Helsingborg Municipality
Helsingborg | |
|---|---|
| Helsingborgs kommun | |
| Coordinates: 56°03′N 12°43′E / 56.050°N 12.717°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Scania County |
| Seat | Helsingborg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christian Orsing (M) |
| Area | |
• Total | 423.97 km2 (163.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 344.01 km2 (132.82 sq mi) |
| • Water | 79.96 km2 (30.87 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2024) | |
• Total | 152,091 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Scania |
| Municipal code | 1283 |
| Website | www.helsingborg.se |
| Density is calculated using land area only. | |
Helsingborg Municipality (Swedish: Helsingborgs kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Helsingborg, which is Sweden's eighth-largest city. The municipality had a population of 147,734 on 1 January 2019 and the metropolitan area has about 320,000 inhabitants.
Between 1912 and 1971 the name of the town was officially spelled Hälsingborg (rather like the region of Hälsingland but unlike neighbouring Danish Helsingør and the Finnish capital Helsingfors (Helsinki)). The spelling was changed back to the older version when the present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the Town of Hälsingborg with four surrounding rural municipalities. Since the 1990s the municipality again styles itself Helsingborgs stad (Town of Helsingborg). This usage is only nominal and has no effect on the status of the municipality.