List of former municipalities of Sweden

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This list contains some of the defunct Municipalities of Sweden . The total number of municipalities has been reduced from 2,500 in 1863 to 290 today.

1880–1974

These municipalities were merged into others in between the two major municipality reforms in 1952 and 1974.

1952

This is a partial list of the municipalities that were merged into others as part of the municipal reform of 1952.

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