Karlskoga Municipality

For the locality and municipal seat, see Karlskoga.
Karlskoga Municipality
Karlskoga kommun
Municipality
Karlskoga Town Hall
Karlskoga Town Hall
Coat of arms of Karlskoga Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°20′N 14°31′E / 59.333°N 14.517°E / 59.333; 14.517
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
SeatKarlskoga
Government
 • Chairman of the municipal boardTony Ring (M)[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total510.38 km2 (197.06 sq mi)
 • Land468.23 km2 (180.78 sq mi)
 • Water42.15 km2 (16.27 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[3]
 • Total30,261
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland and Närke
Municipal code1883
Websitewww.karlskoga.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Karlskoga Municipality (Karlskoga kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg.

Karlskoga was formed as rural municipality when the first Swedish local government acts came into force in 1863. In 1925 the southern part was detached, forming Degerfors Municipality. In 1940 the whole municipality, including its non-urban areas, got the title of a city. These titles were abolished in 1971.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlskoga Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 30,389 residents, including 23,534 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[5] 91.6 24,449 7.0 55.3 19.4 7.0 1.3 9.4 62.3 35.9
1976[6] 92.6 25,049 5.2 53.9 18.2 10.0 1.0 11.1 59.1 39.3
1979[7] 91.4 24,703 6.4 54.2 12.4 9.9 1.1 15.4 60.6 37.7
1982[8] 92.6 24,965 6.0 57.6 9.5 4.9 1.7 18.9 63.6 33.3
1985[9] 91.1 24,487 6.1 56.7 1.0 6.9 12.5 16.8 62.7 36.2
1988[10] 86.8 22,951 7.3 55.5 2.8 6.1 11.4 2.2 14.3 65.7 31.8
1991[11] 87.1 22,473 5.3 49.9 1.8 4.0 8.8 5.7 17.5 6.8 55.2 36.0
1994[12] 86.3 21,815 7.4 56.5 3.4 3.7 5.8 2.9 18.3 1.6 67.2 30.7
1998[13] 81.0 19,766 14.8 47.2 2.9 2.2 3.4 9.2 17.3 64.9 32.1
2002[14] 79.6 18,738 8.9 54.6 2.9 2.8 9.6 6.6 11.3 1.2 66.4 30.4
2006[15] 81.5 18,917 6.4 49.4 3.2 4.2 4.7 5.3 19.8 3.0 58.9 34.1
2010[16] 84.3 19,567 5.3 46.3 5.4 3.1 5.3 4.8 23.2 4.7 57.0 36.4
2014[17] 85.7 19,877 5.0 44.7 4.8 3.4 3.3 3.6 18.7 14.4 54.4 29.0
2018[18] 87.1 19,899 7.2 37.5 2.8 6.0 4.0 4.8 18.0 18.3 53.5 45.1
2022[19] 84.3 19,604 5.0 37.4 2.6 4.0 3.0 3.9 18.9 23.7 49.1 49.6

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Karlskoga is twinned with:[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Nu ska jag träffa så många näringslivsrepresentanter som möjligt"". Svenskt Näringsliv (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Karlskoga i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  14. ^ "Karlskoga - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. ^ "Karlskoga - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ^ "Karlskoga - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. ^ "Karlskoga - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  18. ^ "Karlskoga - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  19. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Karlskoga i riksdagsvalet". valresultat.svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Vänorter och samarbetsländer". karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Karlskoga kommun. Retrieved 2019-11-04.