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Swedish municipalities

There are 290 municipalities in Sweden. Stockholm is the largest with 955,574 citizens (2024). Dorotea is the smallest with 2,294 citizens (2024).

Common challenge

There will be fewer people available to take care of the elderly. Photo: Mads Schmidt Rasmussen, norden.org

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