Skåne län
- Share 2025
- 32.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.1 pp
- Immigration page
In depth · Trelleborg
Immigration and foreign background in Trelleborg
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Trelleborg: 11,972 residents (25.3%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 47,405 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 8,873 residents were born abroad (18.7%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference −2.4 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
Trelleborg in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 25.3 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +10.0 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: −2.4 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 70 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 Trelleborg with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 15.2 %; 2003: 15.3 %; 2004: 15.6 %; 2005: 15.9 %; 2006: 16.7 %; 2007: 17.2 %; 2008: 17.7 %; 2009: 18.2 %; 2010: 18.4 %; 2011: 18.7 %; 2012: 18.9 %; 2013: 19.4 %; 2014: 19.9 %; 2015: 20.4 %; 2016: 20.9 %; 2017: 21.9 %; 2018: 22.5 %; 2019: 23.0 %; 2020: 23.4 %; 2021: 23.9 %; 2022: 24.6 %; 2023: 25.0 %; 2024: 25.1 %; 2025: 25.3 %
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
- Trelleborg
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth
Residents by region of birth. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
8,854 people
18.7% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden81.3 %(38,415)
Nordics excluding Sweden2.3 %(1,067)
Other Europe8.6 %(4,054)
Outside Europe7.9 %(3,733)
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)
- 24.5 %
- Received, 5 years
- 330
- 7.0 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- —
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −103 kr
- Range −74 kr → −131 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 Trelleborg with other municipalities →Compare Trelleborg with other municipalities
Trelleborg is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Trelleborg25.3 %
Trelleborg — 2002: 15.2 %; 2003: 15.3 %; 2004: 15.6 %; 2005: 15.9 %; 2006: 16.7 %; 2007: 17.2 %; 2008: 17.7 %; 2009: 18.2 %; 2010: 18.4 %; 2011: 18.7 %; 2012: 18.9 %; 2013: 19.4 %; 2014: 19.9 %; 2015: 20.4 %; 2016: 20.9 %; 2017: 21.9 %; 2018: 22.5 %; 2019: 23.0 %; 2020: 23.4 %; 2021: 23.9 %; 2022: 24.6 %; 2023: 25.0 %; 2024: 25.1 %; 2025: 25.3 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Trelleborg
Trelleborg vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
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
Klippan
- Share 2025
- 24.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.9 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Klippan
Svalöv
- Share 2025
- 24.1 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Svalöv
Skurup
- Share 2025
- 19.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.3 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Skurup
Svedala
- Share 2025
- 18.5 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.4 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Svedala
Vellinge
- Share 2025
- 12.6 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.8 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Vellinge
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skåne län | 32.2 % | +6.1 pp | |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Trelleborg | 25.3 % | +4.9 pp | |
| Klippan | 24.3 % | +5.9 pp | Immigration in Klippan |
| Svalöv | 24.1 % | +5.2 pp | Immigration in Svalöv |
| Skurup | 19.0 % | +5.3 pp | Immigration in Skurup |
| Svedala | 18.5 % | +6.4 pp | Immigration in Svedala |
| Vellinge | 12.6 % | +2.8 pp | Immigration in Vellinge |
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 Trelleborg
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Polen947
- Jugoslavien751
- Syrien699
- Danmark630
- Bosnien och Hercegovina513
- Irak355
- Tyskland305
- Finland290
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 81.65 %
- Seats
- 61
- Valid votes
- 30,090
- Blank votes
- 491
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.55 % | – | 7,388 | 16 | |
| 23.85 % | – | 7,175 | 15 | |
| 20.45 % | – | 6,153 | 13 | |
| 8.44 % | – | 2,541 | 5 | |
| 5.48 % | – | 1,650 | 3 | |
| 4.87 % | – | 1,465 | 3 | |
| 4.63 % | – | 1,394 | 3 | |
| 4.10 % | – | 1,233 | 3 | |
| Other parties (17) | 3.63 % | – | 1,091 | – |
Results by constituency (2)
Seats per constituency include allocated adjustment seats.
Trelleborgs Första, Västra81.62 % turnout · 30 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.40 % | – | 3,831 | 8 | |
| 24.60 % | – | 3,569 | 7 | |
| 21.64 % | – | 3,140 | 7 | |
| 5.35 % | – | 776 | 2 | |
| 5.07 % | – | 736 | 1 | |
| 5.07 % | – | 735 | 2 | |
| 4.44 % | – | 644 | 2 | |
| 4.20 % | – | 610 | 1 | |
| Other parties (11) | 3.23 % | – | 468 | – |
Trelleborgs Andra, Östra81.67 % turnout · 31 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.14 % | – | 3,606 | 8 | |
| 22.83 % | – | 3,557 | 8 | |
| 19.34 % | – | 3,013 | 6 | |
| 11.33 % | – | 1,765 | 3 | |
| 5.87 % | – | 914 | 2 | |
| 5.49 % | – | 855 | 2 | |
| 4.23 % | – | 659 | 1 | |
| 3.78 % | – | 589 | 1 | |
| Other parties (14) | 4.00 % | – | 623 | – |
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 Trelleborg (2014–2022)
Everything about Trelleborg
Schools, crime, economy, tax rate and elections are on the municipality's main page.
Open Trelleborg municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Trelleborg has a foreign background?
In 2025, 25.3 % of the population in Trelleborg had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 2.4 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 Trelleborg have a foreign background?
11,972 residents of Trelleborg 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 Trelleborg changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 15.2 % (2002) to 25.3 % (2025), a change of +10.0 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 Trelleborg 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