Lidingö Municipality
Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lidingö Municipality (Lidingö kommun semi-officially named as Lidingö stad) is a municipality east of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located on the island of Lidingö. The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.
Lidingö Municipality
Lidingö kommun | |
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Coordinates: 59°22′N 18°09′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Stockholm County |
Seat | Lidingö |
Area | |
• Total | 51.05 km2 (19.71 sq mi) |
• Land | 30.8 km2 (11.9 sq mi) |
• Water | 20.25 km2 (7.82 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 48,324 |
• Density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Uppland |
Municipal code | 0186 |
Website | www |
Density is calculated using land area only. |
It is chiefly located on the island Lidingö, but also incorporates a few smaller islands in the surroundings, most notably the Fjäderholmarna islands within the Stockholm archipelago.
Being an island municipality it has not been amalgamated with any other entities. The small island of Tranholmen has, however, been transferred to Danderyd Municipality. The rural municipality was made a market town (köping) in 1910, a city in 1926 and a unitary municipality in 1971.
The municipality always refers to itself as Lidingö stad ("the City of Lidingö"). This was a decision taken by the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) in 1992.
Raoul Wallenberg, Righteous Among the Nations, was born in Lidingö on 4 August 1912.