Åstorp
- Share 2025
- 38.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.5 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Åstorp
In depth · Klippan
Immigration and foreign background in Klippan
Key facts
Klippan ranks 76 of 290 municipalities for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Klippan ranks 12 of 33 in Skåne län for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Klippan: 4,306 residents (24.3%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 17,713 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. Sweden, foreign background: 27.7%; difference −3.4 percentage points (2025). 3,358 residents were born abroad (19.0%, 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
Klippan in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 24.3 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +12.8 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: −3.4 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 76 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 Klippan with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 11.5 %; 2003: 12.3 %; 2004: 12.3 %; 2005: 12.6 %; 2006: 13.2 %; 2007: 13.9 %; 2008: 15.0 %; 2009: 15.8 %; 2010: 16.3 %; 2011: 16.5 %; 2012: 16.4 %; 2013: 16.9 %; 2014: 17.6 %; 2015: 18.4 %; 2016: 20.3 %; 2017: 21.4 %; 2018: 22.6 %; 2019: 23.3 %; 2020: 23.5 %; 2021: 23.8 %; 2022: 24.5 %; 2023: 24.2 %; 2024: 24.4 %; 2025: 24.3 %
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
- Klippan
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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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
3,394 people
19.2% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden80.8 %(14,320)
Nordics excluding Sweden3.2 %(573)
Other Europe9.2 %(1,631)
Outside Europe6.7 %(1,190)
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)
- 24.6 %
- Received, 5 years
- 79
- 4.5 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- —
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −66 kr
- Range −47 kr → −84 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
No vulnerable areas in this municipality according to the Swedish Police situational report 2025.
Compare Klippan with other municipalities →Compare Klippan with other municipalities
Klippan is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Klippan24.3 %
Klippan — 2002: 11.5 %; 2003: 12.3 %; 2004: 12.3 %; 2005: 12.6 %; 2006: 13.2 %; 2007: 13.9 %; 2008: 15.0 %; 2009: 15.8 %; 2010: 16.3 %; 2011: 16.5 %; 2012: 16.4 %; 2013: 16.9 %; 2014: 17.6 %; 2015: 18.4 %; 2016: 20.3 %; 2017: 21.4 %; 2018: 22.6 %; 2019: 23.3 %; 2020: 23.5 %; 2021: 23.8 %; 2022: 24.5 %; 2023: 24.2 %; 2024: 24.4 %; 2025: 24.3 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Klippan
Klippan 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.
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
Trelleborg
- Share 2025
- 25.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.9 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Trelleborg
Klippan
- Share 2025
- 24.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.9 pp
- Immigration page
Svalöv
- Share 2025
- 24.1 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Svalöv
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Åstorp | 38.7 % | +9.5 pp | Immigration in Åstorp |
| 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 | |
| Trelleborg | 25.3 % | +4.9 pp | Immigration in Trelleborg |
| Klippan | 24.3 % | +5.9 pp | |
| Svalöv | 24.1 % | +5.2 pp | Immigration in Svalöv |
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 Klippan
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Polen630
- Danmark396
- Syrien326
- Rumänien231
- Litauen131
- Tyskland120
- Jugoslavien87
- Afghanistan82
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 76.58 %
- Seats
- 35
- Valid votes
- 10,614
- Blank votes
- 177
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.17 % | – | 2,353 | 8 | |
| 21.97 % | – | 2,332 | 8 | |
| 19.51 % | – | 2,071 | 7 | |
| 16.05 % | – | 1,704 | 5 | |
| 5.12 % | – | 543 | 2 | |
| 4.64 % | – | 492 | 2 | |
| 4.38 % | – | 465 | 1 | |
| 3.23 % | – | 343 | 1 | |
| 2.79 % | – | 296 | 1 | |
| Other parties (5) | 0.14 % | – | 15 | – |
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 Klippan (2014–2022)
Everything about Klippan
Schools, crime, economy, tax rate and elections are on the municipality's main page.
Open Klippan municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Klippan has a foreign background?
In 2025, 24.3 % of the population in Klippan had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 3.4 percentage points below 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 Klippan have a foreign background?
4,306 residents of Klippan 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 Klippan changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 11.5 % (2002) to 24.3 % (2025), a change of +12.8 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 Klippan 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