Växjö Municipality () is a municipality in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where Växjö is the seat.

The municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Växjö with the surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) included in the present municipality is 29.

Localities There are 12 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in the City of Växjö.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2006. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population 1 Växjö 66,275 2 Rottne 2,240 3 Lammhult 1,781 4 Ingelstad 1,667 5 Braås 1,608 6 Gemla 1,498 7 Åryd 671 8 Åby 447 9 Furuby 349 10 Nöbbele 244 11 Tävelsås 225

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Växjö 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 95,780 residents, including 70,824 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.4% voted for the left coalition and 49.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Araby 2,089 1,294 71.3 21.3 55 18 82 15,244 27Arenastaden 1,088 827 49.3 49.1 83 56 44 26,330 41Berg 1,041 809 46.1 53.1 90 94 6 27,692 48Bergunda 1,262 988 41.4 57.9 89 82 18 28,820 47Braås 2,381 1,632 51.2 47.7 76 70 30 22,265 29Bäckaslöv 1,306 1,150 47.4 51.5 83 83 17 28,319 54Centrum 1,462 1,295 44.0 54.8 83 82 18 27,057 52Dalbo C 2,231 1,214 71.5 20.7 54 19 81 14,145 28Dädesjö 615 462 44.7 52.3 91 93 7 27,367 43Fagrabäck 1,584 1,291 52.2 46.5 80 78 22 25,854 54Furuby 756 549 43.5 55.7 89 91 9 27,716 43Furutå 1,910 1,463 52.5 46.9 83 75 25 28,104 66Gamla Hovshaga 1,693 1,275 47.6 52.0 85 82 18 30,219 58Gemla 1,886 1,353 49.7 49.5 87 89 11 27,771 45Hov 2,069 1,559 53.7 45.7 90 83 17 29,736 53Hovshaga C 1,948 1,491 51.3 46.8 81 67 33 25,853 40Högstorp-Hollstorp 2,208 1,624 47.8 51.9 89 90 10 32,490 62Ingelstad 2,411 1,794 47.0 52.2 84 89 11 25,507 44Kampen-Sigfrid 1,469 1,244 52.4 45.5 78 77 23 26,604 58Kronoberg 2,165 1,497 44.6 55.1 89 84 16 33,733 63Kungsmad 1,896 1,447 43.3 53.5 79 72 28 28,547 57Kvarnhagen 1,859 1,324 50.9 47.1 79 69 31 25,052 37Lammhult 2,371 1,575 36.8 61.4 73 71 29 21,803 26Lasarettet 1,722 1,510 45.5 53.8 87 83 17 29,931 60Liedsbergsgatan 1,913 1,439 57.2 39.7 67 42 58 18,812 39Ljungfälle-Teleborg 1,860 1,289 56.2 41.7 69 59 41 22,094 47Norr 1,429 1,128 51.9 47.6 87 92 8 30,788 56Norrelid 1,136 1,064 54.4 45.0 86 86 14 26,985 57Nya Hovshaga 2,185 1,635 52.9 45.4 88 81 19 28,084 47Nydala 2,283 1,240 70.1 20.0 59 21 79 15,639 30Pilbäcken 2,002 1,386 62.5 34.4 71 43 57 20,974 35Ringsberg 1,541 1,383 53.4 45.3 79 82 18 25,327 48Rottne N 1,237 855 39.8 58.7 83 79 21 25,771 33Rottne S 1,724 1,265 42.1 56.8 84 84 16 24,227 34Sandsbro V 2,983 1,563 46.9 52.6 88 87 13 30,647 58Sandsbro Ö 2,395 1,736 44.9 54.2 90 91 9 30,637 51Stallvägen 1,580 870 53.4 46.4 33 48 52 3,687 78Söder 1,866 1,408 51.2 47.3 87 85 15 32,961 67Teknikum 1,352 1,049 64.3 34.4 76 68 32 23,189 45Teleborg C 1,948 1,410 62.1 35.6 61 49 51 17,794 43Teleborg S 1,874 1,415 48.8 51.0 84 82 18 28,965 63Torparängen 1,781 1,388 60.0 39.2 80 74 26 25,353 56Tävelsås-Uråsa 1,705 1,219 45.3 53.2 90 91 9 28,101 48Ulriksberg 1,999 1,438 44.7 54.8 87 81 19 30,643 61Universitetet N 1,456 1,214 47.6 51.5 49 73 27 9,744 76Universitetet S 1,282 897 49.5 48.4 31 59 41 4,894 73Vederslöv 1,571 1,197 40.7 58.7 90 94 6 28,082 43Vikaholm 1,671 1,199 51.5 47.7 87 67 33 29,372 63Värends Nöbbele 686 504 45.0 54.1 88 94 6 26,427 35Väster 1,764 1,511 44.3 54.2 86 86 14 28,301 51Åby 1,422 1,031 42.5 56.2 90 90 10 28,058 44Åryd 1,639 1,171 43.9 54.8 88 88 12 28,414 41Öjaby N 1,365 1,005 38.1 61.1 91 93 7 32,372 56Öjaby S-Räppe 2,063 1,505 39.9 59.5 87 87 13 30,164 49Öster 1,572 1,355 48.2 50.1 82 85 15 27,140 56Östra Lugnet 2,074 1,388 45.4 54.1 90 81 19 32,059 58Source: SVT

Economy Largest employers in the municipality:

Växjö Municipality 7,400 Kronoberg County Administrative Board 4,000 Linnaeus University 1,000 Volvo Construction Equipment 800 SAAB/Combitech 340 Atea 300 Alstom Power 300 Visma SPCS 300 Rottne Industri AB 250 Södra Skogsägarna 230 Getinge Disinfection 230 Boss Media 210 Staples Sweden (TG Skrivab) 210 Coop Dagligvaruhandel 210 Skanska 200 Wexiodisk 185

(as of 2010-12-15: )

Environmental work

Växjö Municipality has a long-term and strategic environmental and climate work and has called itself “The Greenest City in Europe” since 2007. It has its foundation in a long history of commitment to environmental issues, and ambitious goals for a green future. It is a vision shared with the citizens and the local companies.

In 2017 Växjö, was awarded the European Green Leaf Award 2018 by the European Commission. The prize is awarded to cities with less than 100 000 inhabitants that show good results and ambitions in terms of environment and committed to generate green growth.

Actions and results

In the early 1970s, Lake Trummen was restored with good results. Twenty years later, the same was done with Växjösjön and Södra Bergundasjön. This was done since the lakes suffered from eutrophication. Through dredging, the damaged ecosystems were restored and today the lakes are fully bath-friendly with a rich wildlife. The aim to receive good water quality for the whole lake system continues and in 2014 the Municipal Council decided to take new actions.

In the 1980s, Växjö Energi AB, Veab, began small-scale use of biofuels in district heating. Thus, the heating plant became the first in Sweden to be fueled with biofuels in this way. In the coming decades, the project was expanded and in 2015, after the inauguration of a third co generation power plant, the heat and power production comes almost entirely from renewable sources.

In 1996, Växjö Municipality decided that it would be completely free from fossil fuels, to be achieved by year 2030. Between 1993 and 2015, carbon dioxide emissions in Växjö have decreased by 54%. This while the city has been able to show strong economic growth. In recent years, Växjö has invested a lot in high-rise wood buildings. Today Växjö is one of the cities where you find most ongoing projects of high-rise wood buildings in Sweden.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities The municipality is twinned with:

Aabenraa, Denmark Almere, Netherlands Duluth, Minnesota, United States Kalush, Ukraine Kaunas, Lithuania Lancaster, United Kingdom Lohja, Finland Pobiedziska, Poland Ringerike, Norway Schwerin, Germany Skagaströnd, Iceland

See also List of Kronoberg Governors Kronoberg Castle

References

External links

Växjö Municipality - Official site Tourism Växjö