Knivsta Municipality

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**Knivsta Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Uppsala County in Sweden Uppsala County; Knivsta Municipality in south-east Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Knivsta
	59°_43'_N_17°_48'_E
	County	Uppsala County
	Province	Uppland
	Area Rank	283 km² 231st of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	12,586 171st of 290
	Population density	45/km²

Knivsta Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Uppsala County, in central Sweden. Of the total population of 12 586, 6 317 are male, and 6 269 are female.

Its seat is in Knivsta, with 7,100 inhabitants.

[edit] History

Until 1971 Knivsta was a municipality in Stockholm County, when it was merged into Uppsala Municipality and was subsequently belonged to Uppsala County. On January 1, 2003 Knivsta was separated from Uppsala to once again form a separate municipality, located in Uppsala County.

The coat of arms symbolise the Stones of Mora where, in ancient times, the Swedish Kings were elected.