Leksand Municipality

Coordinates: 60°44′N 15°0′E / 60.733°N 15.000°E / 60.733; 15.000
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Leksand Municipality
Leksands kommun
Municipality
Municipal code
2029
Websitewww.leksand.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Leksand Municipality (Leksands kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.

In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875).

Geography

Bridge over Österdal River

The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.

The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich Dalarna. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.

Localities

Norsgatan

Demographics

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

SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Economy

Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong:

  • Clas Ohlson (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön)
  • Leksandsbröd (Swedish crispbread)
  • Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory)
  • Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan)
  • Leksands IF (Sport organization)
  • Ejendals

In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V
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 MP C L KD
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 SD NyD Left Right
1973[4] 89.5 8,329 1.9 36.5 40.0 8.8 2.9 9.7 38.4 58.4
1976[5] 90.7 8,977 2.0 35.2 38.3 10.0 2.7 11.7 37.2 60.0
1979[6] 89.7 7,202 2.5 35.6 30.9 8.9 2.9 18.5 38.1 58.4
1982[7] 90.3 9,522 2.5 37.6 1.9 27.7 5.4 3.5 21.3 40.2 54.5
1985[8] 88.8 9,561 2.9 36.8 1.7 25.3 13.2 19.9 39.8 58.5
1988[9] 85.3 9,172 3.5 35.5 6.2 21.4 11.1 7.4 14.7 45.3 47.2
1991[10] 85.7 9,690 3.1 31.9 3.4 15.1 8.2 11.8 18.2 7.4 35.0 53.3
1994[11] 86.3 9,994 5.4 38.6 7.6 13.0 5.9 7.7 20.2 0.9 51.6 46.8
1998[12] 82.3 9,584 11.7 30.8 6.1 8.9 2.8 18.1 19.3 48.6 49.2
2002[13] 80.5 9,428 7.7 34.9 4.8 14.1 10.2 13.1 12.5 0.8 47.4 49.9
2006[14] 82.9 9,834 4.8 31.3 4.9 13.6 5.0 10.5 16.6 2.9 41.0 54.6
2010[15] 85.0 10,245 4.2 28.9 6.5 9.4 5.3 8.8 31.4 4.0 39.6 54.9
2014[16] 87.5 10,584 4.9 29.4 5.8 10.0 3.8 7.4 23.7 11.8 40.1 44.9
2018[17] 89.5 10,944 7.0 26.1 3.7 12.9 3.6 9.5 19.6 16.2 49.7 48.9

Notability

One of Sweden's most popular

NHL goalkeeper Johan Hedberg
hails from Leksand. In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand. Along with
Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Leksand is twinned with:[18]

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.
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  18. ^ "Vänorter och internationella partnerskap". leksand.se (in Swedish). Leksands kommun. Retrieved 2021-04-06.

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