Politics
The municipality is governed by a Municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) with 101 members. These are elected through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the Parliamentary elections every four years. The council meets twice a month and the meetings are open to the public. The council elects a Municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelse), with 13 members representing both the political majority and the opposition, with the responsibility of implementing policies approved by the assembly. The political organisation also includes eight governing full-time Commissioners (borgarråd) and four Commissioners representing the opposition. The work is headed by the Commissioner of Finance (finansborgarråd, sometimes called Mayor), who also chairs the executive committee. The current Commissioner of Finance is Sten Nordin, representing the Moderate Party.
| Following the 2006 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way: | |||
| The governing parties | Parties in opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Moderate Party | 41 | The Social Democrats | 27 |
| The Liberal People's Party | 10 | The Left Party | 9 |
| The Christian Democrats | 3 | The Green Party | 10 |
| The Centre Party | 1 | ||
| Following the 2002 municipal elections, the seats were divided in the following way: | |||
| The governing parties | Parties in opposition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Social Democrats | 35 | The Moderate Party | 27 |
| The Left Party | 11 | The Liberal People's Party | 17 |
| The Green Party | 6 | The Christian Democrats | 5 |
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