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Knivsta
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Knivsta is a locality and the seat of Knivsta Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 20,167 inhabitants. It is known for being one of the safest areas in Sweden, consistently ranking among the top 5 safest municipalities (out of 290) for more than a decade.

Key facts

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Knivsta
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Kommunalhuset i Knivsta nya.jpg
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Knivsta vapen.svg
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Sweden Uppsala#Sweden
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Country
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Sweden
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Municipality
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Knivsta Municipality
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County
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Uppsala County
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Province
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Uppland
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4.21
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22 February 2023
Settlement.population_total
20,133
Settlement.population_density_km2
1683
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1

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Knivsta is a locality and the seat of Knivsta Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 20,167 inhabitants. It is known for being one of the safest areas in Sweden, consistently ranking among the top 5 safest municipalities (out of 290) for more than a decade.

==Geography== The town sits on the Stockholm-Uppsala railway 48 km north from Stockholm and 18 km south from Uppsala, and has a station in the heart of the town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knivsta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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