Nacka Municipality

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.

• Name — Nacka Municipality • Native Name — Nacka kommun • Settlement Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 120x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Stockholm County • Seat Type — Seat • Seat — Nacka • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Note — Area as of. • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Demonyms — Nackan • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Blank Name Sec1 — Province • Blank Info Sec1 — Uppland and Södermanland • Blank1 Name Sec1 — Municipal code • Blank1 Info Sec1 — 0182 • Iso Code — SE • Website — www.nacka.se • Footnotes — Density is calculated using land area only.

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 largest ones are Boo, Fisksätra, Saltsjöbaden, Skuru and Älta.

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 lived by farming and fishing. A Danish sailing description from the late 13th century describes the area as a transportation region. The water roads were easier to use than the land roads and were also the main route to the capital, Stockholm. Those circumstances cause plenty of restaurants to be along the shores to cater to travellers. 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 citizens of Stockholm for a summer excursion. Many of the artists of the times have documented the excursions in drawings and songs. During the wintertime, the waterways change somewhatm and instead of taking the seaway, travellers crossed the many lakes with sleighs 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.

The municipality has had a continuous population increase since the 1960s and has almost doubled its population. Today it is the third most populous municipality in Stockholm County, after Stockholm Municipality and Huddinge Municipality, and the 20th in Sweden. The massive increase in housing supply has caused the population to be 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 a service nature. Nacka has an extensive commuting traffic to Stockholm City, and few major companies are located in Nacka itself. Nacka is being integrated into the Stockholm Metro via the Blue Line extension. Construction began in 2020 and is expected to be completed by 2030. The extension includes three new stations in the municipality, Sickla, Järla and a new terminus station, Nacka (located near the Nacka Forum shopping center).

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.

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

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. role="presentation" • Location • data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | % — data-sort-type="number" | % — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | • 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

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.

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 • 2 — European Union: Other countries • 3 — Asia: Other countries • 4 — Finland • 5 — South America • 6 — Poland • 7 — Africa: Other countries • 8 — Europe outside of the EU: other countries • 9 — Iraq • 10 — Iran • 11 — North America • 12 — Afghanistan • 13 — Syria • 14 — Germany • 15 — Thailand • 16 — Eritrea • 17 — Turkey • 18 — Norway • 19 — Yugoslavia/ SFR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro • 20 — Somalia • 21 — Denmark • 22 — Bosnia and Herzegovina • 23 — USSR • 24 — Oceania • 25 — Iceland • 26 — Unknown country of birth

The following sports clubs are located in Nacka: • Järla IF FK

• Nackasändaren Radio Mast

• Magdalena Andersson - politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party • 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 • Edvin Ryding - actor

The municipality is twinned with: • Estonia Keila, Estonia • Finland Pyhtää, Finland • Latvia Jelgava, Latvia • Poland Gliwice, Poland • Greenwich, Connecticut, United States • Nicaragua Santa Rosa del Peñón, Nicaragua • Turkey Adalar, Turkey

The images give a view of how the geography looks, with some hills and some tall houses, and streets. • Illustration — Alphyddan • Illustration — Gäddviken • Illustration — Finnberget • Illustration — Värmdöleden at Alphyddan • Illustration — Nacka church, built in 1891 • Illustration — Svindersvik, a summer estate built in 1740