Sigtuna Municipality

Sigtuna Municipality

*Sigtuna kommun*
Sigtuna Municipality Sigtuna kommun
Municipality
	Head Office of Sigtuna Municipality in Märsta
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 59°37′N 17°43′E / 59.617°N 17.717°E
Country	Sweden
County	Stockholm County
Seat	Märsta
Area
• Total	349.74 km2 (135.04 sq mi)
• Land	327.4 km2 (126.4 sq mi)
• Water	22.34 km2 (8.63 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	52,529
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Demonyms	Sigtuner; Sigtunan; Sigtunian;
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0191
Website	www.sigtuna.se
	Density is calculated using land area only.

Sigtuna Municipality (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately 37 km (23 mi) north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.

The municipality consists of several former local government units and was formed in 1971. It got its name from the small, but very old, City of Sigtuna, but the seat was placed in the larger modern town of Märsta.

The three towns of the municipality are Märsta (pop. 23,000), Sigtuna (pop. 8,000) and Rosersberg (pop. 1,400), of which Märsta is the municipal seat and Sigtuna with its old and important history is a popular tourist destination.

Demography

Population development

Population development in Sigtuna Municipality 1950–2022
Year	Population
1950	6,516
1955	7,300
1960	9,461
1965	17,705
1970	26,062
1975	26,615
1980	28,276
1985	29,300
1990	31,485
1995	33,406
2000	35,001
2001	35,518
2002	35,771
2003	36,028
2004	36,322
2005	36,711
2006	36,976
2007	37,793
2008	38,272
2009	39,219
2010	39,990
2011	41,329
2012	42,272
2013	43,372
2014	44,085
2015	44,786
2016	46,274
2017	47,146
2018	48,130
2019	48,964
Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Sigtuna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

There were 50,180 residents, including 33,030 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 54.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Arenberga

2,228

1,638

43.6

54.2

81

64

36

27,530

36

Björkbacka-Charlottenberg

1,751

1,151

28.2

69.8

79

70

30

30,436

44

Brännbo-Klockbacken

2,127

1,519

39.0

59.3

72

67

33

25,868

46

Centrala Marsta

1,848

1,274

51.2

46.5

76

50

24,897

39

Centrala Sigtuna

2,234

1,686

34.2

64.5

81

82

18

31,601

52

Gamla Märsta

1,893

1,197

50.4

45.8

76

44

56

24,194

33

Lunda-Skepptuna-Vidbo

1,333

988

35.0

64.0

85

15

27,660

25

Munkholmen

1,420

1,019

30.6

68.2

81

77

23

35,692

56

Norra Ekilla

1,356

957

42.1

56.0

82

65

35

28,525

36

N Rosersberg-Skånela

1,526

1,090

31.7

66.7

84

79

21

29,750

32

Norra Sigtuna

964

740

30.9

67.8

80

78

22

29,402

46

Norra Valsta

2,119

1,172

56.9

35.0

66

22

78

19,981

31

Nymärsta

1,839

1,105

55.7

40.8

70

23

77

21,041

35

Odensala

1,429

1,040

31.9

66.7

87

86

14

30,394

33

Prästängen-Ragvaldsbo

1,453

1,255

38.9

59.6

81

73

27

29,921

47

Rävsta-Steningehöjden

1,675

1,018

35.7

62.0

84

51

49

29,503

41

Sjudargården-S:t Per

1,894

1,420

32.0

67.1

82

80

20

32,814

53

Steninge slottsby

2,335

1,553

44.8

53.4

80

48

52

28,340

44

Sundveda-S Ekilla

2,242

1,461

44.6

52.3

73

47

53

23,630

33

Sätuna

1,664

1,193

50.1

47.6

72

53

47

23,574

35

Södra Rosersberg

1,393

1,041

41.5

57.2

83

76

24

27,806

36

Södra Valsta

2,603

1,326

55.0

35.3

64

14

86

19,410

29

Tingvalla

2,094

1,121

60.5

32.3

65

19

81

19,844

29

Valsta C

2,089

1,112

54.1

41.0

64

18

82

19,586

29

Västra Steninge

2,452

1,648

43.6

54.9

80

47

53

27,864

36

Östra Norrbacka

1,916

1,178

53.2

39.7

71

41

59

23,429

32

Östra Valsta

2,303

1,128

56.2

36.6

68

18

82

20,625

36

Source: SVT^[3]

Industry

In the municipality lies the largest workplace in Sweden, the Arlanda Airport, with 13,000 employees in 200 companies. As a result, Sigtuna is travelled through by 18,300,000 visitors yearly, and has the fourth most hotel stays, following to the commercial and regional centres Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.^{[citation needed]}

Swedavia, the Swedish airport management company, has its head office on the airport property.^[4] Scandinavian Airlines previously had its head office on the airport property.^[5]