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Knivsta Municipality

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Country
  
Sweden

Seat
  
Knivsta

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Province
  
Uppland

County
  
Uppsala County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
0330

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Knivsta Municipality (Knivsta kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Knivsta, with some 7,100 inhabitants.

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History

Until 1971 Knivsta was a municipality in Stockholm County, when it was merged into Uppsala Municipality and subsequently belonged to Uppsala County. On January 1, 2003 Knivsta was separated from Uppsala to once again form a separate municipality, located in Uppsala County.

The coat of arms symbolises the Stones of Mora where the Swedish Kings were elected in ancient times.

Localities

  • Alsike
  • Knivsta (seat)

    • Government and politics

    Distribution of the 31 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

  • Moderate Party 9
  • Social Democratic Party 6
  • Knivsta.Nu 5
  • Liberal People's Party 3
  • Centre Party 3
  • Green Party 2
  • Christian Democrats 1
  • Left Party 1
  • Sweden Democrats 1

    • Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Knivsta:

  • Moderate Party 38.2%
  • Social Democratic Party 19.2%
  • Liberal People's Party 9.5%
  • Centre Party 9.2%
  • Green Party 7.4%
  • Christian Democrats 7.1%
  • Sweden Democrats 4.4%
  • Left Party 3.5%

    • References

    Knivsta Municipality Wikipedia
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