Top 25 — highest share with a foreign background 2025

The 25 municipalities where the largest share of residents has a foreign background, according to Statistics Sweden 2025. The national average is 27.7 %.

Botkyrka

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 63.0 %
Change (10y): +6.1 pp

Södertälje

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 60.5 %
Change (10y): +9.7 pp

Sigtuna

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 52.5 %
Change (10y): +12.9 pp

Järfälla

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 52.2 %
Change (10y): +14.8 pp

Haparanda

County: Norrbottens län
Foreign background: 50.8 %
Change (10y): +0.1 pp

Burlöv

County: Skåne län
Foreign background: 50.0 %
Change (10y): +9.5 pp

Malmö

County: Skåne län
Foreign background: 49.5 %
Change (10y): +6.3 pp

Upplands Väsby

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 49.1 %
Change (10y): +12.7 pp

Upplands-Bro

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 47.5 %
Change (10y): +15.2 pp

Sundbyberg

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 47.3 %
Change (10y): +8.3 pp

Solna

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 45.0 %
Change (10y): +9.1 pp

Huddinge

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 43.4 %
Change (10y): +5.3 pp

Haninge

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 41.4 %
Change (10y): +8.4 pp

Göteborg

County: Västra Götalands län
Foreign background: 40.2 %
Change (10y): +7.1 pp

Sollentuna

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 40.0 %
Change (10y): +9.9 pp

Helsingborg

County: Skåne län
Foreign background: 39.3 %
Change (10y): +9.0 pp

Åstorp

County: Skåne län
Foreign background: 38.7 %
Change (10y): +9.5 pp

Fagersta

County: Västmanlands län
Foreign background: 37.9 %
Change (10y): +5.5 pp

Landskrona

County: Skåne län
Foreign background: 37.8 %
Change (10y): +3.1 pp

Eskilstuna

County: Södermanlands län
Foreign background: 37.6 %
Change (10y): +5.9 pp

Bjuv

County: Skåne län
Foreign background: 36.4 %
Change (10y): +9.0 pp

Salem

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 35.7 %
Change (10y): +10.4 pp

Stockholm

County: Stockholms län
Foreign background: 35.3 %
Change (10y): +3.8 pp

Strömstad

County: Västra Götalands län
Foreign background: 35.2 %
Change (10y): +6.5 pp

Västerås

County: Västmanlands län
Foreign background: 34.7 %
Change (10y): +7.8 pp

National average

County
Foreign background: 27.7 %
Change (10y)

Municipalities ranked by foreign background
#	Municipality	County	Foreign background	Change (10y)
1	Botkyrka	Stockholms län	63.0 %	+6.1 pp
2	Södertälje	Stockholms län	60.5 %	+9.7 pp
3	Sigtuna	Stockholms län	52.5 %	+12.9 pp
4	Järfälla	Stockholms län	52.2 %	+14.8 pp
5	Haparanda	Norrbottens län	50.8 %	+0.1 pp
6	Burlöv	Skåne län	50.0 %	+9.5 pp
7	Malmö	Skåne län	49.5 %	+6.3 pp
8	Upplands Väsby	Stockholms län	49.1 %	+12.7 pp
9	Upplands-Bro	Stockholms län	47.5 %	+15.2 pp
10	Sundbyberg	Stockholms län	47.3 %	+8.3 pp
11	Solna	Stockholms län	45.0 %	+9.1 pp
12	Huddinge	Stockholms län	43.4 %	+5.3 pp
13	Haninge	Stockholms län	41.4 %	+8.4 pp
14	Göteborg	Västra Götalands län	40.2 %	+7.1 pp
15	Sollentuna	Stockholms län	40.0 %	+9.9 pp
16	Helsingborg	Skåne län	39.3 %	+9.0 pp
17	Åstorp	Skåne län	38.7 %	+9.5 pp
18	Fagersta	Västmanlands län	37.9 %	+5.5 pp
19	Landskrona	Skåne län	37.8 %	+3.1 pp
20	Eskilstuna	Södermanlands län	37.6 %	+5.9 pp
21	Bjuv	Skåne län	36.4 %	+9.0 pp
22	Salem	Stockholms län	35.7 %	+10.4 pp
23	Stockholm	Stockholms län	35.3 %	+3.8 pp
24	Strömstad	Västra Götalands län	35.2 %	+6.5 pp
25	Västerås	Västmanlands län	34.7 %	+7.8 pp
	National average		27.7 %

Source: Statistics Sweden BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). "Foreign background" = born abroad, or born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents.

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