Flen

Flen
Flen railway station
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Flen (local pronunciation Flén) is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Flen evolved as a

in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of the much larger Flen Municipality.

Other things which made Flen famous is "Violen från Flen", a song written by Ulf Peder Olrog in the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in "Du ringde från Flen", 1992 dansband song by Grönwalls. The town is also mentioned in the Kent songs "Flen/Paris" on the 2005 EP The hjärta & smärta EP and "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 album En plats i solen.

Flen is also famous for having the world's northernmost vineyard, in Blacksta.^{[citation needed]}

Riksdag elections

This list charts the urban area of Flen itself rather than the namesake municipality of which Flen is the seat.

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[2]	92.0	4,383	3.2	54.3		21.1	8.8	2.1	10.4			57.5	40.2
1976[3]	91.8	4,575	3.0	53.4		21.0	8.7	2.2	11.6			56.3	41.3
1979[4]	90.5	4,708	3.7	53.6		16.2	9.7	1.9	14.4			57.3	40.3
1982[5]	91.8	4,708	4.2	57.6	1.1	12.6	4.4	2.4	17.1			61.8	34.1
1985[6]	89.5	4,556	4.5	57.5	1.2	10.7	10.9		14.8			62.0	33.5
1988[7]	85.4	4,270	5.5	55.7	4.3	9.2	10.0	2.5	12.4			65.5	31.5
1991[8]	84.4	4,117	4.4	51.7	2.3	8.1	7.7	6.5	14.7		4.2	56.1	37.0
1994[9]	86.3	4,197	6.3	59.1	3.8	5.1	5.3	3.6	15.2		0.7	69.1	29.1
1998[10]	79.9	3,910	13.4	48.7	3.5	3.6	2.6	10.7	15.8			65.6	32.7
2002[11]	77.6	3,781	7.9	54.5	3.8	3.8	9.6	7.5	10.5	0.8		66.1	31.5
2006[12]	79.0	3,843	5.8	54.6	3.1	4.5	4.9	5.4	17.4	2.5		63.6	32.3
2010[13]	79.2	3,824	6.2	46.2	5.1	3.7	5.2	5.0	21.6	6.3		57.5	35.6
2014[14]	82.2	3,939	5.7	42.1	4.8	3.5	3.1	3.7	16.3	18.6		52.6	26.7
2018[15]	80.5	3,877	7.6	40.7	3.1	5.1	2.6	5.2	15.0	19.8		56.4	42.6

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