Helsingborg Municipality () is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Helsingborg, which is Sweden's eighth-largest city. The municipality had a population of 152,644 on 30 June 2025 and the metropolitan area has about 320,000 inhabitants.

Between 1912 and 1971 the name of the town was officially spelled Hälsingborg (rather like the region of Hälsingland but unlike neighbouring Danish Helsingør and the Finnish capital Helsingfors (Helsinki)). The spelling was changed back to the older version when the present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the Town of Hälsingborg with four surrounding rural municipalities. Since the 1990s the municipality again styles itself Helsingborgs stad (Town of Helsingborg). This usage is only nominal and has no effect on the status of the municipality.

Localities

As of 2018, there were 16 urban areas the municipality. # Locality Population 1 Helsingborg 109,869 2 Rydebäck (part of) 6,429 3 Ödåkra 5,413 4 Hittarp 4,670 5 Påarp 2,959 6 Bårslöv 2,774 7 Mörarp 1,889 8 Gantofta 1,356 9 Vallåkra 828 10 Kattarp 732 11 Allerum 725 12 Domsten 602 13 Hasslarp 600 14 Tånga och Rögle 230 15 Utvälinge 230 16 Fleninge 208

Districts The administrative division of Helsingborg is divided into 17 districts. They are Allerum, Bårslöv, Filborna, Fjärestad, Fleninge, Frillestad, Helsingborgs Gustav Adolf, Helsingborgs Maria, Hässlunda, Kattarp, Kropp, Kvistofta, Mörarp, Ottarp, Raus, Välinge and Välluv.

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Helsingborg 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 149,791 residents, including 110,550 Swedish citizens of voting age. 41.5% voted for the left coalition and 56.8% for the right coalition. This made Helsingborg the strongest among large municipalities for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Adolfsberg 1,532 1,094 51.2 47.4 73 46 54 23,036 34Allerum 1,442 1,052 24.3 74.8 87 90 10 30,024 43Berga 1,816 1,403 44.8 53.8 78 54 46 25,788 39Björka-Väla 1,712 1,157 45.7 50.6 71 39 61 24,031 35Brohult 1,491 1,150 48.1 49.8 69 40 60 20,461 26Bårslöv V 1,489 1,081 40.0 58.3 77 62 38 26,204 34Bårslöv Ö 1,260 912 38.2 58.6 77 65 35 24,614 29Centrum S 1,592 1,307 41.8 56.5 74 69 31 28,551 51Centrum V 1,471 1,357 31.6 67.9 82 81 19 29,206 52Centrum Ö 1,615 1,508 33.6 65.2 79 81 19 29,723 52Dalhem S 1,811 1,220 52.1 45.0 63 40 60 18,604 22Dalhem-Källstorp 1,695 1,224 49.6 48.2 60 43 57 19,544 25Drottninghög V 1,195 895 57.7 37.9 58 28 72 14,926 27Drottninghög Ö 1,829 1,194 64.6 30.0 54 21 79 15,125 23Elineberg 1,871 1,352 53.1 43.9 63 47 53 18,344 33Eneborg M 1,324 970 53.1 43.4 64 39 61 18,343 40Eneborg V 1,583 973 62.3 33.5 59 30 70 16,612 35Eneborg Ö 1,412 1,216 46.1 52.0 75 60 40 23,638 49Eskilsminne 1,782 1,237 42.4 57.1 76 66 34 26,268 49Fredriksdal M 1,821 1,057 53.5 43.4 60 30 70 17,845 35Fredriksdal V 1,646 1,177 60.0 36.2 61 37 63 18,372 31Fredriksdal Ö 1,508 907 66.6 27.1 49 19 81 14,145 31Furutorp 1,641 743 56.7 39.0 47 23 77 11,744 43Gantofta 1,834 1,299 34.0 64.9 87 87 13 29,238 45Gustav Adolf 1,432 996 59.4 37.0 52 33 67 15,748 36Gustavslund V 1,520 1,129 35.6 63.2 86 78 22 31,491 54Gustavslund Ö 1,932 1,169 34.4 64.8 88 65 35 33,707 55Hittarp-Domsten 1,500 1,272 28.1 71.1 77 89 11 38,530 68Humlegården 1,575 1,155 37.8 61.5 84 80 20 32,279 54Husensjö 1,905 1,393 41.4 57.5 86 79 21 32,973 59Högaborg V 1,432 935 54.5 42.7 53 36 64 14,065 39Högaborg Ö 1,808 1,192 61.4 34.7 57 27 73 15,413 26Högasten 1,597 1,327 43.7 54.2 69 62 38 21,327 33Kattarp 1,658 1,130 34.2 64.1 71 68 32 22,308 30Laröd V 1,853 1,378 29.8 69.2 81 87 13 36,921 65Laröd Ö 1,901 1,406 32.6 66.2 85 83 17 30,968 50Lundsbäck 1,619 1,051 41.6 56.3 72 47 53 26,984 46Lussebäcken 1,535 1,207 47.4 50.7 66 62 38 20,267 31Margaretaplatsen 1,249 1,132 34.4 64.0 81 83 17 29,343 55Mariastaden N 2,101 1,384 32.0 67.4 86 78 22 37,623 64Mariastaden S 1,764 1,170 35.1 63.8 81 74 26 31,726 52Mariastaden V 1,692 1,192 41.5 56.8 82 80 20 31,297 58Mariastaden Ö 1,936 1,139 39.1 58.4 70 44 56 23,166 42Mörarp V 1,346 967 29.6 68.1 84 81 19 27,242 35Mörarp Ö 1,490 1,044 32.7 66.7 83 80 20 27,401 35Närlunda 1,807 1,215 63.6 33.0 60 35 65 17,487 33Oceanhamnen 1,039 869 39.8 59.3 64 57 43 23,536 51Olympia 1,628 1,395 39.5 59.5 70 71 29 24,627 51Planteringen N 2,039 1,236 59.2 32.5 51 25 75 13,976 25Planteringen S 2,086 1,466 49.8 46.1 58 42 58 17,335 30Påarp V 1,878 1,313 31.7 66.7 81 70 30 27,020 34Påarp Ö 1,863 1,362 32.9 66.6 84 85 15 26,494 32Pålsjöbaden 1,054 985 23.5 75.8 74 88 12 31,233 61Pålsjö Ö 1,391 1,067 44.2 54.8 79 77 23 26,009 50Ragnvalla 1,921 1,173 48.7 46.2 65 34 66 19,569 29Ramlösa N 1,556 1,196 41.0 58.7 86 83 17 32,633 55Ramlösa Ö 1,631 1,212 35.5 63.3 88 84 16 35,189 59Ramlösabrunn 1,795 1,305 42.8 56.2 85 79 21 30,588 55Raus S 1,413 1,026 37.0 61.9 86 77 23 29,707 48Ringstorp C 1,581 1,374 41.3 57.3 81 75 25 23,965 41Ringstorp N 1,715 1,343 37.5 61.4 80 75 25 27,658 52Ringstorp Ö 1,718 1,173 40.9 56.5 72 60 40 23,382 42Rosengården C 1,728 1,165 54.3 43.4 70 46 54 22,829 39Rosengården V 1,558 1,245 47.3 50.3 72 65 35 23,597 35Rosengården Ö 1,482 1,139 54.2 44.2 71 40 60 20,575 36Rydebäck M 1,721 1,310 37.4 61.8 89 91 9 30,601 60Rydebäck N 1,701 1,206 33.2 65.9 87 88 12 32,942 60Rydebäck S 1,541 1,134 34.3 65.1 88 94 6 35,159 63Rydebäck Ö 1,568 1,121 36.4 62.8 88 86 14 30,019 57Råå N 1,602 1,343 42.8 56.6 82 89 11 27,389 61Råå S 1,770 1,412 37.2 62.1 84 91 9 32,173 57Slottshöjden N 1,616 1,286 43.6 54.2 72 61 39 23,376 51Slottshöjden S 1,528 1,386 39.9 59.1 79 81 19 25,921 50Sofieberg 1,527 1,149 45.5 53.7 83 73 27 30,015 54St Jörgens plats 1,436 1,334 32.9 66.9 82 84 16 31,123 52Stadsparken 1,489 976 57.8 38.6 61 35 65 17,706 33Stattena 1,597 1,343 43.6 54.5 77 69 31 23,524 44Söder 1,728 1,063 60.6 37.3 58 24 76 15,812 41Tågaborg C 1,598 1,313 41.4 57.1 80 78 22 29,211 52Tågaborg M 1,484 1,327 38.2 60.7 82 80 20 28,998 51Tågaborg N 1,627 1,357 29.4 69.7 80 84 16 33,732 65Tågaborg S 1,676 1,385 39.7 59.4 79 79 21 27,704 55Tågaborg Ö 1,607 1,419 41.7 57.0 79 70 30 27,025 47Vallåkra-Ottarp 1,784 1,307 31.4 67.6 82 84 16 27,785 39Viskängen 1,654 1,332 44.6 53.3 75 63 37 24,801 45Välinge 756 560 34.9 64.2 82 86 14 26,916 35Västergård N 1,389 1,009 51.6 46.6 68 42 58 21,564 35Wilson park 1,768 1,373 47.3 51.5 75 67 33 26,822 53Ättekulla N 1,305 1,067 48.2 50.3 77 60 40 21,959 33Ättekulla Ö 1,256 983 43.5 55.2 75 65 35 22,278 31Ödåkra N 1,642 1,194 32.3 66.9 80 75 25 25,268 35Ödåkra V 1,627 1,114 40.8 57.8 78 59 41 26,991 41Ödåkra Ö 1,694 1,235 40.0 59.1 82 65 35 27,508 46Source: SVT

Twin towns – sister cities

Helsingborg is twinned with: Alexandria, United States Dubrovnik, Croatia

Pärnu, Estonia

See also Municipalities of Sweden European route E4

References Statistics Sweden

External links

Helsingborg Municipality - Official site The local daily newspaper