Surahammar Municipality

Surahammar Municipality Surahammars kommun
Municipality
Municipal code		1907
Website	www.surahammar.se

Surahammar Municipality (Surahammars kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Surahammar.

The municipality is located some 100 km west of Stockholm in the southern part of the mineral-rich Bergslagen region.

The municipality was formed in 1963 through the amalgamation of Ramnäs and Sura.

Localities

• Ramnäs
• Surahammar (seat)
• Virsbo

History

used up considerable amounts of resources in the production of pig iron.

Over time, the mills specialised and in Ramnäs the key product became iron chains – in modern days for the off-shore industry – and in Surahammar wheel-sets for the rail road industry and electro steels, both with

as a major customer.

In Surahammar, Gustaf Eriksson developed the first combustion-engine automobile built in Sweden in 1897. It formed the basis for a new Swedish industry that was located in Södertälje under the name of Vagnfabriks-Aktiebolaget i Södertelge (renamed in 1906 to Vabis that later merged with Scania AB).

Today, the mills in Virsbo, Ramnäs and Surahammar have been transformed into modern industries with international owners.

Economy

Industry in Surahammar includes:

• Surahammars Bruk AB - electrical steels
• wheelsets
  for the railroad industry
• Metso Powdermet
• Scana Ramnäs AB
• Uponor Wirsbo AB
• Ruukki Sverige AB, Virsbo

Tourism

The

and lakes, a total distance of 100 km.

Ecomuseum Bergslagen gives an in-depth view of how the early industrialization evolved in the Bergslagen region. It consists of some 40 sites.

Demographics

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

In total there were 10,073 residents, including 7,495 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.4% voted for the left coalition and 54.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Bruket-Landsbygd	1,683	1,204	37.9	60.9	83	80	20	26,967	31
Dalskogen	1,992	1,477	50.6	48.8	75	66	34	21,940	22
Ramnäs	1,633	1,222	48.1	50.7	78	73	27	23,415	22
Skogslund	1,625	1,251	46.2	52.7	82	75	25	25,162	27
Stavtorpet	1,696	1,213	41.7	57.3	87	79	21	27,554	29
Virsbo	1,444	1,128	42.0	57.0	75	65	35	22,561	17
Source: SVT[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[4]	93.9	6,080	7.6	65.4		15.1	5.0	1.3	5.2			73.0	25.3
1976[5]	94.4	6,421	6.0	65.1		14.1	7.0	0.8	6.6			71.1	27.6
1979[6]	93.6	6,739	5.8	64.8		10.5	7.6	0.7	9.3			70.6	27.4
1982[7]	93.9	6,913	6.2	68.1	0.9	8.4	4.0	1.3	11.0			74.3	23.4
1985[8]	91.6	6,884	6.9	65.5	1.0	6.6	9.8		10.1			72.4	26.5
1988[9]	86.5	6,601	8.1	64.2	3.7	5.2	8.6	1.9	7.9			76.0	21.7
1991[10]	86.3	6,658	6.2	58.3	2.3	3.7	6.5	4.6	10.7		7.1	64.5	25.5
1994[11]	87.6	6,738	9.4	62.7	4.1	3.2	5.1	2.2	10.9		1.4	76.2	21.3
1998[12]	80.3	5,949	18.2	51.7	3.6	2.7	3.5	7.5	11.8			73.4	25.4
2002[13]	77.8	5,604	11.5	57.8	3.5	3.8	8.7	5.6	7.2	0.9		72.9	25.3
2006[14]	78.3	5,664	8.4	54.0	3.1	4.8	5.9	4.2	14.4	2.5		65.4	29.3
2010[15]	83.5	6,159	7.9	49.1	4.1	2.8	5.7	2.9	19.4	7.0		61.1	30.7
2014[16]	84.5	6,245	7.2	45.4	3.4	3.7	3.4	2.3	13.6	18.4		56.0	23.0
2018[17]	85.1	6,241	8.2	36.4	1.9	4.0	3.4	4.2	13.0	27.5		50.5	48.0
2022[18]	83.7	6,185	5.0	34.7	1.9	2.7	2.5	4.4	13.9	33.7		44.4	54.6

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Surahammar Municipality.

• Surahammar Municipality - Official site
• Strömsholm Canal - Official site
• Surahammar Manor - Official site
• Ecomuseum Bergslagen - Official site