Söderköping Municipality (''Söderköpings kommun'') is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
in
Östergötland County
Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the ...
in southeast
Sweden. Its seat is located in the
city
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of
Söderköping
Söderköping is a locality and the seat of Söderköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,992 inhabitants in 2010. Söderköping is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a ''tow ...
.
The present municipality was created in 1971-1973 when the former ''City of Söderköping'' in two steps was amalgamated with three surrounding rural municipalities.
Elections
Riksdag
These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Söderköping Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the
Sweden Democrats
The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply ...
were not published by
SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, whereas "Votes" only denotes valid votes.
Blocs
This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.
Gallery
Images from the city of Söderköping:
Image:Söderköpings rådhus, södra sidan, juli 2005.jpg, Söderköping Town Hall
Image:Munkebrogatan Söderköping juli 2005.jpg, Munkebro Street, Söderköping
Image:Söderköpings sluss, Göta kanal, juli 2005.jpg, Söderköping lock on the Göta Canal
The Göta Canal ( sv, Göta kanal) is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century.
The canal is long, of which were dug or blasted, with a width varying between and a maximum depth of about .Uno Svedin, Britt Hägerhäll Anianss ...
See also
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Köping
''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Muni ...
(concept)
References
External links
Söderköping Municipality- Official site
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Municipalities of Östergötland County