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Flen

Coordinates:59°03′N16°35′E/ 59.050°N 16.583°E/59.050; 16.583
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Flen
Flen railway station
Flen railway station
Coat of arms of Flen
Coat of arms
Flen is located in Södermanland
Flen
Flen
Flen is located in Sweden
Flen
Flen
Coordinates:59°03′N16°35′E/ 59.050°N 16.583°E/59.050; 16.583
CountrySweden
ProvinceSödermanland
CountySödermanland County
MunicipalityFlen Municipality
Area
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• Total4.45 km2(1.72 sq mi)
Population
(31 December 2020)[2]
• Total6,577
• Density1,500/km2(3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+2(CEST)

Flen(Swedish pronunciation:[fleːn]) is alocalityand the seat ofFlen Municipality,Södermanland County,Swedenwith 6,229 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Flen evolved as arailwayjunction and got the title of acityin 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of the much larger Flen Municipality.

Other things which made Flen famous is "Violen från Flen",a song written byUlf Peder Olrogin the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in "Du ringde från Flen",1992dansbandsong byGrönwalls.The town is also mentioned in theKentsongs "Flen/Paris" on the 2005EPThe hjärta & smärta EPand "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 albumEn plats i solen.

Flen is also famous for having the world's northernmostvineyard,inBlacksta.[citation needed]

Riksdagelections

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This list charts the urban area of Flen itself rather than thenamesake municipalityof which Flen is the seat.

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[3] 92.0 4,383 3.2 54.3 21.1 8.8 2.1 10.4 57.5 40.2
1976[4] 91.8 4,575 3.0 53.4 21.0 8.7 2.2 11.6 56.3 41.3
1979[5] 90.5 4,708 3.7 53.6 16.2 9.7 1.9 14.4 57.3 40.3
1982[6] 91.8 4,708 4.2 57.6 1.1 12.6 4.4 2.4 17.1 61.8 34.1
1985[7] 89.5 4,556 4.5 57.5 1.2 10.7 10.9 14.8 62.0 33.5
1988[8] 85.4 4,270 5.5 55.7 4.3 9.2 10.0 2.5 12.4 65.5 31.5
1991[9] 84.4 4,117 4.4 51.7 2.3 8.1 7.7 6.5 14.7 4.2 56.1 37.0
1994[10] 86.3 4,197 6.3 59.1 3.8 5.1 5.3 3.6 15.2 0.7 69.1 29.1
1998[11] 79.9 3,910 13.4 48.7 3.5 3.6 2.6 10.7 15.8 65.6 32.7
2002[12] 77.6 3,781 7.9 54.5 3.8 3.8 9.6 7.5 10.5 0.8 66.1 31.5
2006[13] 79.0 3,843 5.8 54.6 3.1 4.5 4.9 5.4 17.4 2.5 63.6 32.3
2010[14] 79.2 3,824 6.2 46.2 5.1 3.7 5.2 5.0 21.6 6.3 57.5 35.6
2014[15] 82.2 3,939 5.7 42.1 4.8 3.5 3.1 3.7 16.3 18.6 52.6 26.7
2018[16] 80.5 3,877 7.6 40.7 3.1 5.1 2.6 5.2 15.0 19.8 56.4 42.6

References

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  1. ^ab"Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km22005 och 2010 "(in Swedish).Statistics Sweden.14 December 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 27 January 2012.Retrieved10 January2012.
  2. ^"Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet".Statistics Sweden.31 December 2020.Retrieved3 June2024.
  3. ^"Allmänna valen 1973"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  4. ^"Allmänna valen 1976"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  5. ^"Allmänna valen 1979"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  6. ^"Allmänna valen 1982"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  7. ^"Allmänna valen 1985"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  8. ^"Allmänna valen 1988"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  9. ^"Allmänna valen 1991"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  10. ^"Allmänna valen 1994"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  11. ^"Allmänna valen 1998"(PDF)(in Swedish).SCB.
  12. ^"Flen - summering"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.
  13. ^"Allmänna val 17 september 2006 - Flen"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.
  14. ^"Flen - Röster Val 2010"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.
  15. ^"Flen - Röster Val 2014"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.
  16. ^"Flen - Röster Val 2018"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.



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