Helsingborg
- Share 2025
- 39.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.0 pp
- Immigration page
In depth · Helsingborg
Immigration and foreign background in Helsingborg
In brief
Share of residents with a foreign background in Helsingborg Municipality is 39.3%, well above the national level (27.7%, 2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Helsingborg Municipality ranks 3 of 33 in Skåne County for share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Helsingborg: 60,106 residents (39.3%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 152,776 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. Sweden, foreign background: 27.7%; difference +11.6 percentage points (2025). 44,027 residents were born abroad (28.8%, 2025).
Foreign background means born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. These are population stocks, not annual immigration flows.
Last updated: View changelog
Helsingborg in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 39.3 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +19.1 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: +11.6 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 16 of 290
- Same definition and year (2025) for all ranked municipalities.
Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2 — observed population composition (stock). People received further down are a flow and measure something else. Stock vs flow
Trend 2002–2025
Share of the population in Helsingborg with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 20.2 %; 2003: 20.7 %; 2004: 21.2 %; 2005: 21.8 %; 2006: 22.6 %; 2007: 23.6 %; 2008: 24.5 %; 2009: 25.3 %; 2010: 25.9 %; 2011: 26.5 %; 2012: 27.4 %; 2013: 28.1 %; 2014: 29.1 %; 2015: 30.4 %; 2016: 31.6 %; 2017: 33.0 %; 2018: 34.2 %; 2019: 35.2 %; 2020: 36.0 %; 2021: 36.9 %; 2022: 37.8 %; 2023: 38.4 %; 2024: 38.9 %; 2025: 39.3 %
How to verify this figure
- Source
- Statistics Sweden (SCB)
- Period
- 2025
- Definition
- Share of the population with a foreign background (born abroad, or born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents).
- Geography
- Helsingborg
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth (2024)
Residents by region of birth, 2024. This block uses 2024 data and may differ in year from the introduction above. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
43,571 people
28.6% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden71.3 %(108,520)
Nordics excluding Sweden2.0 %(3,014)
Other Europe8.5 %(12,992)
Outside Europe18.1 %(27,565)
Thin line = national average. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
People received, vulnerable areas & marginal cost
Received 2020–2024 (a flow), the Police's vulnerable areas and a own illustrative scenario.
Reception & illustrative scenario
2020–2024
- Foreign-born (20–64)
- 37.1 %
- Received, 5 years
- 882
- 5.8 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- 2
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −86 kr
- Range −61 kr → −109 kr
- Model: Ruist (ESO 2018:3; calculations based on 2015 public finances), unadjusted amount from the report (low/mid/high)
Analysis/model Own illustrative scenario: mean annual reception 2020–2024 × Ruist’s national refugee life-cycle estimate using 2015 public finances, divided by 2024 population; no price adjustment. Assumes the national estimate applies locally. Not an observed municipal cost; not everyone with a foreign background. Formula, assumptions and limitations
Areas per the Swedish Police 2025
- Dalhem / Drottninghög / FredriksdalVulnerable area
- SöderVulnerable area
Swedish Police Authority · Situational report on vulnerable areas 2025.
Compare Helsingborg with other municipalities
Helsingborg is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Helsingborg39.3 %
Helsingborg — 2002: 20.2 %; 2003: 20.7 %; 2004: 21.2 %; 2005: 21.8 %; 2006: 22.6 %; 2007: 23.6 %; 2008: 24.5 %; 2009: 25.3 %; 2010: 25.9 %; 2011: 26.5 %; 2012: 27.4 %; 2013: 28.1 %; 2014: 29.1 %; 2015: 30.4 %; 2016: 31.6 %; 2017: 33.0 %; 2018: 34.2 %; 2019: 35.2 %; 2020: 36.0 %; 2021: 36.9 %; 2022: 37.8 %; 2023: 38.4 %; 2024: 38.9 %; 2025: 39.3 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Helsingborg
Helsingborg vs nearby municipalities
Nearest municipalities (distance between municipal centre points) and municipalities in the same county with a similar share, plus county and national averages. Not all share a border with the municipality.
Åstorp
- Share 2025
- 38.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.5 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Åstorp
Landskrona
- Share 2025
- 37.8 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Landskrona
Bjuv
- Share 2025
- 36.4 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Bjuv
Perstorp
- Share 2025
- 33.6 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +8.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Perstorp
Skåne län
- Share 2025
- 32.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.1 pp
- Immigration page
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Höganäs
- Share 2025
- 17.9 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.6 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Höganäs
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsingborg | 39.3 % | +9.0 pp | |
| Åstorp | 38.7 % | +9.5 pp | Immigration in Åstorp |
| Landskrona | 37.8 % | +3.1 pp | Immigration in Landskrona |
| Bjuv | 36.4 % | +9.0 pp | Immigration in Bjuv |
| Perstorp | 33.6 % | +8.2 pp | Immigration in Perstorp |
| Skåne län | 32.2 % | +6.1 pp | |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Höganäs | 17.9 % | +3.6 pp | Immigration in Höganäs |
Foreign background, all ages/sexes. County and national shares: own ratios of SCB published geographic counts; change 2015–2025 in percentage points. CKM method break 2025; subgroup cells may not sum to the published total. SCB
Most common countries of birth in Helsingborg
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Syrien6 695
- Irak3 339
- Jugoslavien3 199
- Indien2 104
- Bosnien och Hercegovina1 959
- Danmark1 904
- Polen1 760
- Libanon1 696
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 79.60 %
- Seats
- 65
- Valid votes
- 94,476
- Blank votes
- 884
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.89 % | – | 28,243 | 20 | |
| 25.53 % | – | 24,116 | 17 | |
| 18.67 % | – | 17,638 | 12 | |
| 9.49 % | – | 8,967 | 6 | |
| 4.00 % | – | 3,781 | 3 | |
| 3.85 % | – | 3,639 | 3 | |
| 3.61 % | – | 3,411 | 2 | |
| 3.48 % | – | 3,285 | 2 | |
| Other parties (21) | 1.48 % | – | 1,396 | – |
Latest actual election: 13 September 2026 (final count). Turnout figures in Kolada series elsewhere on this page refer to an earlier election and are labelled with their series year.
Full municipal election result →Results by voting district →
Earlier election results in Helsingborg (2014–2022)
Everything about Helsingborg
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Open Helsingborg municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Helsingborg has a foreign background?
In 2025, 39.3 % of the population in Helsingborg had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 11.6 percentage points above the national average (27.7 %). "Foreign background" is the broader Statistics Sweden definition and includes both people born abroad and people born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. The share is a stock measure and does not show annual immigration (inflow).
›How many residents of Helsingborg have a foreign background?
60,106 residents of Helsingborg had a foreign background (2025). Source: Statistics Sweden, UtlSvBakgGrovCKM, published count. CKM-protected component cells need not sum exactly to the published total.
›How has the share with a foreign background in Helsingborg changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 20.2 % (2002) to 39.3 % (2025), a change of +19.1 percentage points. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2.
›What is the difference between "foreign background" and "born abroad"?
Born abroad = a person born outside Sweden. Foreign background = born abroad, or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. Both measures are official; foreign background is at least as large for the same population and year.
›Where were the foreign-born residents of Helsingborg born?
See the "Country/region of birth" section on this page. Foreign-born residents are people born outside Sweden, reported in three aggregated groups: the Nordic countries excluding Sweden, the rest of Europe, and outside Europe. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Sources and method
BE0101Q2Foreign/Swedish background — share by municipality (UtlSvBakgGrov)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗FodelselandArKCKM / FolkmRegFlandKCKM; history FodelselandArKPopulation by region, region/country of birth and sexReference period: 2000–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗BE0101N1Population by municipality, age, sex and year (31 Dec)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-08-13
Open source ↗- Open source ↗
ME0104General elections — votes per party and municipality (Election Authority via SCB)
Each figure on this page is traceable to the dataset listed above. Missing data is left out — never shown as zero. Definitions, model and sources