Stad (Swedish: 'town; city'; plural städer) is a Swedish term that historically was used for urban centers of various sizes. Since 1971, stad has no administrative or legal significance in Sweden.

This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter .

Detta är en lista över de städer i Sverige som var stadskommuner under perioden 1863–1971 och ytterligare några innan dess som hade stadsprivilegier men förlorade dessa innan 1862 års kommunalförordningar trädde i kraft (dessa är markerade med röd bakgrund).

Ystad (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈy̌ːsta(d)] [2]) is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. [1] The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, and tourist attraction.

This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter. The list does not include towns in Finland established during Swedish rule.

Jan 9, 2025 · Today Sweden has no legal definition of stad, settlements are instead defined via the terms centralort (“ central locality ”) and tätort (“ dense(-ly populated) locality ”). However; in 1995 Statistics Sweden defined stad as a built-up area with more than ten thousand inhabitants.

Typically, a ‘by’ is smaller than a ‘stad’ and possesses a more rural, quaint character. This distinction is similar to the English “village” versus “city” or “town”. In Sweden, a ‘by’ can often be found surrounded by farmlands or forests, and they are integral to Sweden’s rich cultural tapestry.

Stad (English: town or city) is the term avoided by Statistics Sweden, however, it roughly corresponds to urban areas with a population greater than 10,000. [4] Judicially, the term stad has been obsolete since 1971, and is now mostly used describing localities which used to be chartered towns.

Jan 6, 2024 · A stad is a tätort surrounded by countryside that belongs to the same municipality. Usually it's the main tätort in the municipality, but sometimes a municipality has two städer in it, like how in Kungälv municipality there are both Kungälv and Marstrand.

Stad (Swedish: 'town; city'; plural städer) is a Swedish term that historically was used for urban centers of various sizes. Since 1971, stad has no administrative or legal significance in Sweden.