Katrineholm Municipality (Katrineholms kommun) is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Södermanland County

Södermanland County

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 in southeast Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the city

City status in Sweden

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 of Katrineholm

Katrineholm

Katrineholm is a locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 21,386 inhabitants in 2005.-Early history:The name Katrineholm comes from a ducal residence with this name, after Catherina Gyllenhorn who lived there...

.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Katrineholm (instituted in 1917) was amalgamated with surrounding rural municipalities.

The thirty-first Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson

Göran Persson

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, while originally from the neighboring municipality of Vingåker

Vingåker Municipality

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, was once the municipal chairman (mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

) of Katrineholm.

Localities

• Bie
  Bie, Sweden
  Bie is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 549 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Björkvik
  Björkvik
  Björkvik is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 511 inhabitants in 2005. It is primarily a farming community interspersed by forests and lakes, with some larger estates dating back to the 17th century....
  
  
• Flodafors
  Flodafors
  Flodafors is a small village of Katrineholm Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden. Neighbouring villages are Bie and Valla. Flodafors is often called Floda for convenience. Floda is among other things well known for its church, which dates back to the 9th century. Some of the paintings in the...
  
  
• Forssjö
  Forssjö
  Forssjö is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 513 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Katrineholm
  Katrineholm
  Katrineholm is a locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 21,386 inhabitants in 2005.-Early history:The name Katrineholm comes from a ducal residence with this name, after Catherina Gyllenhorn who lived there...
  
   (seat)
• Sköldinge
• Strångsjö
  Strångsjö
  Strångsjö is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. As of 2005, there are 370 inhabitants....
  
  
• Valla
  Valla, Sweden
  Valla is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,584 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Äsköping
  Äsköping
  Äsköping is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 371 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  

External links

• Katrineholm Municipality - Official site