City Governance
Our aim is to continuously develop Stockholm, to be there for its citizens and to make Stockholm Northern Europe's most attractive city for people and businesses looking for high quality of life, financial growth and a vibrant, knowledge-based environment.
City Governance
Political Organisation
If the City of Stockholm were a company, we would have made the Financial Times' 500-list over the largest enterprises in the world. The capital's service organisation employes around 40,000 people.
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Local Governance
Between national and municipal government there is a regional level of government, composed of 18 counties and two districts. The national administration in each of these counties is represented by a County Governor and a County Administrative Board.
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The City Budget
The City’s budget is approved annually in November by the City Council. Schools, pre-schools, elderly care and roads are some of the operations that require municipal funding. Revenue is raised from taxes, fees, charges and state grants.
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Vision 2040 - A Stockholm for everyone
Vision 2040 was developed by Stockholm's city departments, administrations and companies, along with several external partners. It is a long term, complete vision for the city's development and sustainable growth. The Vision consists of four main goals.
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Economic Growth
Stockholm is the financial center of Scandinavia with the largest gross regional product. It is also one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Europe.
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e-Governance
The City of Stockholm's e-services play an important part in the mission to offer fast, easy and top class service to stockholmers, based on individual choice and preference.
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Family and Social Welfare
The City of Stockholm's welfare services have a strong focus on top quality for everyone alike, and are based on the citizens' needs and individual choices.
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Education
Four of five children in Stockholm under the age of six attend pre-school. At the age of six, most children attend a preparatory year before compulsory school starts at the age of seven. All education for children is free of charge, and the City also provides many free adult education programs.
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Smart and Connected City
On April 3, 2017 the City Council adopted a strategy to further develop the smart city through coordination of the City's work on digitalization. The strategy has been developed together with the Stockholmers.
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