Sigtuna Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm. The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.

The municipality consists of several former local government units and was formed in 1971. It got its name from the small, but very old, City of Sigtuna, but the seat was placed in the larger modern town of Märsta. The three towns of the municipality are Märsta (pop. 23,000), Sigtuna (pop. 8,000) and Rosersberg (pop. 1,400), of which Märsta is the municipal seat and Sigtuna with its old and important history is a popular tourist destination.

Sigtuna Municipality is also home to Stockholm Arlanda Airport, the main airport serving Stockholm, and the largest airport in Sweden.

Demography Population development

2022 population by district This is a demographic table based on Sigtuna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

There were 50,180 residents, including 33,030 Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 54.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Arenberga 2,228 1,638 43.6 54.2 81 64 36 27,530 36Björkbacka-Charlottenberg 1,751 1,151 28.2 69.8 79 70 30 30,436 44Brännbo-Klockbacken 2,127 1,519 39.0 59.3 72 67 33 25,868 46Centrala Marsta 1,848 1,274 51.2 46.5 76 50 50 24,897 39Centrala Sigtuna 2,234 1,686 34.2 64.5 81 82 18 31,601 52Gamla Märsta 1,893 1,197 50.4 45.8 76 44 56 24,194 33Lunda-Skepptuna-Vidbo 1,333 988 35.0 64.0 85 85 15 27,660 25Munkholmen 1,420 1,019 30.6 68.2 81 77 23 35,692 56Norra Ekilla 1,356 957 42.1 56.0 82 65 35 28,525 36N Rosersberg-Skånela 1,526 1,090 31.7 66.7 84 79 21 29,750 32Norra Sigtuna 964 740 30.9 67.8 80 78 22 29,402 46Norra Valsta 2,119 1,172 56.9 35.0 66 22 78 19,981 31Nymärsta 1,839 1,105 55.7 40.8 70 23 77 21,041 35Odensala 1,429 1,040 31.9 66.7 87 86 14 30,394 33Prästängen-Ragvaldsbo 1,453 1,255 38.9 59.6 81 73 27 29,921 47Rävsta-Steningehöjden 1,675 1,018 35.7 62.0 84 51 49 29,503 41Sjudargården-S:t Per 1,894 1,420 32.0 67.1 82 80 20 32,814 53Steninge slottsby 2,335 1,553 44.8 53.4 80 48 52 28,340 44Sundveda-S Ekilla 2,242 1,461 44.6 52.3 73 47 53 23,630 33Sätuna 1,664 1,193 50.1 47.6 72 53 47 23,574 35Södra Rosersberg 1,393 1,041 41.5 57.2 83 76 24 27,806 36Södra Valsta 2,603 1,326 55.0 35.3 64 14 86 19,410 29Tingvalla 2,094 1,121 60.5 32.3 65 19 81 19,844 29Valsta C 2,089 1,112 54.1 41.0 64 18 82 19,586 29Västra Steninge 2,452 1,648 43.6 54.9 80 47 53 27,864 36Östra Norrbacka 1,916 1,178 53.2 39.7 71 41 59 23,429 32Östra Valsta 2,303 1,128 56.2 36.6 68 18 82 20,625 36Source: SVT

Industry

In the municipality lies the largest workplace in Sweden, the Arlanda Airport, with 13,000 employees in 200 companies. As a result, Sigtuna is travelled through by 18,300,000 visitors yearly, and has the fourth most hotel stays, following to the commercial and regional centres Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.

Swedavia, the Swedish airport management company, has its head office on the airport property."Swedavia Start Page ." Swedavia. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Swedavia AB, 190 45 Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden." Scandinavian Airlines previously had its head office on the airport property."SAS Head Office in Sweden." Scandinavian Airlines. Retrieved on 27 January 2012. "SAS Head Office Stockholm-Arlanda Kabinvägen 5 SE-195 87 Stockholm"

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities The municipality is twinned with:

Sønderborg Municipality in Denmark Rakvere in Estonia Raisio in Finland Porsgrunn in Norway

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