Nacka Municipality

Nacka Municipality Nacka kommun
Municipality
A view of Nacka Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°19′N 18°10′E
Country	Sweden
County	Stockholm County
Seat	Nacka
Area
• Total	128.83 km2 (49.74 sq mi)
• Land	95.12 km2 (36.73 sq mi)
• Water	33.71 km2 (13.02 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	110,633
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Demonyms	Nackan
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland and Södermanland
Municipal code	0182
Website	www.nacka.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Nacka Municipality (Nacka kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the capital Stockholm and the western parts are considered a suburban part of the city of Stockholm.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Nacka (itself instituted in 1949) was amalgamated with Saltsjöbaden (itself detached from "old" Nacka in 1909) and Boo.

Geography

The municipality is situated in two historical provinces (landskap), Uppland and Södermanland, but in one administrative county (län), Stockholm County.

The western densely built-up area of Nacka Municipality is a contiguous part of the city of Stockholm. About 50,000 of the municipality's total population live there.

There are also some more localities in the municipality. The larger ones are: Boo, Fisksätra, Saltsjöbaden, Skuru and Älta.

History

The area has been populated since the first mountaintops emerged as islands from the sea after the end of the last ice age, during the Mesolithic. During the Viking Age (800 – 1100 AD) the area has been estimated to have been populated by 100 people. They were living by farming and fishing.

A Danish sailing description from the end of the 13th century describes the area as a transportation region. The water roads were easier to use than the land roads and this was also the main road into the capital Stockholm. Due to these circumstances there were plenty of restaurants along the shores to cater to the travelers. An article by Gunnar Ahlberg describes 24 different outlets and their busy service. In the 18th century the restaurants closer to the city were transformed from shabby small places to more sophisticated establishments. Here came not only travelers but also the citizens of Stockholm for a summer excursion. Many of the artists of the times have documented these excursions in drawings as well as songs.

During the wintertime the waterways changes somewhat and instead of taking the sea way the travelers crossed the many lakes with sleighs in order to reach Stockholm.

The municipality's name harks back to a 16th-century industrial operation established by the Crown at Nacka farmstead where conditions for water mills are good. That spot is now, however, not densely populated, and the municipal seat is on land that once belonged to Järla farmstead on the other side of Lake Järla.

One of many battles during the Great Northern War took place in the most eastern part of Nacka. In 1719, Russian forces burned and raided the eastern coast of Sweden. Several cities were attacked and almost all buildings in the archipelago of Stockholm were burned. On their way to Stockholm greatly outnumbered Swedish forces managed to fight off the attacking Russians at the battle of Stäket.

20th century

The municipality has had a continuous population increase since the 1960s, almost doubling the population. Today it is the third most populous municipality in Stockholm County, after Stockholm Municipality and Huddinge Municipality - and the 20th in Sweden. Due to massive increase in housing supply the population is predicted to grow at an annual rate of more the 3% by the year 2020.

Nacka became the location of an experiment in psychiatry in the 1970s, initiated by psychiatrist Bengt Bengtsson. It allowed the inhabitants a local access to psychotherapeutic methods for preventive purposes. The role model was the Community Mental Health system developed in the U.S. The system has since been implemented in other municipalities.

The industry in Nacka is mainly of service nature. Nacka has an extensive commuting traffic to Stockholm City, and few major companies are located in Nacka itself.

Nature

Nacka has (in 2015) 12 nature reserves, and two large recreational nature areas, all with a varied landscape of pine forests, swamps and lakes. The largest nature reserve is Nackareservatet with an area of approximately 730 hectare.

Demographics

Population development

Nacka is a municipality whose population has continuously grown over the last 65 years and had by 2017 passed 100 000 citizens.

Population development in Nacka Municipality 1970–2019

Year	Population
1970	48,035
1975	55,321
1980	57,229
1985	59,688
1990	64,056
1995	70,172
2000	74,974
2005	80,247
2010	90,108
2015	97,986
2017	101,231
2019	105,189

2022 population by district

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

In total there were 77,440 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 48.4% voted for the left coalition and 50.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Alphyddan, Finntorp V 1,449 1,198 60.6 38.0 77 70 30 25,213 70 Björknäs S 2,137 1,487 48.6 50.3 84 71 29 29,834 50 Danviken, Saltsjöqvarn 1,983 1,736 50.1 49.1 81 83 17 37,870 71 Duvnäs Utskog 1,628 1,133 52.5 47.1 87 88 12 42,341 70 Eknäs V, Tollare V 1,815 1,167 47.2 51.4 84 76 24 34,045 59 Eknäs Ö, Hjortängen 2,225 1,484 41.2 57.8 87 85 15 42,258 68 Ektorp 1,979 1,437 53.8 44.6 74 69 31 23,695 62 Ekängen, Saltängen V 1,946 1,404 46.7 52.6 85 85 15 36,680 71 Finnberget, Kvarnholmen 1,285 1,020 50.0 49.2 82 71 29 33,364 65 Finnboda 1,846 1,377 50.7 48.2 87 79 21 41,054 70 Finntorp Ö 2,255 1,861 56.6 41.7 81 74 26 28,818 59 Fisksätra N 1,994 1,166 68.0 26.7 68 18 82 19,042 33 Fisksätra S 1,827 1,232 56.1 40.1 70 39 61 23,356 37 Fisksätra V 2,175 1,367 63.3 31.4 69 30 70 21,655 39 Fisksätra Ö 1,866 1,085 68.3 23.2 68 20 80 18,984 33 Gustavsvik, Insjön 1,966 1,342 42.3 57.3 84 83 17 37,373 58 Hasseludden 1,967 1,360 41.1 58.0 84 83 17 40,340 62 Hedvigslund 1,828 1,218 51.0 48.0 86 82 18 36,385 60 Henriksdal 1,709 1,240 64.5 33.4 73 54 46 24,976 54 Igelboda, Neglinge S 1,785 1,263 32.0 66.8 84 90 10 41,388 77 Igelbodaplatån 1,739 1,405 43.7 55.0 79 72 28 26,256 54 Jarlaberg N 1,539 1,213 57.4 41.2 82 68 32 29,540 62 Jarlaberg S 1,469 1,043 52.6 45.6 81 64 36 30,884 55 Järla, Nya gatan 1,020 985 51.2 47.6 86 76 24 33,192 64 Järla sjö 2,127 1,557 55.5 43.4 88 83 17 40,491 74 Kolarängen 1,950 1,403 48.9 50.4 86 86 14 41,634 68 Krokhöjden 2,112 1,629 53.0 45.5 83 75 25 27,838 44 Kvarnholmen Ö 1,969 1,493 40.4 58.3 87 78 22 42,293 67 Källvägsområdet 2,549 1,721 40.2 58.5 87 84 16 40,907 62 Lilla Björknäs 2,272 1,615 41.7 57.8 86 83 17 38,888 64 Lillängen, Storängen 1,610 1,211 50.0 49.7 82 87 13 40,917 77 Lännersta N 2,488 1,653 40.5 59.0 87 88 12 42,781 67 Lännersta S 1,986 1,275 41.1 58.4 86 87 13 44,874 69 Mensättra, Eriksvik 2,111 1,351 41.8 56.9 86 81 19 38,694 58 Nacka C 1,912 1,626 50.9 47.5 79 56 44 27,240 53 Nacka strand 1,851 1,419 40.5 58.5 87 75 25 39,967 67 Nysätra, Hästhagen 2,117 1,642 57.5 41.6 84 82 18 34,347 70 Orminge C 1,352 1,125 51.4 47.0 78 53 47 25,521 43 Orminge N 1,918 1,220 57.6 40.8 78 51 49 22,771 35 Orminge S 1,685 1,175 62.0 35.5 78 59 41 23,456 35 Orminge Ö 2,193 1,547 56.9 42.2 88 84 16 34,740 55 Rösunda 1,893 1,540 26.7 72.6 78 86 14 36,610 68 Saltsjö-Duvnäs 2,044 1,535 41.7 57.4 82 87 13 39,039 76 Sickla V 1,256 992 56.1 43.0 85 82 18 37,977 76 Sickla Ö, Tallbacken 1,605 1,249 66.3 32.7 85 79 21 31,525 69 Sigfridsborg 2,102 1,394 54.8 44.4 89 86 14 39,473 70 Skogalund 2,185 1,594 50.0 49.0 81 73 27 30,567 56 Skogsö, Baggensudden 1,804 1,408 34.3 64.4 79 85 15 37,571 70 Skuru 1,915 1,319 45.5 54.1 86 86 14 43,988 72 Solsidan S, Älgö 2,036 1,379 21.6 77.5 75 83 17 42,412 74 Stensö N 1,763 1,273 58.5 40.2 78 56 44 24,171 43 Stensö S 1,747 1,130 55.9 41.0 75 46 54 23,782 37 Tattby, Solsidan N 1,557 1,107 29.6 69.5 82 89 11 47,106 79 Tollare Ö 2,127 1,426 41.5 58.0 91 80 20 39,747 63 Vikingshill 2,736 1,860 47.9 51.4 84 85 15 36,766 61 Älta gård 2,046 1,439 53.4 46.1 88 86 14 38,121 68 Ältadalen, S Hedvigslund 1,601 910 54.4 45.0 94 87 13 42,518 73 Source: SVT

Income and Education

The population in Nacka Municipality has the 5th highest median income per capita in Sweden. The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 39.0% and the 10th highest in the country.

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 25 681, or 25.37% of the population (101 231 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 16 281, or 21.25% of the population (76 624 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 101 231 residents in Nacka, of which 19 717 people (19.48%) 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.

Country of birth
31 December 2017
1	Sweden	81,514
2	European Union: Other countries	3,199
3	Asia: Other countries	2,411
4	Finland	2,271
5	South America	1,429
6	Poland	1,396
7	Africa: Other countries	1,371
8	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	988
9	Iraq	706
10	Iran	670
11	North America	662
12	Afghanistan	657
13	Syria	651
14	Germany	528
15	Thailand	428
16	Eritrea	401
17	Turkey	329
18	Norway	322
19	Yugoslavia/Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro	301
20	Somalia	263
21	Denmark	218
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	180
23	Soviet Union	148
24	Oceania	132
25	Iceland	40
26	Unknown country of birth	16

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Nacka:

• Järla IF FK

Points of interests

• Nackasändaren Radio Mast

Notable people

• Thomas Bodström - lawyer, writer, former politician and Minister for Justice
• Karin Dreijer - singer, songwriter, record producer
• Olof Dreijer - DJ, record producer
• Nicolao Dumitru - football player
• Christer Gardell - venture capitalist
• Nicklas Grossmann - NHL hockey player
• Carola Häggkvist - singer, songwriter
• Sebastian Ingrosso - DJ/Producer of House
• Cornelia Jakobs - Eurovision 2022 Participant, singer
• Jessica Landstrom - football player
• Ulf Lundell - musician, songwriter, author
• Annie Lööf - politician, leader of the Centre Party
• Markoolio - recording artist, television show host, actor
• Nova Miller - recording artist, dancer, actor
• Mona Sahlin - politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party
• Those Dancing Days - Indie pop band

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

• Keila, Estonia
• Pyhtää, Finland
• Jelgava, Latvia
• Gliwice, Poland
• Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
• Santa Rosa del Peñón, Nicaragua
• Adalar, Turkey

Gallery

The images give a view of how the geography looks, with some hills and some tall houses, and streets.

• 
  Alphyddan
• 
  Gäddviken
• 
  Finnberget
• 
  Värmdöleden at Alphyddan
• 
  Nacka church, built in 1891
• 
  Svindersvik, a summer estate built in 1740

External links

• Nacka Municipality - Official site