Solna (Swedish: Solna kommun or Solna stad, IPA: [ˈsôːlna]) is a primary settlement (or village) and a municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of the richest municipalities in Sweden.
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The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm. None of the area is considered rural, which is unusual for Swedish municipalities, which normally are of mixed rural/urban character. Solna is the third smallest municipality in Sweden in terms of area, after nearby Sundbyberg, as well as Burlöv, Scania County.
Solna borders Stockholm Municipality to the south, southeast and northwest; to Sundbyberg Municipality to the west; to Sollentuna Municipality to the north; and to Danderyd Municipality to the northeast. The boundary with Danderyd Municipality is delineated by the Stocksundet strait.
There are two parishes in Solna Municipality: Råsunda (population 29,677) and Solna (population 28,317).[citation needed] Solna Parish once included parts of present-day City of Stockholm.[citation needed]
Solna is divided into eight traditional parts with no administrative functions: Bergshamra, Haga, Hagalund, Huvudsta, Järva, Råsunda, Skytteholm and Ulriksdal. The largest districts are Råsunda, Hagalund and Huvudsta, with the Solna Centrum in between them.
With few exceptions, Solna's built-up areas have a suburban character, but there are also several large parks and Friends Arena, Sweden's new national football stadium adjacent to the Solna station of Stockholm commuter rail.
The final matches of both the 1958 FIFA (men's) World Cup and the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup were played at Råsunda Stadium, the national football stadium from 1937 to 2012 (demolished in 2013).
Solna has attracted a wide range of businesses and authorities, making it a major place of work in Greater Stockholm. Among the most important employers are the medical university Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are also located in Solna.
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2022 by district
This is a demographic table based on Solna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 83,972 residents, including 60,293 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 53.9% voted for the left coalition and 44.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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1 Järvastaden S |
2,439 |
1,420 |
50.5 |
48.4 |
85 |
49 |
51 |
36,417 |
70 |
2 Ritorp-Nya Ulriksdal |
1,988 |
1,371 |
51.6 |
46.3 |
82 |
48 |
52 |
33,382 |
65 |
3 Kungshamra |
1,949 |
901 |
66.3 |
31.6 |
45 |
33 |
67 |
3,729 |
87 |
4 Bergshamra Ö |
1,435 |
1,198 |
55.8 |
42.6 |
76 |
67 |
33 |
30,070 |
70 |
5 Haga |
1,393 |
1,174 |
55.8 |
41.8 |
78 |
48 |
52 |
30,436 |
62 |
6 Huvudsta Ingenting |
2,222 |
1,293 |
54.3 |
44.2 |
82 |
45 |
55 |
34,506 |
68 |
7 Huvudsta SO |
1,655 |
1,300 |
56.0 |
43.1 |
83 |
59 |
41 |
30,917 |
69 |
8 Huvudsta S |
1,937 |
1,482 |
57.1 |
41.4 |
82 |
60 |
40 |
31,661 |
67 |
9 Huvudsta Centrum Ö |
1,892 |
1,340 |
55.5 |
43.3 |
81 |
57 |
43 |
30,666 |
59 |
10 Huvudsta N |
1,778 |
1,308 |
52.1 |
46.1 |
75 |
58 |
42 |
27,077 |
57 |
11 Huvudsta V |
2,058 |
1,257 |
57.3 |
41.4 |
75 |
42 |
58 |
29,965 |
64 |
12 Huvudsta SV |
1,776 |
1,321 |
53.4 |
45.3 |
80 |
64 |
36 |
29,812 |
59 |
13 Skytteholm SO |
1,826 |
1,287 |
54.4 |
43.6 |
77 |
53 |
47 |
26,943 |
57 |
14 Skytteholm S |
1,861 |
1,389 |
58.1 |
40.8 |
82 |
66 |
34 |
30,307 |
64 |
15 Solna C |
1,840 |
1,422 |
51.9 |
46.1 |
82 |
60 |
40 |
31,442 |
62 |
16 Skytteholm SV |
2,070 |
1,477 |
53.0 |
45.3 |
80 |
63 |
37 |
31,153 |
39 |
17 Råsunda SV |
2,046 |
1,507 |
52.4 |
45.8 |
81 |
63 |
37 |
29,615 |
57 |
18 Råsunda C |
1,361 |
1,188 |
50.2 |
48.9 |
82 |
66 |
34 |
33,651 |
72 |
19 Råsunda V |
2,061 |
1,622 |
53.3 |
45.4 |
80 |
73 |
27 |
30,236 |
56 |
20 Råsunda Filmstaden |
2,035 |
1,502 |
53.4 |
45.9 |
86 |
78 |
22 |
40,441 |
75 |
21 Råsunda N |
1,969 |
1,546 |
54.9 |
43.6 |
85 |
75 |
25 |
34,664 |
70 |
22 Arenastaden |
1,902 |
1,360 |
45.8 |
52.9 |
82 |
44 |
56 |
35,017 |
69 |
23 Råsunda SO |
1,768 |
1,398 |
50.3 |
47.6 |
81 |
69 |
31 |
30,644 |
60 |
24 Råsunda Ö |
1,597 |
1,488 |
54.6 |
42.9 |
84 |
71 |
29 |
32,457 |
69 |
25 Haga N |
1,084 |
1,010 |
51.8 |
46.8 |
79 |
66 |
34 |
28,513 |
57 |
26 Hagalund NV |
2,025 |
1,366 |
60.8 |
33.8 |
69 |
33 |
67 |
22,840 |
48 |
27 Rudviken Västravägen |
1,981 |
1,419 |
53.6 |
43.2 |
79 |
52 |
48 |
28,810 |
58 |
28 Hagalund S |
1,926 |
1,308 |
60.4 |
38.1 |
72 |
33 |
67 |
23,455 |
57 |
29 Frösunda N |
1,970 |
1,447 |
42.8 |
56.2 |
87 |
63 |
37 |
41,375 |
71 |
30 Frösunda S |
1,817 |
1,327 |
57.2 |
41.1 |
78 |
55 |
45 |
28,483 |
62 |
31 Frösunda C |
1,852 |
1,330 |
44.9 |
53.9 |
85 |
64 |
36 |
39,821 |
75 |
32 Bergshamra N |
1,475 |
1,163 |
60.3 |
38.4 |
77 |
59 |
41 |
26,988 |
69 |
33 Bergshamra S |
1,675 |
1,328 |
60.7 |
38.2 |
82 |
66 |
34 |
35,107 |
76 |
34 Ulriksdal-Bergshamra |
1,675 |
1,202 |
64.0 |
33.9 |
81 |
68 |
32 |
32,400 |
76 |
35 Huvudsta Ö |
2,094 |
832 |
60.4 |
37.4 |
51 |
32 |
68 |
7,806 |
82 |
36 Råsunda NV-Näckrosen |
1,817 |
1,501 |
52.4 |
46.5 |
85 |
75 |
25 |
34,094 |
70 |
37 Agnesberg |
2,150 |
1,485 |
59.2 |
39.5 |
83 |
55 |
45 |
32,379 |
64 |
38 Bagartorp |
1,563 |
1,053 |
58.5 |
39.7 |
77 |
47 |
53 |
24,408 |
47 |
39 Huvudsta C-V |
1,829 |
1,293 |
54.0 |
43.9 |
81 |
58 |
42 |
29,989 |
61 |
40 Skytteholm N |
1,915 |
1,556 |
48.7 |
49.5 |
85 |
72 |
28 |
32,226 |
66 |
41 Råsunda NO |
1,981 |
1,544 |
50.0 |
47.6 |
83 |
70 |
30 |
32,861 |
63 |
42 Järvastaden N |
2,698 |
1,483 |
47.9 |
51.2 |
89 |
63 |
37 |
44,433 |
77 |
43 Ritorp S-Frösunda |
1,806 |
1,264 |
50.2 |
48.3 |
82 |
59 |
41 |
35,210 |
68 |
44 Huvudsta pampasparken |
1,885 |
1,373 |
53.6 |
44.7 |
81 |
55 |
45 |
33,446 |
66 |
45 Hagalund N |
1,896 |
1,458 |
60.4 |
36.5 |
74 |
44 |
56 |
25,389 |
50 |
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Income and education
The population in Solna Municipality has the 16th highest median income per capita in Sweden,[4] and the share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 46.0% (national average: 27.0%) and the 5th highest in the country.[5]
Residents with a foreign background
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 30 601, or 38.39% of the population (79 707 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 14 986, or 26.02% of the population (57 585 on 31 December 2002).[6] On 31 December 2017 there were 79 707 residents in Solna, of which 23 597 people (29.60%) 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 of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.[7]
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1 | Sweden | 56,110 |
2 | Asia: Other countries | 5,100 |
3 | European Union: Other countries | 3,942 |
4 | Iran | 2,467 |
5 | Finland | 1,663 |
6 | Africa: Other countries | 1,326 |
7 | South America | 1,180 |
8 | Europe outside of the EU: other countries | 1,104 |
9 | Syria | 1,043 |
10 | Poland | 1,001 |
11 | Iraq | 696 |
12 | North America | 638 |
13 | Turkey | 619 |
14 | Germany | 591 |
15 | Eritrea | 494 |
16 | Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro | 442 |
17 | Thailand | 424 |
18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 357 |
19 | Norway | 244 |
20 | Afghanistan | 158 |
21 | Soviet Union | 147 |
22 | Denmark | 146 |
23 | Iceland | 111 |
24 | Oceania | 104 |
25 | Somalia | 62 |
26 | Unknown country of birth | 8 |
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