Gothenburg Municipality Göteborgs kommun | |
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 Gothenburg City Hall | |
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| Coordinates:57°42′N11°56′E / 57.700°N 11.933°E /57.700; 11.933 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Gothenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jonas Attenius (Social Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,025.37 km2 (395.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 447.76 km2 (172.88 sq mi) |
| • Water | 577.61 km2 (223.02 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (May 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 600,559 |
| • Density | 1,341.3/km2 (3,473.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland andBohuslän |
| Municipal code | 1480 |
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Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun orGöteborgs stad) is amunicipality inVästra Götaland County in westernSweden. Its seat is located in thecity ofGothenburg.
When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the City of Gothenburg, founded and chartered in 1621, became acity municipality with an electedcity council (stadsfullmäktige). Its territory has since then been added throughamalgamations in 1868, 1906, 1922, 1931, 1945, 1948, 1967 and 1974. The local government reform of 1971 made the city a unitary municipality, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itselfGöteborgs stad (City of Gothenburg),[3] whenever legally possible.
In March 2018 it was reported that the municipality and municipality-owned companies had 236 employees working with public relations (Swedish: kommunikation), more than Stockholm, to a cost of 400 000 SEK daily or 151 million SEK annually.[4][5]
The major part of theGothenburg urban area (Göteborgs tätort) is situated within the municipality, but there are also some other localities as well as rural areas.
In 1990 the municipality was subdivided into 21stadsdelsnämnder (district boards), sometimes translated toboroughs, which they really are not. In 2009 the two district boards of Frölunda and Högsbo were joined. It has been decided that from the start of 2011 many more will be joined leaving 10 new district boards.
The boards carry responsibility forprimary school, social, leisure, and cultural services within their respective areas. In theelection of 1998 three boroughs (Askim,Torslanda andÄlvsborg) held localreferendums on forming their own municipalities, but their petitions were rejected by thegovernment of Sweden.
Boroughs:
The municipality has a municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige), consisting of 81 members, elected for four years. The municipal assembly meets in theBourse, a building located onGustaf Adolfs torg. There are nine political parties represented in the council elected in 2022:
| Name | Ideologies | ||||||
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| Political alliance | Vote share | Seats | +/- | ||||
| S | Swedish Social Democratic Party Socialdemokraterna | Social democracy | Red-Green Coalition | 26.4% | 22 / 81 | +5 | |
| M | Moderate Party Moderaterna | Liberal conservatism | M–D–L–KD Coalition | 17.1% | 15 / 81 | +3 | |
| V | Left Party Vänsterpartiet | Socialism,Eco-socialism | Red-Green Coalition | 15.8% | 13 / 81 | +2 | |
| SD | Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna | National conservatism,Right-wing populism | None | 10.8% | 9 / 81 | +2 | |
| D | Democrats Demokraterna | Liberal conservatism,Populism[6] | M–D–L–KD Coalition | 6.1% | 5 / 81 | -9 | |
| MP | Green Party Miljöpartiet | Green politics | Red-Green Coalition | 6.0% | 5 / 81 | -1 | |
| L | Liberals Liberalerna | Liberalism,Conservative liberalism | M–D–L–KD Coalition | 5.5% | 5 / 81 | -1 | |
| KD | Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna | Christian democracy,Conservatism | M–D–L–KD Coalition | 4.2% | 4 / 81 | +1 | |
| C | Centre Party Centerpartiet | Liberalism | None | 4.0% | 3 / 81 | +-0 | |
| FI | Feminist Initiative Feministiskt Initiativ | Feminism | None | 0.8% | 0 / 81 | -2 | |
After the 2022 election it was clear that the governingAlliance could not rule any longer with them winning only 27 seats in the chamber. Soon after the election theCentre Party announced they were starting negotiations with theSocial Democrats (S),Left Party (V) and theGreen Party (MP) about forming a majority coalition that could rule the city for the next four years. These negotiations broke down but S, V and MP could still take the power despite being a minority with only 40 out of 81 seats since C continues to refuse cooperation with theSweden Democrats (SD).
There were ten political parties represented in the council elected in 2018:
| Name | Ideologies | ||||||
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| Political alliance | Vote share | Seats | +/- | ||||
| S | Swedish Social Democratic Party Socialdemokraterna | Social democracy | None | 20.5% | 17 / 81 | -3 | |
| D | Democrats Demokraterna | Liberal conservatism,Populism | None | 17.0% | 14 / 81 | +14 | |
| M | Moderate Party Moderaterna | Liberal conservatism | Alliance | 14.5% | 12 / 81 | -8 | |
| V | Left Party Vänsterpartiet | Socialism,Eco-socialism | Red-green-pink Coalition | 12.6% | 11 / 81 | +3 | |
| SD | Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna | National conservatism,Right-wing populism | None | 8.3% | 7 / 81 | +1 | |
| L | Liberals Liberalerna | Liberalism,Conservative liberalism | Alliance | 7.2% | 6 / 81 | -1 | |
| MP | Green Party Miljöpartiet | Green politics | Red-green-pink Coalition | 6.9% | 6 / 81 | -3 | |
| C | Centre Party Centerpartiet | Liberalism | Alliance | 4.0% | 3 / 81 | +3 | |
| KD | Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna | Christian democracy,Conservatism | Alliance | 3.3% | 3 / 81 | +-0 | |
| FI | Feminist Initiative Feministiskt Initiativ | Feminism | Red-green-pink Coalition | 2.3% | 2 / 81 | -1 | |
Following the2018 municipal elections, neither traditional coalition of parties (theAlliance and theRed-Greens) was able to obtain a majority in the municipal assembly. The newly formed Democrats party, whose primary campaign promise is to stop the construction of theWest Link, obtained 14 seats in the assembly, making it the second-largest party. The Green Party and the Left Party announced on 6 November that they would draft their own municipal budget together, along with Feminist Initiative – thus abandoning their traditional cooperation with the Social Democrats. This has been recognized as the three parties forming a local political alliance which has been referred to as theRed-green-pink coalition.[7] As a result of this theAlliance were able to take the power in Gothenburg for the first time in nearly 30 years.
The municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) has 13 members, representing the six parties from the two major political coalitions who have seats in the assembly.
The chairwoman of the municipal assembly isÅse-Lill Törnquist (MP) and the chairman of the municipal executive committee (sometimes titledmayor) isJonas Attenius from the Social Democrats.
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