Kalmar County
Kalmar County
Kalmar län (Swedish) | ||
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Capital Kalmar | | |
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• Governor | NUTS Region SE213 | |
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Kalmar County (Swedish: Kalmar län) is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland.
The counties are mainly administrative units. Geographically Kalmar County covers the eastern part in the Småland province, and the entire island of Öland.
Culture
Much of Öland's present day landscape known as the
Administration
Kalmar County was integrated with Kronoberg County until 1672. Blekinge was a part of Kalmar County between 1680 and 1683, due to the foundation of the naval base at Karlskrona.
The seat of residence for the
Since 1997 The municipalities and the county council cooperate through the indirectly politically controlled Regional Council of Kalmar County. The regional council represents the municipalities interests in regional growth issues, coordinates infrastructure planning, higher education, common cultural issues and administers various governmental an EU grants.
Governors
Riksdag elections
The table details all Riksdag election results of Kalmar County since the unicameral era began in 1970. The blocs denote which party would support the Prime Minister or the lead opposition party towards the end of the elected parliament.
Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S
|
MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
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1970[3] | 88.6 | 153,510 | 3.5 | 45.0 | 25.4 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 13.4 | 48.6 | 48.4 | |||
1973[4] | 91.2 | 157,126 | 3.9 | 43.9 | 29.9 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 14.3 | 47.7 | 49.7 | |||
1976[5] | 92.3 | 164,975 | 3.2 | 43.3 | 29.6 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 15.1 | 46.6 | 51.4 | |||
1979[6] | 91.3 | 164,457 | 4.0 | 44.1 | 24.0 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 18.6 | 48.1 | 49.8 | |||
1982[7] | 91.7 | 165,881 | 3.8 | 46.1 | 1.3 | 21.7 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 20.8 | 49.9 | 46.4 | ||
1985[8] | 89.9 | 163,808 | 3.8 | 46.0 | 1.3 | 19.2 | 9.8 | 19.8 | 49.8 | 48.8 | |||
1988[9] | 86.6 | 156,667 | 4.5 | 45.4 | 4.3 | 18.1 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 15.9 | 54.2 | 42.1 | ||
1991[10] | 87.2 | 158,445 | 3.8 | 39.6 | 2.7 | 14.4 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 18.2 | 6.9 | 43.4 | 46.4 | |
1994[11] | 87.2 | 158,424 | 5.6 | 47.6 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 19.0 | 1.3 | 57.5 | 40.6 | |
1998[12] | 81.6 | 145,002 | 11.5 | 39.4 | 3.9 | 9.2 | 2.8 | 13.3 | 18.3 | 54.8 | 43.7 | ||
2002[13] | 80.7 | 144,228 | 7.3 | 43.7 | 3.6 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 54.6 | 43.5 | |
2006[14] | 82.2 | 147,531 | 5.0 | 41.4 | 3.9 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 21.3 | 3.2 | 50.2 | 44.7 | |
2010[15] | 85.0 | 154,736 | 5.1 | 35.9 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 26.9 | 5.8 | 46.2 | 46.9 | |
2014[16] | 86.7 | 158,822 | 4.6 | 35.5 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 20.3 | 15.3 | 44.7 | 37.3 | |
2018[17] | 88.1 | 160,864 | 6.1 | 31.2 | 2.9 | 9.8 | 3.8 | 7.2 | 17.2 | 20.6 | 50.0 | 48.8 | |
2022[18] | 86.0 | 163,223 | 4.6 | 31.7 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 17.8 | 24.5 | 46.4 | 52.5 |
Municipalities
On the mainland:
On Öland:
Localities in order of size
The five most populous localities of Kalmar County in 2020:[19]
# | Locality | Population |
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1 | Kalmar | 41,852 |
2 | Västervik | 21,472 |
3 | Oskarshamn | 18,921 |
4 | Nybro | 13,599 |
5 | Vimmerby | 8,231 |
Foreign background
Location | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Borgholm | 5.3 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
Emmaboda | 10.2 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 22.3 | 23.4 |
Hultsfred | 9.3 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 17.6 | 24.6 | 24.7 |
Högsby | 10.3 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 19.2 | 28.7 | 28.5 |
Kalmar | 8.9 | 10.3 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 17.1 | 17.9 |
Mönsterås | 6.8 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 17.1 | 17.3 |
Mörbylånga | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
Nybro | 9.7 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 15.9 | 21.8 | 22.1 |
Oskarshamn | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 17.9 | 18.3 |
Torsås | 5.4 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 13.5 | 13.4 |
Vimmerby | 5.8 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 15.3 | 15.5 |
Västervik | 7.2 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 |
Total | 8.0 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 17.2 | 17.5 |
Source: SCB [20] |
Heraldry
The County of Kalmar was formally granted its arms in 1944. Before this the county carried the arms of Småland and Öland side by side. The current arms is a combination of the arms for Småland and Öland. Blazon: "Quartered, the arms of Småland and Öland"
See also
- Linnaeus University
- Arvid Jonsson
- Värnanäs archipelago (Nature reserve)
References and notes
- ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 september 2017 och befolkningsförändringar 1 juli–30 september 2017. Totalt". Statistics Sweden. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1970" (PDF). SCB. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- Valmyndigheten. Archived from the originalon 7 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- Valmyndigheten. Archived from the originalon 28 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Röster - Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Röster - Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- Valmyndigheten. Archived from the originalon 17 December 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Valpresentation". resultat.val.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Localities 2018 – population, land area, population density" (XLSX). Statistics Sweden. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ SCB. Retrieved 11 August 2020.