistiska Centralbyråns befolkningsstatistik]
4. ^ "Befolkning: Antal personer med utländsk eller svensk bakgrund efter kommun, civilstånd, ålder och kön. År 2002-2006" (in Swedish). Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). http://www.ssd.scb.se/databaser/makro/VisavarAgg.asp?var=Region&grupp(1)=RegionStoromr05%2D&statusV(1)=1&nr=1&varpres=region&inl=&xu=scb&yp=bergman&huvudtabell=UtlSvBakgTot&deltabell=K1&deltabellnamn=Antal+personer+med+utl%E4ndsk+eller+svensk+bakgrund+efter+kommun%2C+civilst%E5nd%2C+%E5lder+och+k%F6n%2E+%C5r&omradekod=BE&omradetext=Befolkning&preskat=O&prodid=BE0101&starttid=2002&stopptid=2006&antvar=5&vardemangd=RegionKommun07&innehall=UtlSvBakg&databas=SDB_Befolkning1&pr=B&Fromwhere=S&FromSel=G&lang=1&langdb=1. Retrieved 2008-01-23.  To produce the table select (1) "region": Stor-Stockholm, (2) "utländsk/svensk bakgrund" (foreign/Swedish background): Both, (3) "civilstånd" (civil status): None, (4) "ålder" (age): None, (5) "kön" (gender): None, (6) "år" (year): 2006, and (7) click "Forsätt" (Continue).
5. ^ http://www.tillvaxtverket.se/huvudmeny/programfortillvaxt/storstadsprogrammet/temastorstaderochekonomisktillvaxt.4.21099e4211fdba8c87b800017377.html

Östergötland County