Ludvika Municipality

Coordinates: 60°08′N 15°11′E / 60.133°N 15.183°E / 60.133; 15.183
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Ludvika Municipality
Ludvika kommun
Ludvika Railway Station
Ludvika Railway Station
Municipal code
2085
Websitewww.ludvika.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Ludvika Municipality (Ludvika kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.

In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

Localities

Figures as of 2004.[3]

  1. Ludvika 13,724
  2. Grängesberg 3,356
  3. Sunnansjö 758
  4. Saxdalen 752
  5. Fredriksberg 741
  6. Nyhammar 682
  7. Sörvik 540
  8. Blötberget 529
  9. Persbo/Gräsberg 459
  10. Gonäs 432
  11. Landforsen/Håksberg 438
  12. Grangärde 374
  • Other/countryside 2,967

Economy

These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:[4]

  1. Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400
  2. County medical facilities 600
  3. Spendrups brewery 285
  4. VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
  5. RSV Tax Office 110
  6. Samhall-gruppen 80
  7. GIA Industri AB 75
  8. Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
  9. Connex Sverige AB 70
  10. Seco Tools AB 70
  11. ISS Cleaning 60

Demographics

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

SCB official statistics.[5]

In total there were 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[5] 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V
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MP C L KD
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SD NyD Left Right
1973[6] 89.0 21,040 9.3 56.6 20.5 5.1 1.2 6.8 65.8 32.4
1976[7] 90.4 22,021 7.8 57.4 19.5 6.3 0.9 7.7 65.2 33.5
1979[8] 90.1 21,727 8.7 59.1 13.2 6.3 1.1 10.9 67.7 30.5
1982[9] 91.1 21,687 8.2 61.7 1.7 11.1 3.5 1.0 12.6 70.0 27.2
1985[10] 89.3 20,718 8.9 59.5 1.7 8.5 9.3 12.0 68.4 29.8
1988[11] 84.9 19,133 9.4 57.4 5.4 8.3 7.7 2.2 9.5 72.1 25.5
1991[12] 85.0 18,880 6.7 53.5 2.6 6.2 6.1 5.2 12.1 6.6 60.1 29.5
1994[13] 86.1 18,636 9.5 60.1 4.8 4.9 4.6 2.4 12.1 1.0 74.4 24.0
1998[14] 80.4 16,620 20.8 46.7 3.6 2.7 2.7 8.5 13.1 71.1 27.0
2002[15] 77.5 15,521 13.2 53.9 3.9 4.6 7.7 5.9 8.9 1.1 71.0 27.1
2006[16] 79.2 15,656 10.0 49.2 3.2 6.1 4.4 4.0 16.6 2.9 62.4 31.1
2010[17] 82.7 16,552 8.2 45.1 5.1 3.9 5.0 3.3 20.7 7.6 58.4 32.9
2014[18] 85.5 16,841 7.6 40.6 4.6 4.1 3.1 2.4 15.4 20.0 52.9 25.0
2018[19] 87.1 16,868 8.3 35.4 2.9 6.6 3.5 4.5 14.1 23.2 53.1 45.3
2022[20] 84.3 16,327 6.2 35.2 2.8 4.6 2.9 4.7 14.1 28.1 48.8 49.8

Twin Towns & Sister cities

Ludvika has three twin towns:

Sports

Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The

ping-pong
teams as well as other sports.

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. ^ "Korta fakta om folkmängd". www.ludvika.se. Archived from the original on 4 September 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Korta fakta om näringsliv". www.ludvika.se. Archived from the original on 8 September 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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  21. ^ "City Twins". Imatra. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

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