Österåker Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga, with a population of 26,727 (2005).

From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality.

Its location by the Stockholm archipelago, in the Roslagen area, attracts both people who settles here, often commuting to Stockholm, and visiting tourists. Österåker boasts several golf courses, many possibilities for canoeing, horse riding, fishing and other nature activities.

Österåker also has a historical significance, with at least three notable castles from the 17th and 18th centuries, with histories tracing even further back. Sweden's once largest quartz mine, the Härsbacka mine, lays within the municipality.

Like many other municipalities making up Metropolitan Stockholm, Österåker has a significant outward-commuting mainly to Stockholm, with some 13,000 commuters.

Geography Of the 800 islands and islets, the largest one is Ljusterö, a community of its own covering the eastern side of the mainland, and accessible by car. Easy access is granted by regular ferries, including one old steam ship from 1898. Other major islands are Finnhamn, Husarö and Ingmarsö.

Localities Rydbo Skärgårdsstad Svinninge Åkersberga (seat) Österskär

Demography Population development

2022 by district This is a demographic table based on Österåker 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 48,128 residents, including 34,684 Swedish citizens of voting age. 40.8% voted for the left coalition and 58.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Berga NV 2,074 1,505 50.1 48.1 78 68 32 25,311 57Berga SÖ 2,114 1,710 48.4 50.0 79 68 32 23,934 34Björksättra-Högsättra 1,785 1,213 43.2 55.5 85 79 21 30,476 44Brevik 1,846 1,390 36.8 61.9 85 86 14 34,960 50Flaxenvik-Grindmossen 1,670 1,228 37.5 62.0 85 80 20 29,903 38Fredsborg 2,562 1,501 38.2 59.8 85 74 26 35,530 60Hacksta V 2,077 1,328 47.2 50.6 75 51 49 23,127 31Hacksta Ö 1,274 1,049 51.9 47.5 76 71 29 24,097 37Ljusterö 2,042 1,724 35.0 63.5 79 87 13 25,260 28Margretelund 1,931 1,401 34.4 64.8 87 85 15 36,895 56Roslagskulla-Åsättra 2,248 1,754 37.7 61.2 85 82 18 28,502 34Runö 2,124 1,549 43.3 55.4 79 66 34 25,659 36Rydbo 1,443 1,051 39.5 59.8 87 84 16 36,715 56Skånsta 1,972 1,351 42.8 56.3 84 81 19 30,863 41Skärgårdsstad 1,775 1,274 29.4 69.3 86 84 16 36.233 50Smedby 1,666 1,154 42.6 56.7 88 81 19 30,408 45Svinninge 2,450 1,687 31.9 67.1 85 84 16 36,307 54Säby 1,257 882 39.9 58.7 88 82 18 34,486 50Söra N 2,500 1,675 46.1 52.8 87 78 22 32,289 50Söra S 1,829 1,271 46.9 52.2 84 62 38 26,490 46Tråsättra 1,897 1,347 42.2 56.7 86 80 20 30,639 48Tuna 1,667 1,215 46.3 52.1 84 78 22 27,789 54Åkerstorp 1,939 1,343 50.0 48.6 84 82 18 30,542 44Österskär V 2,186 1,696 35.3 64.1 85 87 13 36,614 62Österskär Ö 1,800 1,386 34.6 64.8 84 88 12 39,385 67Source: SVT

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 8 916, or 20.20% of the population (44 130 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 5 079, or 14.25% of the population (35 633 on 31 December 2002).Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019) On 31 December 2017 there were 44 130 residents in Österåker, of which 7 117 people (16.13%) 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.Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019

Country of birth 31 December 2017 1 2 : Other countries 3 4 5 Asia: Other countries 6 South America 7 8 9 10 11 outside of the EU: other countries 12 North America 13 Africa: Other countries 14 15 16 17 18 /SFR Yugoslavia/ 19 20 21 22 Oceania 23 24 25 26 Unknown country of birth

2022 Election Elections to Swedish municipals are held every fourth year on the third Sunday in September. The 2022 election to the 51-seat council resulted in the centre-right majority of four parties (M, L, KD and C) staying in power.

2022 Election Results The Majority Red-Green Parties OtherThe Majority(M, L, C, KD)R-G(S, V, MP)OtherRPMED Others 2022 Percentage 38.24% 5.39% 4.56% 3.35% 22.55% 4.54% 3.48% 6.54% 8.98%2.2% 0.18% 51.54% 30.57% 17.9% 2022 Seats 20 2 3 2 11 2 2 3 5 1 0 27 15 9

Public transportation Österåker is served by the Stockholm public transport system through SL. There are six stops on the narrow gauge Roslagsbanan suburban railway and buses to Stockholm and Norrtälje as well as an extensive internal bus network.

Sister Cities See list of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Korčula, Croatia Maaninka, Finland Måløy, Norway Norddjurs, Denmark Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia

References

External links

Österåker Municipality - Official site