Sigtuna Municipality

Sigtuna Municipality (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately 37 km north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.

The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.

The municipality consists of several former local government units and was formed in 1971. It got its name from the small, but very old, City of Sigtuna, but the seat was placed in the larger modern town of Märsta.

The three towns of the municipality are Märsta (pop. 23,000), Sigtuna (pop. 8,000) and Rosersberg (pop. 1,400), of which Märsta is the municipal seat and Sigtuna with its old and important history is a popular tourist destination.

High rise in the centre of Märsta

St Olofs Church ruin in Sigtuna

Rosersberg Palace near Rosersberg in Sigtuna Municipality

Skånela church, Skånela in Sigtuna Municipality

"Arkaden" in Märsta with restaurant, offices and a gym

Märsta Railway station

The large Brista powerstation in Sigtuna Municipality

Industry

In the municipality lies the largest workplace in Sweden, the Arlanda Airport, with 13,000 employees in 200 companies. As a result, Siguna is travelled through by 18,300,000 visitors yearly, and has the fourth most hotel stays, following to the commercial and regional centres Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.^{[citation needed]}

Scandinavian Airlines has its head office on the airport property.^[3] Swedavia, the Swedish airport management company, has its head office on the airport property.^[4] The airline Skyways previously had its head office on the airport property.^[5]

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned ^[6] with:

References

↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
↑ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2012" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
↑ "SAS Head Office in Sweden." Scandinavian Airlines. Retrieved on 27 January 2012. "SAS Head Office Stockholm-Arlanda Kabinvägen 5 SE-195 87 Stockholm"
↑ "Swedavia Start Page." Swedavia. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Swedavia AB, 190 45 Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden."
↑ "Contact." Skyways. 9 April 2010. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. "Visiting address Arlanda Flygplats"
↑ http://www.sigtuna.se/upload/Kommun%20&%20Politik/Internationellt%20arbete/p269.pdf

External links

Sigtuna Municipality - Official site (Swedish)

v t e Municipalities and seats of Stockholm County

Municipalities	Botkyrka Danderyd Ekerö Haninge Huddinge Järfälla Lidingö Nacka Norrtälje Nykvarn Nynäshamn Österåker Salem Sigtuna Södertälje Sollentuna Solna Stockholm Sundbyberg Täby Tyresö Upplands-Bro Upplands Väsby Vallentuna Värmdö Vaxholm

Municipal seats	Åkersberga Danderyd (Djursholm) Ekerö Gustavsberg Handen Huddinge Järfälla (Jakobsberg) Kungsängen Lidingö Märsta Nacka Norrtälje Nykvarn Nynäshamn Salem Södertälje Sollentuna Solna (Skytteholm) Stockholm Sundbyberg Täby Tyresö (Bollmora) Tumba Upplands Väsby Vallentuna Vaxholm

Counties of Sweden Sweden

v t e Localities in Sigtuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden

Localities	Märsta (seat) Rosersberg Sigtuna

Coordinates: 59°37′N 17°43′E / 59.617°N 17.717°E / 59.617; 17.717

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