Municipalities of Sweden

Since 1999-01-01 local administration in Sweden is divided into 289 municipalities (kommun). Municipalities are responsible for planning, housing, education, social welfare, electricity and water supplies, streets, parks, recreation, culture, and so on.

The current municipality division is more or less based on the municipal reforms of 1971/1974 when about 600 municipalities were reduced to about 300.

Read more about Swedish administrative divisions in Infrastructure.