Region Gotland

Region Gotland Gotlands Kommun (Swedish)
Municipality and Region
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Region Gotland
Coordinates: 57°38′N 18°17′E
Country	Sweden
National Area	Småland and the islands
County	Gotland County
Seat	Visby
Area
• Total	15,241.07 km2 (5,884.61 sq mi)
• Land	3,134.05 km2 (1,210.06 sq mi)
• Water	12,107.02 km2 (4,674.55 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (30 June 2025)
• Total	60,926
• Density	18.9/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Gotland
Municipal code	0980
Website	www.gotland.se

Region Gotland, legally Gotlands kommun (English: Gotland Municipality), is a municipality with regional responsibilities that covers the entire island of Gotland in Sweden. The city of Visby is the municipality's seat. Gotland Municipality is the 39th most populous municipality in Sweden.

The flag of the municipality is a white ram on a red background.

History

On 31 December 1951 there were 93 local government units on the island of Gotland, among them one city (Visby), one market town (Slite), one county council and a lot of rural municipalities, many of them with fewer than 100 inhabitants.

Twenty years later the situation was totally different.

The first of the two nationwide local government reforms in Sweden during the 20th century was implemented on 1 January 1952. From that date on, the rural municipalities on the island were regrouped into twelve new enlarged municipalities, which together with Visby, Slite and the Gotland County Council formed the new administrative pattern.

After ten years it was clear that this reform had not been radical enough and the work began preparing for the next one.

On 1 January 1971 the second and last local government reform was implemented in Sweden. All administrative and judicial differences between rural and urban areas were abolished. Only one type of municipality (kommun) existed from that date on. In the case of Gotland all the former entities were united into one single unit. As there was only one municipality in the county, also the County Council was abolished and merged into the new unitary municipality.

As the municipality is the only one in Sweden with both local and regional functions, normally provided separately by the Municipalities and Regional councils respectively, Gotland has a special status as a municipality and has officially been named Region Gotland as of 2011.

Localities

There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Gotland Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population in 2005	Population in 2012
1	Visby	22,236	23,576
2	Hemse	1,836	1,734
3	Slite	1,598	1,500
4	Klintehamn	1,407	1,350
5	Vibble	1,135	1,300
6	Romakloster	905	949
7	Fårösund	862	800
8	Lärbro	521	500
9	Burgsvik	347	350
10	Stånga	342	300
11	Havdhem	318	300
12	Västerhejde	302	n a
13	Tingstäde	278	n a
14	Väskinde	275	250
15	Roma kyrkby	253	n a
16	När	209	n a

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gotland 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 60,941 residents, including 48,274 Swedish citizens of voting age. 59.2 % voted for the left coalition and 39.3 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Burgsvik 902 818 64.5 34.8 77 93 7 20,907 20 Dalhem 1,292 988 51.4 46.9 86 95 5 26,008 39 Eksta 1,343 1,085 54.3 43.5 79 94 6 21,860 32 Endre 1,378 1,045 54.6 44.5 86 93 7 26,718 34 Eskelhem 1,770 1,429 53.2 45.9 85 93 7 24,823 42 Fårö 507 452 58.5 39.4 79 95 5 20,165 34 Fårösund 1,262 1,029 58.1 39.6 73 88 12 20,146 34 Garde 1,331 1,115 58.1 41.1 82 95 5 21,928 32 Havdhem 1,115 950 62.3 36.1 80 94 6 20,185 30 Hemse/Alva 1,343 1,071 61.6 35.8 67 85 15 17,893 25 Hemse/Rone 1,213 984 56.0 42.4 79 92 8 20,248 28 Klinte 1,673 1,274 60.4 36.9 76 87 13 20,145 29 Kräklingbo 950 818 69.4 29.1 80 93 7 20,817 40 Lärbro 1,400 1,118 52.5 46.3 81 93 7 22,457 26 Roma 1,536 1,162 55.9 42.0 84 92 8 23,351 27 Sanda 1,528 1,180 57.0 41.2 88 95 5 24,339 38 Slite Othem/Boge 1,193 978 57.1 40.5 70 87 13 20,149 21 Slite Othem/Hellvi 982 810 51.0 47.4 83 91 9 23,849 25 Stenkumla 1,340 1,039 54.6 44.3 88 94 6 26,018 37 Stånga 1,494 1,238 59.3 38.7 86 95 5 22,320 31 Tingstäde 1,749 1,398 58.0 40.2 85 94 6 25,284 39 Vallstena 1,398 1,081 54.2 44.8 88 93 7 25,624 33 Visby A7/Östra Vi 2,382 1,874 61.3 37.8 80 90 10 25,127 49 Visby Bingeby 1,852 1,365 64.9 32.0 71 78 22 20,400 30 Visby Djuplunda 1,891 1,422 62.6 36.3 85 91 9 27,264 47 Visby Furulund 1,912 1,421 60.0 37.3 76 82 18 21,389 30 Visby Galgberget 1,653 1,360 57.2 41.7 81 90 10 28,402 55 Visby Innerstaden 1,748 1,337 66.2 32.9 77 87 13 28,464 67 Visby Länna 2,048 1,660 65.0 33.9 81 90 10 25,885 51 Visby Norr 1,363 1,108 65.7 32.5 69 85 15 19,685 36 Visby Pilhagen 1,410 1,202 65.3 33.6 81 93 7 22,440 35 Visby Skarphäll 1,813 1,541 62.8 35.9 84 93 7 25,668 42 Visby Söder 1,442 1,134 58.5 40.4 66 83 17 21,564 57 Visby Terra Nova 1,872 1,398 59.2 39.6 80 92 8 26,962 34 Visby Visborg 1,665 1,398 62.1 36.8 78 90 10 23,131 46 Visby Y Furulund 1,448 1,112 65.6 32.0 71 81 19 19,127 23 Visby Öster 1,543 1,195 61.1 37.4 72 86 14 23,933 55 Vänge 1,167 940 54.8 43.9 86 93 7 23,742 29 Väskinde 2,320 1,779 57.4 41.5 85 94 6 26,390 39 Västerhejde 2,713 1,966 56.2 42.9 85 92 8 28,459 45 Source: SVT

Politics

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag held in Gotland since 1973. The results only include parties that have won representation in the Riksdag assembly at least once during this timeframe. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. The respective coalitions are based on which prime minister the party backed at the back end of each governance period.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973	90.2	34,168	1.8	37.2	0.0	39.6	7.3	1.0	12.7			39.0	59.6
1976	90.7	36,105	2.6	37.7	0.0	37.3	8.3	0.6	13.4			40.3	59.0
1979	90.0	36,585	4.2	38.7	0.0	31.3	8.7	0.6	16.1			42.9	56.1
1982	90.6	37,646	3.7	42.1	2.3	27.3	5.1	1.0	18.3			45.8	50.7
1985	88.9	37,766	3.7	41.8	2.5	24.4	10.4		17.0			45.5	51.8
1988	85.8	36,362	4.1	41.0	6.8	25.0	7.9	1.5	13.4			51.9	46.3
1991	85.9	36,458	3.8	36.2	4.3	20.7	6.6	5.0	16.7		6.4	40.0	49.0
1994	86.1	37,009	5.2	43.5	6.7	17.9	4.5	2.5	18.0		1.3	55.4	40.4
1998	79.8	34,201	10.8	34.8	5.7	15.0	3.4	8.7	19.2			51.3	46.3
2002	79.0	34,376	8.4	40.8	5.5	15.6	7.8	6.5	14.0	0.6		54.7	43.9
2006	81.4	35,750	6.0	34.9	6.3	19.3	4.4	3.8	21.6	1.6		47.2	49.1
2010	84,9	38,640	6.1	33.3	8.4	14.6	4.6	2.9	25.2	3.2		47.8	47.3
2014	86.5	39,655	5.8	32.2	7.2	13.4	3.8	2.8	21.3	8.2		45.2	41.3
2018	88.8	41,129	9.0	29.8	5.0	17.2	3.7	4.1	16.6	12.7		61.0	37.2
2022	87.1	41,459	6.4	34.6	6.5	11.7	2.8	4.0	16.8	15.7		59.2	39.3

Local

Election results:

Party		Seats in the 2002 election	Seats in the 2006 election	Seats in the 2010 election	Seats in the 2014 election	Seats in the 2018 election
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	28	24	24	21	18
	Centre Party	13	17	15	14	18
	Moderate Party	11	14	15	13	11
	Left Party	8	7	6	7	7
	Liberal People's Party	4	4	4	4	3
	Green Party	4	4	7	8	4
	Christian Democrats	3	1	0	0	2
	Sweden Democrats	0	0	0	3	6
	Feminist Initiative	0	0	0	1	2
Total		71	71	71	71	71

Region

Main article: County Councils of Sweden

When Gotland was made into a single municipality in the 1970s, the county council was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the municipality, making it a unitary authority. During a trial period some of the authority normally held by the Gotland County Administrative Board, an agency of the national government, has also been devolved to the Gotland Municipality, as well as to two mainland councils. The municipality of Gotland is therefore in this respect also a region. It has responsibility for the public healthcare system and public transport.

Events organised by the municipality

The municipality coordinates the annual Almedalen Week (Almedalsveckan), an important meetingplace for everyone involved in Swedish politics. During the week, representatives from the political parties in the Riksdag take turns to hold speeches in the Almedalen park in Visby.

See also

• Politics of Sweden
• Elections in Sweden
• List of Gotland Governors

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Gotland Municipality – Official site
• Coat of arms