Degerfors Municipality Explained

Degerfors Municipality
Native Name:Degerfors kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:59.2333°N 40°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Örebro County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Degerfors
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Värmland and Närke
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1862
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.degerfors.se

Degerfors Municipality (Degerfors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.

The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a market town (köping) in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Degerfors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]

In total there were 7,456 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[1] 53.6% voted for the left coalition and 45.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Bossåsen1,3731,03949.050.181871327,59525
Bruket1,4801,14852.945.974802022,99324
Jannelund1,7271,33063.735.359673317,26221
Stora Valla1,5741,21559.439.368752520,86420
Strömtorp1,8211,48847.950.783861426,81326
Svartå60547853.344.074831722,99524
Åtorp93975847.851.08491925,58227
Source: SVT

Riksdag elections

Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight
1973[2] 94.77,5334.963.118.75.32.35.268.029.2
1976[3] 95.08,0344.761.919.35.92.15.966.731.0
1979[4] 94.18,1945.762.814.36.62.08.168.529.1
1982[5] 94.58,2926.565.41.011.53.62.09.972.025.0
1985[6] 93.48,2257.464.21.210.18.09.071.627.1
1988[7] 90.17,7678.863.73.48.26.82.56.375.821.3
1991[8] 89.77,6917.459.72.16.45.44.98.65.367.125.3
1994[9] 89.37,6089.963.83.25.94.42.88.81.076.821.8
1998[10] 83.46,84717.754.83.44.52.37.58.775.923.0
2002[11] 82.36,49113.360.82.55.36.05.25.10.976.721.7
2006[12] 82.36,30211.257.62.75.43.25.29.82.971.523.6
2010[13] 86.16,49410.852.74.94.13.14.513.85.468.425.6
2014[14] 86.46,4268.151.24.04.21.93.410.614.463.320.1
2018[15] 87.16,41510.244.12.45.42.44.010.719.962.036.9
2022[16] 84.96,2617.739.62.43.92.34.212.026.653.645.0

Twin towns

Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1985) Oedheim, Germany
  2. (1990) Ventspils District, Latvia

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Degerfors i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 27 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Allmänna valen 1973. sv. SCB.
  3. Web site: Allmänna valen 1976. sv. SCB.
  4. Web site: Allmänna valen 1979. sv. SCB.
  5. Web site: Allmänna valen 1982. sv. SCB.
  6. Web site: Allmänna valen 1985. sv. SCB.
  7. Web site: Allmänna valen 1988. sv. SCB.
  8. Web site: Allmänna valen 1991. sv. SCB.
  9. Web site: Allmänna valen 1994. sv. SCB.
  10. Web site: Allmänna valen 1998. sv. SCB.
  11. Web site: Degerfors - summering. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  12. Web site: Degerfors - Allmänna val 17 september 2006. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  13. Web site: Degerfors - Röster Val 2010. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  14. Web site: Degerfors - Röster Val 2014. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  15. Web site: Degerfors - Röster Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  16. Web site: Degerfors - Röster Val 2022. sv. Valmyndigheten.