Talk:List of cities in Sweden

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Comments[edit]

See also: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Swedish cities. -- Mic 18:13, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC)

There were never 135 cities (by the pre-1971 definition as a type of municipality) at the same time. In 1901 the number was 92. When the last city (Säffle) got its title in 1951 there were 133. In 1968 Öregrund was amalgamated with Östhammar, reducing the number to 132. From 1971 onwards no municipalities have this status and some more of the former cities were merged into other municipalities, as Torshälla into Eskilstuna, Gränna into Jönköping &c. So the total number should be 133. --Muniswede 21:03, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 14:56, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of former Swedish town privileges → List of cities in Sweden – This is a rather esoteric name, and at least a mild violation of WP:ASTONISH. It also doesn't make much sense, as it seems to promise a list of "privileges" but in fact lists places. I think my proposal is the simplest solution, to match other articles in List of cities in Europe and the corresponding template. That Sweden doesn't use the word most often translated as "city" to refer to these entities is no reason to get pedantic in English. See also the Wikipedia definition of city, which makes this seem fair by WP:COMMONNAME. I would also be alright with List of towns in Sweden, though it would be a second choice for me. --BDD (talk) 18:53, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Population figures?[edit]

Whence these? They appear to be those of the current statistically defined "localities" (the term used by Statistics Sweden), which -- because of modern urban development and population growth -- look completely different from that of the historic cities.

These population figures should be replaced by sourced historical figures (or estimates) for various periods. There is probably a bit of work involved in tracking this down, but I'm pretty sure the information is available. --Hegvald (talk) 08:19, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Two years later: I have removed the population figures. Sourced historical figures would be welcome, but the arbitrary unsourced figures that were there until now were misleading. --Hegvald (talk) 09:01, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]