Karlskoga Municipality

Coordinates: 59°20′N 14°31′E / 59.333°N 14.517°E / 59.333; 14.517
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For the locality and municipal seat, see Karlskoga.
Karlskoga Municipality
Karlskoga kommun
Municipality
Karlskoga Town Hall
Karlskoga Town Hall
Municipal code
1883
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

city
. These titles were abolished in 1971.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlskoga Municipality's electoral districts in the

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

  • Karlskoga Mountain District

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.
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  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.

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