Borgholm Municipality

Borgholm Municipality
Borgholms kommun
Municipality
Borgholm Castle
Borgholm Castle
Coat of arms of Borgholm Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°53′N 16°39′E / 56.883°N 16.650°E / 56.883; 16.650
CountrySweden
CountyKalmar County
SeatBorgholm
Area
[1]
 • Total
3,654.83 km2 (1,411.14 sq mi)
 • Land678.65 km2 (262.03 sq mi)
 • Water2,976.18 km2 (1,149.11 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total
10,748
 • Density2.9/km2 (7.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceÖland
Municipal code0885
Websitewww.borgholm.se

Borgholm Municipality (Borgholms kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, constituting the northern half of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The municipal seat is located in the city of Borgholm.

Notable historic sites in this municipality are Borgholm Castle and Halltorps Estate.

The local government reform in the 1970s saw the creation of two municipalities on the island of Öland. Borgholm Municipality is the northern of the two and consists of sixteen original (pre-1952) entities. The southern half of the island is made up of Mörbylånga Municipality.

It is the birthplace of John Eke, A long distance runner who competed in the 1912 Olympics, He later competed for the Irish American Athletic Club in NYC

Localities

There are 5 urban areas (also called Tätort or localities) in Borgholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Borgholm 3,093
2 Köpingsvik 609
3 Löttorp 455
4 Rälla 440
5 Björkviken 243

Sister cities

Borgholm has four sister cities (a.k.a. twin towns):

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Borgholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 10,889 inhabitants, including 8,990 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 45.0 % voted for the left coalition and 53.8 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Politics

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag held in Borgholm since the first election after the municipal reform that was held in 1973. The results only include parties that have won representation in the Riksdag assembly at least once during this timeframe. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small size at the time.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973[4] 90.7 7,085 2.2 25.7 0.0 50.1 4.9 3.4 13.7 0.0 0.0
1976[5] 91.8 7,581 2.5 25.8 0.0 50.1 5.2 2.2 14.2 0.0 0.0
1979[6] 90.0 7,614 3.3 25.9 0.0 45.2 5.2 2.5 17.8 0.0 0.0
1982[7] 90.7 7,798 2.6 27.9 1.2 39.2 3.3 3.2 22.5 0.0 0.0
1985[8] 89.0 7,714 2.1 28.3 1.8 35.6 9.9 0.0 22.1 0.0 0.0
1988[9] 86.1 7,408 2.5 29.0 6.1 33.7 7.3 4.9 16.4 0.0 0.0
1991[10] 86.0 7,536 2.3 24.6 3.6 28.4 4.1 9.0 19.9 0.0 7.5
1994[11] 85.7 7,653 3.6 33.3 5.4 24.0 3.7 5.3 22.6 0.0 1.3
1998[12] 79.8 7,025 8.5 25.7 4.0 17.7 2.7 18.2 21.7 0.0 0.0
2002[13] 79.9 7,058 5.7 28.6 3.9 21.2 8.6 14.4 15.9 0.5 0.0
2006[14] 81.4 7,230 3.8 26.8 3.9 21.5 4.5 8.0 26.2 3.5 0.0
2010[15] 84.2 7,340 3.6 23.3 6.2 16.8 5.0 7.3 31.7 5.2 0.0
2014[16] 87.0 7,587 3.7 25.6 4.5 14.7 3.5 5.1 24.6 15.3 0.0
2018[17] 88.6 7,682 5.7 23.7 3.1 14.2 3.4 8.3 18.9 21.4 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 90.7 7,085 27.9 68.7 0.0 3.4 96.6
1976 91.8 7,581 28.3 69.5 0.0 2.2 97.8
1979 90.0 7,614 29.2 68.2 0.0 2.6 97.4
1982 90.7 7,798 30.5 65.0 0.0 4.5 95.5
1985 89.0 7,714 30.4 67.6 0.0 2.0 98.0
1988 86.1 7,408 37.6 57.4 0.0 5.0 95.0
1991 86.0 7,536 26.9 61.4 0.0 11.7 95.8
1994 85.7 7,653 42.3 55.6 0.0 2.1 97.9
1998 79.8 7,025 38.2 57.6 0.0 4.2 95.8
2002 79.9 7,058 38.2 60.1 0.0 1.7 98.3
2006 81.4 7,230 34.5 60.2 0.0 5.3 94.7
2010 84.2 7,340 33.1 60.8 5.2 0.9 99.1
2014 87.0 7,587 33.8 47.9 15.3 3.0 97.0
2018 88.5 7,682 32.5 44.9 21.4 1.2 98.8

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Borgholm i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 163)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 158)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 182)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 183)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 184)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 164)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 24)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 39)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 35)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Borgholms kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Borgholms kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Borgholms kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Borgholms kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Borgholms kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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