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This is a list of towns in modern Sweden that once enjoyed town privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter. The list does not include towns in Finland established during Swedish rule.

Overview

Legally and administratively, the term stad is not used in Sweden since the municipal reform of 1971, when the municipality (kommun) became only existing form of local government. Before the reform there were 132 urban centres that had the title of stad.

The urban centres of these municipalities are still called stad in daily speech and 14 of the municipalities have chosen to continue to call themselves stad in marketing situation, although several of them now encompass large rural areas following the merger of Swedish municipalities in the 1970s and 1980s. These 14 are: Borås Municipality, Gothenburg Municipality, Haparanda Municipality, Helsingborg Municipality, Landskrona Municipality, Lidingö Municipality, Malmö Municipality, Mölndal Municipality, Solna Municipality, Stockholm Municipality, Sundbyberg Municipality, Trollhättan Municipality, Vaxholm Municipality and Västerås Municipality.

The decision to call themselves stad has been taken purely for image/marketing reasons. In legal situations the word kommun (municipality) must be included in the municipality's name and governmental authorities will only refer to them by their legal names.

List

Town	Population	Charter
Alingsås	38,509	1619
Arboga	10,369	1200
Arvika	14,184	1911
Askersund	3,937	1643
Avesta	14,738	1641–1686, 1919
Boden	18,680	1919
Bollnäs	26,455	1942
Borgholm	3,093	1816
Borlänge	49,200	1944
Borås	63,441	1622
Djursholm	8,819	1914
Eksjö	9,676	1400
Enköping	20,204	1300
Eskilstuna	60,185	1659
Eslöv	16,551	1911
Fagersta	10,890	1944
Falkenberg	18,972	1558
Falköping	15,821	1200
Falsterbo	6,937	1200
Falun	36,447	1651
Filipstad	6,177	1611
Flen	6,114	1949
Gothenburg	516,532	1619
Gränna	2,578	1652
Gävle	71,033	1446 (before)
Hagfors	5,403	1950
Halmstad	55,688	1200
Haparanda	4,778	1848
Hedemora	15,164	1446 (before)
Helsingborg	97,122	1085
Hjo	6,075	1400
Hudiksvall	14,850	1582
Huskvarna	21,500	1911
Härnösand	18,003	1585
Hässleholm	17,730	1914
Höganäs	13,550	1936
Jönköping	89,396	1284
Kalmar	35,170	1100
Karlshamn	18,768	1664
Karlskoga	27,500	1940
Karlskrona	35,212	1680
Karlstad	61,685	1584
Katrineholm	21,386	1917
Kiruna	18,154	1948
Kramfors	6,235	1947
Kristianstad	35,711	1622
Kristinehamn	17,836	1582–1584, 1642
Kumla	20,456	1942
Kungsbacka	17,784	1400
Kungälv	21,139	1100
Köping	17,358	1474
Laholm	5,835	1200
Landskrona	28,670	1413
Lidingö	44,000	1926
Lidköping	27,941	1446
Lindesberg	8,752	1643
Linköping	97,428	1287
Ljungby	14,810	1936
Ludvika	14,018	1919
Luleå	45,467	1621
Lund	82,800	990
Lycksele	8,597	1946
Lysekil	7,568	1903
Malmö	293,909	1250
Mariefred	3,813	1605
Mariestad	25,000	1583
Marstrand	1,432	1200
Mjölby	11,927	1922
Motala	29,798	1881
Nacka	33,057	1949
Nora	6,496	1643
Norrköping	83,561	1384
Norrtälje	16,263	1622
Nybro	12,598	1932
Nyköping	32,427	1187
Nynäshamn	13,079	1946
Nässjö	16,463	1914
Oskarshamn	17,258	1856
Oxelösund	10,843	1950
Piteå	22,650	1621
Ronneby	11,767	1387–1680, 1882
Sala	12,059	1624
Sandviken	22,574	1943
Sigtuna	7,204	980
Simrishamn	6,546	1300
Skanör	6,937	1200
Skanör med Falsterbo	6,937	1754
Skara	18,595	988
Skellefteå	32,425	1845
Skänninge	3,242	1200
Skövde	34,446	1400
Sollefteå	8,530	1917
Solna	67,115	1943
Stockholm	851,155	1250
Strängnäs	32,400	1336
Strömstad	6,110	1672
Sundbyberg	38,180	1927
Sundsvall	49,339	1624
Säffle	6,156	1951
Säter	4,438	1642
Sävsjö	5,068	1947
Söderhamn	12,056	1620
Söderköping	6,951	1200
Södertälje	64,619	1000
Sölvesborg	7,883	1445
Tidaholm	7,920	1910
Torshälla	7,614	1317
Tranås	14,017	1919
Trelleborg	25,643	1200
Trollhättan	44,498	1916
Trosa	11,417	1300
Uddevalla	30,513	1498
Ulricehamn	6,787	1400
Umeå	75,645	1622
Uppsala	140,454	1286
Vadstena	5,612	1400
Varberg	26,041	1100
Vaxholm	4,857	1652
Vetlanda	12,691	1920
Vimmerby	7,827	1400
Visby	22,236	1000
Vänersborg	21,672	1644
Värnamo	18,696	1920
Västervik	20,694	1200
Västerås	110,877	990
Växjö	65,000	1342
Ystad	17,286	1200
Åmål	9,380	1643
Ängelholm	38,222	1516
Örebro	107,038	1200
Öregrund	1,555	1491
Örnsköldsvik	28,617	1894
Östersund	43,796	1786
Östhammar	4,534	1300

Notes

1. ^ Skanör and Falsterbo were joined together in 1754 by the name Skanör med Falsterbo and has been considered as 'one town ever since.
2. ^ Population as of both Skanör and Falsterbo

Today

Most of the former towns are today urban centres (tätorter) and seats of their municipalities.

A number of suburban towns have grown together with neighbours and are nowadays seldom considered as separate towns:

• Huskvarna (part of Jönköping)
• Mölndal (part of Gothenburg urban area)
• Djursholm, Nacka, Solna, Sundbyberg (part of Stockholm urban area)
• Lidingö (separated from Stockholm by water, but anyhow often counted to its urban area)

The following are not seats of their municipalities:

• Gränna (in Jönköping Municipality)
• Mariefred (in Strängnäs Municipality)
• Marstrand (in Kungälv Municipality)
• Sigtuna (in Sigtuna Municipality)
• Skanör med Falsterbo in Vellinge Municipality
• Skänninge (in Mjölby Municipality)
• Torshälla (in Eskilstuna Municipality)
• Öregrund (in Östhammar Municipality)

See also

• Stad (Sweden)
• Municipalities of Sweden
• List of urban areas in Sweden
• List of cities
• List of cities in Europe

References

External links

• Map of Sweden