Norrköping
- Share 2025
- 29.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Norrköping
In depth · Linköping
Immigration and foreign background in Linköping
In brief
Share of residents with a foreign background in Linköping Municipality is 24.9%, slightly below the national level (27.7%, 2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Linköping Municipality ranks 2 of 13 in Östergötland County for share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Linköping: 42,020 residents (24.9%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 168,714 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 31,688 residents were born abroad (18.8%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference −2.8 percentage points (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
Linköping in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 24.9 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +13.2 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: −2.8 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 72 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 Linköping with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 11.7 %; 2003: 12.2 %; 2004: 12.6 %; 2005: 13.0 %; 2006: 13.6 %; 2007: 14.5 %; 2008: 15.4 %; 2009: 16.5 %; 2010: 17.2 %; 2011: 17.6 %; 2012: 18.1 %; 2013: 18.6 %; 2014: 19.2 %; 2015: 19.6 %; 2016: 20.6 %; 2017: 21.6 %; 2018: 22.4 %; 2019: 23.1 %; 2020: 23.5 %; 2021: 24.1 %; 2022: 24.6 %; 2023: 24.7 %; 2024: 24.7 %; 2025: 24.9 %
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
- Linköping
- 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
31,525 people
18.8% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden81.2 %(136,510)
Nordics excluding Sweden0.8 %(1,383)
Other Europe4.9 %(8,185)
Outside Europe13.1 %(21,957)
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)
- 24.3 %
- Received, 5 years
- 1,049
- 6.2 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- 1
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −92 kr
- Range −66 kr → −117 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
- SkäggetorpParticularly vulnerable area
Swedish Police Authority · Situational report on vulnerable areas 2025.
Compare Linköping with other municipalities
Linköping is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Linköping24.9 %
Linköping — 2002: 11.7 %; 2003: 12.2 %; 2004: 12.6 %; 2005: 13.0 %; 2006: 13.6 %; 2007: 14.5 %; 2008: 15.4 %; 2009: 16.5 %; 2010: 17.2 %; 2011: 17.6 %; 2012: 18.1 %; 2013: 18.6 %; 2014: 19.2 %; 2015: 19.6 %; 2016: 20.6 %; 2017: 21.6 %; 2018: 22.4 %; 2019: 23.1 %; 2020: 23.5 %; 2021: 24.1 %; 2022: 24.6 %; 2023: 24.7 %; 2024: 24.7 %; 2025: 24.9 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Linköping
Linköping vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Linköping
- Share 2025
- 24.9 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.3 pp
- Immigration page
Östergötlands län
- Share 2025
- 23.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.7 pp
- Immigration page
Finspång
- Share 2025
- 21.6 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.8 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Finspång
Mjölby
- Share 2025
- 17.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Mjölby
Boxholm
- Share 2025
- 13.1 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.3 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Boxholm
Åtvidaberg
- Share 2025
- 10.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Åtvidaberg
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norrköping | 29.0 % | +5.0 pp | Immigration in Norrköping |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Linköping | 24.9 % | +5.3 pp | |
| Östergötlands län | 23.2 % | +4.7 pp | |
| Finspång | 21.6 % | +4.8 pp | Immigration in Finspång |
| Mjölby | 17.3 % | +6.1 pp | Immigration in Mjölby |
| Boxholm | 13.1 % | +4.3 pp | Immigration in Boxholm |
| Åtvidaberg | 10.2 % | +2.2 pp | Immigration in Åtvidaberg |
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 Linköping
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Irak3 736
- Syrien3 329
- Somalia2 342
- Iran1 511
- Bosnien och Hercegovina1 161
- Afghanistan1 000
- Indien888
- Polen881
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 85.42 %
- Seats
- 79
- Valid votes
- 113,555
- Blank votes
- 1,503
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.48 % | – | 28,935 | 20 | |
| 20.06 % | – | 22,776 | 16 | |
| 12.80 % | – | 14,531 | 10 | |
| 9.89 % | – | 11,225 | 8 | |
| 7.63 % | – | 8,669 | 6 | |
| 7.53 % | – | 8,549 | 6 | |
| 7.21 % | – | 8,192 | 6 | |
| 4.91 % | – | 5,571 | 4 | |
| 3.46 % | – | 3,927 | 3 | |
| Other parties (16) | 1.04 % | – | 1,180 | – |
Results by constituency (3)
Seats per constituency include allocated adjustment seats.
Linköping Nordväst82.12 % turnout · 26 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.21 % | – | 10,272 | 7 | |
| 18.01 % | – | 6,559 | 5 | |
| 12.08 % | – | 4,399 | 3 | |
| 9.75 % | – | 3,550 | 3 | |
| 8.45 % | – | 3,077 | 2 | |
| 7.68 % | – | 2,795 | 2 | |
| 6.71 % | – | 2,444 | 2 | |
| 4.64 % | – | 1,688 | 1 | |
| 3.28 % | – | 1,194 | 1 | |
| Other parties (13) | 1.20 % | – | 436 | – |
Linköping Sydväst87.27 % turnout · 26 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.78 % | – | 9,464 | 7 | |
| 18.97 % | – | 7,243 | 5 | |
| 12.39 % | – | 4,733 | 3 | |
| 9.73 % | – | 3,715 | 3 | |
| 8.58 % | – | 3,277 | 2 | |
| 8.14 % | – | 3,108 | 2 | |
| 8.01 % | – | 3,057 | 2 | |
| 4.97 % | – | 1,898 | 1 | |
| 3.35 % | – | 1,279 | 1 | |
| Other parties (13) | 1.08 % | – | 412 | – |
Linköping Nordost86.89 % turnout · 27 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.61 % | – | 9,199 | 6 | |
| 23.04 % | – | 8,974 | 6 | |
| 13.86 % | – | 5,399 | 4 | |
| 11.38 % | – | 4,433 | 3 | |
| 6.91 % | – | 2,691 | 2 | |
| 6.36 % | – | 2,477 | 2 | |
| 5.16 % | – | 2,011 | 1 | |
| 5.10 % | – | 1,985 | 2 | |
| 3.73 % | – | 1,454 | 1 | |
| Other parties (13) | 0.85 % | – | 332 | – |
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 Linköping (2014–2022)
Everything about Linköping
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Open Linköping municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Linköping has a foreign background?
In 2025, 24.9 % of the population in Linköping had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 2.8 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 Linköping have a foreign background?
42,020 residents of Linköping 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 Linköping changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 11.7 % (2002) to 24.9 % (2025), a change of +13.2 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 Linköping 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