Stockholm Municipality

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**Stockholm Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Image:Svcmap stockholm.png Stockholm County in Sweden Image:Stockholm map sketch color.png Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. Also outlining the bay Riddarfjärden and lake Mälaren. Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Sterik.gif
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Stockholm:
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	County	Stockholm County
	Province	Uppland Södermanland
	Area Rank	188 km² 252nd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	765,044 1st of 290
	Density	4075/km²

Stockholm Municipality is the largest Swedish municipality in terms of population. Its proper name is (Swedish) Stockholms stad, or City of Stockholm in English.

Geographically, it comprises all the central parts of the capital as well as many of the surrounding suburbs. Of the municipal population, all but 200 people are considered living in the town of Stockholm, an urban area further extending into ten other municipalities.

1 Geography
2 Politics
- 2.1 District councils
3 External link

Geography

Image:Karta över Stockholm med omgivningar på 1910-talet (ur Nordisk familjebok).jpg

Politics

Main article: Politics of Stockholm

The municipality is governed by a municipal council with 101 members. These are elected through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the Parliamentary elections every four years. The council meets twice a month and the meetings are open to the public. The council elects a municipal executive board (kommunstyrelse), with 13 members representing both the political majority and the opposition, with the responsibility of implementing policies approved by the council. The political organisation also includes eight governing full-time Commissioners (borgarråd, sometimes called Vice Mayors) and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Commissioner of Finance (finansborgarråd, sometimes called Mayor), who also chairs the municipal executive board. The current incumbent is Annika Billström, a Social Democrat.

Following the 2002 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The Social Democrats 35 The Left Party 11 The Green Party 6	The Moderate Party 27 The Liberal People's Party 17 The Christian Democrats 5

District councils

The municipality is subdivided into 18 district councils, or boroughs, which carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas.

Unofficially Stockholm is divided into three major parts: Stockholm City Centre (Innerstaden), South Stockholm (Söderort) and West Stockholm (Västerort). They are in turn divided into smaller parts.

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Stockholm City Centre	South Stockholm	West Stockholm
Katarina-Sofia borough Kungsholmen borough Maria-Gamla stan borough Norrmalm borough Östermalm borough	Enskede-Årsta borough Farsta borough Hägersten borough Liljeholmen borough Skarpnäck borough Skärholmen borough Vantör borough Älvsjö borough	Bromma borough Hässelby-Vällingby borough Kista borough Rinkeby borough Spånga-Tensta borough