Districts of Sweden

Stockholm Municipality uses the English term "district" (Swedish: stadsdelområde) to describe these subdivisions.

[citation needed] The districts were first created in 1997 to facilitate the efficiency of local government in Stockholm.

These 21 districts can be further divided into 94 subdivisions (called primärområden/primary areas) which exist only for statistical and organizational purposes, and serve no administrative function.

[5][6] These districts each have a board or council called a stadsdelsfullmäktige, each consisting of eleven members, which are responsible for various local administrative tasks.

In Malmö, the district councils are also responsible for assisting members of the community in contacting their politicians or navigating their way through government agencies.

For example, Strängnäs Municipality uses district councils (kommundelsråd) which serve a purely advisory function and have no administrative power.

[10] Other municipalities that use districts for advisory or administrative purposes include Huddinge, Kalmar, Köping,[11] Södertälje,[12] Umeå[13] and Västerås.