Knivsta Municipality (Swedish: Knivsta kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Knivsta, with some

Knivsta Municipality

*Knivsta kommun*
Knivsta Municipality Knivsta kommun
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 59°43′N 17°48′E / 59.717°N 17.800°E
Country	Sweden
County	Uppsala County
Seat	Knivsta
Area
• Total	295.12 km2 (113.95 sq mi)
• Land	282.17 km2 (108.95 sq mi)
• Water	12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (30 June 2025)
• Total	21,402
• Density	75.848/km2 (196.45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0330
Website	www.knivsta.se

Knivsta Municipality (Swedish: Knivsta kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Knivsta, with some 7,100 inhabitants. It is known for being one of the safest municipalities in Sweden, consistently ranking among the top 5 safest (out of 290) for more than a decade.

History

Until 1971 Knivsta was a municipality in Stockholm County, when it was merged into Uppsala Municipality and 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 symbolises the Stones of Mora where the Swedish Kings were elected in ancient times.

Localities

Alsike
Knivsta (seat)

Lakes

Edasjön

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Knivsta Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 19,795 residents, including 13,626 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.7% voted for the left coalition and 54.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Boängen

1,701

1,005

38.5

60.8

92

83

17

39,390

63

Gredelby

1,496

1,172

54.0

44.9

85

82

18

29,550

59

Husby-Långhundra

1,182

901

32.7

65.8

86

88

12

28,635

28

Lagga-Östuna

1,868

1,368

37.8

61.5

89

87

13

32,058

44

Norra Alsike

1,626

1,047

42.1

56.3

89

79

21

31,826

51

Sågen

1,420

978

44.3

51.9

81

65

35

26,913

54

Södra Knivsta

1,925

1,381

45.1

53.1

81

75

25

27,612

47

Tallbacken

1,501

999

48.2

49.5

74

65

35

24,083

42

Vassunda

1,505

1,091

40.5

57.9

88

86

14

32,199

52

Vrå

2,019

1,186

37.0

62.0

91

81

19

38,231

65

Västra Knivsta

1,726

1,215

54.8

43.3

87

86

14

32,370

61

Östra Knivsta

1,826

1,283

48.2

50.4

90

88

12

35,963

63

Source: SVT

Elections

These are the election results since the refounding of the municipality from the 2002 election.

Riksdag

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD
2002	82.9	7,158	5.4	31.8	5.0	6.7	17.8	10.5	20.0	1.6
2006	85.9	7,915	3.6	24.3	5.5	10.1	9.9	8.0	34.0	2.6
2010	88.3	8,981	3.5	19.2	7.4	9.2	9.5	7.1	38.3	4.4
2014	89.0	9,716	3.9	21.7	8.0	8.0	6.5	6.7	30.6	10.8

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 2002 to 2006. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
2002	82.9	7,158	42.2	55.0	0.0	2.8	97.2
2006	85.9	7,915	33.4	62.0	0.0	4.6	95.4
2010	88.3	8,981	30.1	64.1	4.4	1.4	98.6
2014	89.0	9,716	33.6	51.8	10.8	3.8	96.2