Ekerö Municipality

Coordinates: 59°17′N 17°48′E / 59.283°N 17.800°E / 59.283; 17.800
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Not to be confused with Eckerö.
Ekerö Municipality
Ekerö kommun
Municipality
Municipal code
0125
Websitewww.ekero.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Ekerö Municipality (Swedish: Ekerö kommun) is a municipality in the province of Uppland in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The name derives from the name of the main island within the municipality whose name is Ekerön, and literally means "Oak Island". Its seat is located in the town of Ekerö.

The King of Sweden resides in Ekerö Municipality, at Drottningholm Palace
(see below).

Originally, when the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden in 1863, eight rural municipalities were created, each corresponding to an old parish. The municipal reform of 1952 grouped them in two new larger entities. The next reform in 1971 merged them into the present municipality.

Geography

Ekerö's main islands

Ekerö is the only municipality in the

Roman Iron Age, Färingsön was more of an archipelago of twenty islands.[3]

Heritage

The municipality contains two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. One is Birka, an old Viking Age village, and the other is Drottningholm Palace and its surroundings.

Drottningholm Palace
Main article: Drottningholm Palace

Drottningholm, located on the Lovö island, was originally a

the royal family, but large parts of the park are accessible to the public. The palace features several uniquely preserved structures, including the Palace Theatre, inaugurated in 1766 and still delivering operas using the preserved original machinery; and the Chinese Pavilion, the Rococo design of Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz filled with Chinese luxury delivered by the Swedish East India Company.[3]

Reconstructed clay buildings at Birka
Main article: Birka

Birka on the

Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, made two failed attempts to convert its inhabitants. The settlement was finally abandoned in the late tenth century for unknown reasons. The excavations of the approximately 1.100 graves in the area started in 1871 and have continued since. A museum was created in 1995, and in summers various boats carry large numbers of tourists to the island.[3]

See also:
Pre-history and origin of Stockholm

Other notable historical sites

Other historical sights of interest are several

medieval
churches, and old towns.

Håkon the Red
in the 11th century

.

On the Adelsö Island is Hovgården, together with Birka a world heritage site, featuring barrows, thick walls, and runestones. There is also Alsnö hus, the ruins of the summer residence of Magnus Barnlock were the Ordinance of Alsnö created the foundation of the Swedish nobility, and a Romanesque church from the 12th century.[3]

Next to this

burghers, the large-scales villas in a wide range of styles have given the area its characteristics. In the middle of the 20th century several buildings by well-known Swedish architects, including Nils Tesch, Ralph Erskine, Peter Celsing and Bengt Lindroos, were added.[4]

Kanton is a group of twenty buildings next to the Chinese Pavilion built in the 1750s and 1760s, intended to be a mercantile prototype settlement. 70-80 people lived there for a few decades producing luxury items for the royal court and the nobility, including some of the interior of the China Pavillin.[5] The buildings later inspired author Elsa Beskow to some of her fairy tales.[3]

Kungshatt ("King's Hat") is a rocky island south of Lovön where, according to a legend, a king Erik Väderhatt ("Eric Weather Hat"), so named because of his fortune with the winds which he could foretell with his hat, escaped his enemies by jumping from the cliff with his horse. The location for this event was furnished with a copper hat, now substituted with an iron hat.[3]

Svartsjö palace

English gardens are preserved.[3]

Hilleshög Church is a mostly Romanesque edifice, built in granite and brick, with some parts from the 17th and 18th centuries and later additions. Many of the paintings in the interior, dating back to the end of the 13th century and the early 15th century, were painted over in the 18th century but were restored in the 1920s and in 2002, together with some of the furniture.[6]

Ekebyhov is a real estate created around 1630. Its main building, Ekebyhov Palace, is a wooden structure begun in 1674 and completed in 1704. It is the oldest preserved wooden palace in Europe. The gardens of the palace boasts several unique plants and features a café. It is since 1980 owned by the municipality.[7]

Skytteholm is a

Gustavus Adolphus the Great, had built in the Lake Mälaren region. Founded in 1631, its present appearance is mostly from around 1920. It is today mostly used for conferences and as a hotel.[3]

Holy objects found on Helgö.

In the 1950s, ancient remains were found on the island of Helgö. The excavations that followed unveiled eight groups of buildings and objects from Ireland, Egypt, and India dating back to the eighth century offering a hint of the extent of the trade of the era. The settlement is, however, believed to be considerably older and have reached its peak around 500-600 CE.[3] On Helgö is also the Kaggeholm Palace, with a history stretching back to 1370. The palace was built in the 1720s.[8]

The Barrow of Björn Ironside on Munsö Island is part of the Iron Age grave field Munsö-Husby. On Munsö is also Munsö Church; one of three round churches in the Stockholm area. Probably built in 1187, it contains several medieval wooden sculptures.[3]

Nature

There are several outdoor activities that can be enjoyed, such as fishing and bicycling, as the nature is always nearby. Each of the islands also offers distinctive experiences and sights.

Demographics

Population development

Population development in Ekerö Municipality 1970–2019
Year Population
1970
12,594
1975
15,081
1980
15,927
1985
16,534
1990
18,785
1995
20,866
2000
22,266
2005
24,010
2010
25,410
2015
26,984
2017
27,753
2019
28,690

Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

2022 by district

This is a demographic table based on Ekerö Municipality's electoral districts in the

SCB official statistics.[9]

In total there were 29,062 residents, including 20,320 Swedish citizens of voting age.[9] 42.0% voted for the left coalition and 56.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Income and Education

The population in Ekerö Municipality has the seventh highest median

income per capita in Sweden,[10] although the share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 31.3% and slightly over the national average, 27.0%.[11]

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 5 825, or 20.99% of the population (27 753 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 2 358, or 10.28% of the population (22 936 on 31 December 2002).[12] On 31 December 2017 there were 27 753 residents in Ekerö, of which 3 345 people (12.05%) 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.[13]

Politics

The Ekerö's politics has traditionally been dominated by the centre-right Moderate Party since 1979. The voter turnout is usually high and among the highest in the country.

National Election,
Riksdag

Source:[14][15]

These are the election results from the

SCB reports from 1988 to 1994 the exact decimals of the Sweden Democrats were not reported since only parties near the 4% nationwide threshold were reported on. 1985, the Christian Democrats (KD) and Centre Party (C) were allied as "The Centre" so their shared votes are reported as those of C
in that election.

Year Turnout V
S
 MP C L KD M SD Other Parties
1973 94.3% 5.2% 33.1% .. 24.8% 11.9% 1.0% 23.9% .. 0.3%
1976 95.0% 5.3% 30.3% .. 24.2% 14.2% 0.6% 25.2% .. 0.2%
1979 93.6% 6.2% 29.6% .. 17.6% 12.9% 0.6% 32.6% .. 0.5%
1982 93.9% 5.1% 30.2% 3.2% 13.5% 7.2% 0.8% 39.9% .. 0.2%
1985 93.2% 4.2% 29.1% 1.9% 8.5% 19.3% .. 36.6% .. 0.3%
1988 89.5% 4.7% 26.7% 7.1% 9.1% 18.8% 1.7% 31.6% .. 0.2%
1991 91.2% 2.8% 21.8% 5.3% 6.8% 13.6% 5.2% 35.4% .. 9.2%
1994 90.0% 4.3% 28.4% 6.3% 7.2% 10.3% 3.5% 37.6% .. 2.4%
1998 86.2% 7.2% 24.0% 5.5% 3.6% 6.0% 12.9% 38.9% 0.5% 1.5%
2002 86.2% 5.2% 25.8% 6.4% 3.8% 20.4% 10.5% 26.1% 0.8% 1.0%
2006 88.6% 3.3% 17.1% 6.6% 7.0% 10.3% 7.4% 44.7% 1.4% 2.2%
2010 90.1% 3.2% 13.2% 8.2% 7.3% 9.3% 7.1% 47.1% 3.4% 1.1%
2014 90.7% 3.2% 16.1% 8.3% 7.1% 7.3% 6.3% 38.9% 9.4% 3.6%
2018 92.2% 4.8% 17.2% 5.7% 11.2% 7.6% 7.8% 28.1% 16.2% 1.3%

Transport

Public transport

Ekerö is served by the

Stockholm metro at Brommaplan. More recently a ferry[16] has started running regularly between Ekerö and Stockholm
city.

Roads

The county road 261 offers connection to motorists from Brommaplan and other western suburbs of Stockholm. There is only one bridge, Nockebybron, connecting the municipality with the mainland, but there is also a car ferry taking motorists to Botkyrka Municipality south-west of Stockholm.

Sister towns

Ekerö is twinned with the following municipality:

Localities

Notes

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tynderfeldt
  4. ^ Sundström
  5. ^ Stockholm County Museum, Lovön - Drottningsholmsområdet
  6. ^ Wallström
  7. ^ Ekerö Municipality, Ekebyhovs slott
  8. ^ Kaggeholm folkhögskola
  9. ^
    SVT
    . 11 September 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Medianinkomst". Ekonomifakta. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "Andel högutbildade". Ekonomifakta. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  12. ^ Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019)
  13. ^ a b Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019
  14. ^ "Riksdagsval - valresultat, andel röster efter region, parti mm och valår" (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Valdeltagande i riksdagsval, procent efter region och valår" (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  16. ^ https://sl.se/sv/info/resa/pendelbatar/ - SL ferry information, in Swedish
  17. ^ "Vänorter" (in Swedish). Ekerö kommun. 2016-09-28. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2019-01-04.

References

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