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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Flen
| image_skyline      = Flens railwaystation 2011.JPG
| image_shield       = Flen_vapen.svg
| image_caption      = Flen railway station
| pushpin_map        = Sweden Södermanland#Sweden
| pushpin_label_position = 
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Sweden]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Flen Municipality]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Södermanland County]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Södermanland]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=scb>{{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 4.45
| population_as_of   = 31 December 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref name="scb_urban_area_population_area_population_density">{{cite web | title=Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet| publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] | url=https://www.scb.se/MI0810 |date=31 December 2020 | access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>
| population_total   = 6,577 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|03|N|16|35|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| website            = 
}}
'''Flen''' ({{IPA|sv|fleːn}}) is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Flen Municipality]], [[Södermanland County]], [[Sweden]] with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

Flen evolved as a [[railway]] junction and got the title of a [[cities in Sweden|city]] in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of the much larger Flen Municipality.

Other things which made Flen famous is "Violen från Flen", a song written by [[Ulf Peder Olrog]] in the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in "[[Du ringde från Flen]]", a 1992 [[dansband]] song by [[Grönwalls]]. The town is also mentioned in the [[Kent (band)|Kent]] song "Flen/Paris" on the 2005 [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[The hjärta & smärta EP]]'' and "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 album ''[[En plats i solen (Kent album)|En plats i solen]]''. The famous Equestrians [[Carl Green]] and [[Sigurd Svensson]] was born here.

Flen is known as the 'city of ice cream' because it is the location of [[GB Glace]], the biggest ice cream company in [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flens kommun |url=https://www.visitflen.se/sv/263657/Flens-kommun/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Flens officiella besöksguide |language=sv}}</ref>

Flen is also famous for having the world's northernmost [[vineyard]], in Blacksta.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

== [[Riksdag]] elections ==
This list charts the urban area of Flen itself rather than the [[Flen Municipality|namesake municipality]] of which Flen is the seat.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right
!Year
!%
!Votes
![[Left Party (Sweden)|V]]
![[Social Democrats (Sweden)|S]]
![[Green Party (Sweden)|MP]]
![[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]]
![[Liberals (Sweden)|L]]
![[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|KD]]
![[Moderate Party (Sweden)|M]]
![[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
![[New Democracy (Sweden)|NyD]]
!Left
!Right
|-
|align=left|[[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1973|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 92.0
| 4,383
| 3.2
| 54.3
| 
| 21.1
| 8.8
| 2.1
| 10.4
| 
| 
| 57.5
| 40.2
|-
|align=left|[[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1976|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 91.8
| 4,575
| 3.0
| 53.4
| 
| 21.0
| 8.7
| 2.2
| 11.6
| 
| 
| 56.3
| 41.3
|-
|align=left|[[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1979|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 90.5
| 4,708
| 3.7
| 53.6
| 
| 16.2
| 9.7
| 1.9
| 14.4
| 
| 
| 57.3
| 40.3
|-
|align=left|[[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1982|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 91.8
| 4,708
| 4.2
| 57.6
| 1.1
| 12.6
| 4.4
| 2.4
| 17.1
| 
| 
| 61.8
| 34.1
|-
|align=left|[[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1985|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 89.5
| 4,556
| 4.5
| 57.5
| 1.2
| 10.7
| 10.9
| 
| 14.8
| 
| 
| 62.0
| 33.5
|-
|align=left|[[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1988|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 85.4
| 4,270
| 5.5
| 55.7
| 4.3
| 9.2
| 10.0
| 2.5
| 12.4
| 
| 
| 65.5
| 31.5
|-
|align=left|[[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1991|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 84.4
| 4,117
| 4.4
| 51.7
| 2.3
| 8.1
| 7.7
| 6.5
| 14.7
| 
| 4.2
| 56.1
| 37.0
|-
|align=left|[[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1994|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 86.3
| 4,197
| 6.3
| 59.1
| 3.8
| 5.1
| 5.3
| 3.6
| 15.2
| 
| 0.7
| 69.1
| 29.1
|-
|align=left|[[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1998-Del-1-Riksdagen.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1998|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 79.9
| 3,910
| 13.4
| 48.7
| 3.5
| 3.6
| 2.6
| 10.7
| 15.8
| 
| 
| 65.6
| 32.7
|-
|align=left|[[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/04R/0482/048200.html|title=Flen - summering|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2021-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928124759/https://data.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/04R/0482/048200.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 77.6
| 3,781
| 7.9
| 54.5
| 3.8
| 3.8
| 9.6
| 7.5
| 10.5
| 0.8
| 
| 66.1
| 31.5
|-
|align=left|[[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/valdistrikt/04/82/roster.html|title=Allmänna val 17 september 2006 - Flen|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
| 79.0
| 3,843
| 5.8
| 54.6
| 3.1
| 4.5
| 4.9
| 5.4
| 17.4
| 2.5
| 
| 63.6
| 32.3
|-
|align=left|[[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/valdistrikt/04/82/index.html|title=Flen - Röster Val 2010|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
| 79.2
| 3,824
| 6.2
| 46.2
| 5.1
| 3.7
| 5.2
| 5.0
| 21.6
| 6.3
| 
| 57.5
| 35.6
|-
|align=left|[[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/04/82/index.html|title=Flen - Röster Val 2014|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2021-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026125702/https://data.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/04/82/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 82.2
| 3,939
| 5.7
| 42.1
| 4.8
| 3.5
| 3.1
| 3.7
| 16.3
| 18.6
| 
| 52.6
| 26.7
|-
|align=left|[[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/04/82/index.html|title=Flen - Röster Val 2018|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2019-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101175105/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/04/82/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 80.5
| 3,877
| 7.6
| 40.7
| 3.1
| 5.1
| 2.6
| 5.2
| 15.0
| 19.8
| 
| 56.4
| 42.6
|}

== References ==
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{{Localities in Flen Municipality}}
{{Södermanland County}}


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[[Category:Populated places in Flen Municipality]]
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