Flen

Place in Södermanland, Sweden

Flen

Flen railway station

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Coordinates: 59°03′N 16°35′E﻿ / ﻿59.050°N 16.583°E﻿ / 59.050; 16.583
Country| Sweden
Province| Södermanland
County| Södermanland County
Municipality| Flen Municipality
Area

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• Total

| 4.45 km2 (1.72 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2020)[2]

• Total

| 6,577
• Density| 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

Flen (Swedish pronunciation: [fleːn]) is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Flen evolved as a railway junction and got the title of a city in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of the much larger Flen Municipality.

Other things which made Flen famous is "Violen från Flen", a song written by Ulf Peder Olrog in the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in "Du ringde från Flen", a 1992 dansband song by Grönwalls. The town is also mentioned in the Kent song "Flen/Paris" on the 2005 EP The hjärta & smärta EP and "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 album En plats i solen. The famous Equestrians Carl Green and Sigurd Svensson was born here.

Flen is known as the 'city of ice cream' because it is the location of GB Glace, the biggest ice cream company in Sweden.[3]

Flen is also famous for having the world's northernmost vineyard, in Blacksta.[citation needed]

## Riksdag elections

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This list charts the urban area of Flen itself rather than the namesake municipality of which Flen is the seat.

Year  | %  | Votes  | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left  | Right

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1973[4] | 92.0  | 4,383  | 3.2  | 54.3  |  | 21.1  | 8.8  | 2.1  | 10.4  |  |  | 57.5  | 40.2
1976[5] | 91.8  | 4,575  | 3.0  | 53.4  |  | 21.0  | 8.7  | 2.2  | 11.6  |  |  | 56.3  | 41.3
1979[6] | 90.5  | 4,708  | 3.7  | 53.6  |  | 16.2  | 9.7  | 1.9  | 14.4  |  |  | 57.3  | 40.3
1982[7] | 91.8  | 4,708  | 4.2  | 57.6  | 1.1  | 12.6  | 4.4  | 2.4  | 17.1  |  |  | 61.8  | 34.1
1985[8] | 89.5  | 4,556  | 4.5  | 57.5  | 1.2  | 10.7  | 10.9  |  | 14.8  |  |  | 62.0  | 33.5
1988[9] | 85.4  | 4,270  | 5.5  | 55.7  | 4.3  | 9.2  | 10.0  | 2.5  | 12.4  |  |  | 65.5  | 31.5
1991[10] | 84.4  | 4,117  | 4.4  | 51.7  | 2.3  | 8.1  | 7.7  | 6.5  | 14.7  |  | 4.2  | 56.1  | 37.0
1994[11] | 86.3  | 4,197  | 6.3  | 59.1  | 3.8  | 5.1  | 5.3  | 3.6  | 15.2  |  | 0.7  | 69.1  | 29.1
1998[12] | 79.9  | 3,910  | 13.4  | 48.7  | 3.5  | 3.6  | 2.6  | 10.7  | 15.8  |  |  | 65.6  | 32.7
2002[13] | 77.6  | 3,781  | 7.9  | 54.5  | 3.8  | 3.8  | 9.6  | 7.5  | 10.5  | 0.8  |  | 66.1  | 31.5
2006[14] | 79.0  | 3,843  | 5.8  | 54.6  | 3.1  | 4.5  | 4.9  | 5.4  | 17.4  | 2.5  |  | 63.6  | 32.3
2010[15] | 79.2  | 3,824  | 6.2  | 46.2  | 5.1  | 3.7  | 5.2  | 5.0  | 21.6  | 6.3  |  | 57.5  | 35.6
2014[16] | 82.2  | 3,939  | 5.7  | 42.1  | 4.8  | 3.5  | 3.1  | 3.7  | 16.3  | 18.6  |  | 52.6  | 26.7
2018[17] | 80.5  | 3,877  | 7.6  | 40.7  | 3.1  | 5.1  | 2.6  | 5.2  | 15.0  | 19.8  |  | 56.4  | 42.6

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flen.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Flen.

1. ^ a b "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. ^ "Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet". Statistics Sweden. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
3. ^ "Flens kommun". Flens officiella besöksguide (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
4. ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
5. ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
6. ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
7. ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
8. ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
9. ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
10. ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
11. ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
12. ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
13. ^ "Flen - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
14. ^ "Allmänna val 17 september 2006 - Flen" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
15. ^ "Flen - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
16. ^ "Flen - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
17. ^ "Flen - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.

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