Gävle Municipality Explained

Gävle Municipality
Native Name:	Gävle kommun
Native Name Lang:	sv
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Coordinates:	60.6667°N 27°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sweden
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Gävleborg County
Seat Type:	Seat
Seat:	Gävle
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:	Gästrikland
Blank1 Name Sec1:	Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:	2180
Iso Code:	SE
Website:	www.gavle.se

Gävle Municipality (Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle.

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Gävle was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. All of them were original entities, instituted as municipalities by the local government acts of 1862. The area had not been affected by the national subdivision reform in 1952.

Geography

Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar continental climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of -5C in January and 17C in July. Yearly rainfall is around 600mm.

Localities

Data from 2000.^[1]

Town	Population	Area (km²)
Gävle	92,681	41.58
Valbo	6,984	8.14
Forsbacka	1,716	1.71
Hedesunda	1,071	1.67
Norrsundet	1,044	1.89
Bergby	834	1.91
Forsby	617	0.87
Hamrångefjärden	558	1.57
Furuvik	472	0.96
Åbyggeby	457	0.87
Lund	380	1.14
Björke	362	0.58
Trödje	321	0.67
Bönan	273	0.65
Totra	255	0.76
Berg	231	0.51
Hagsta	206	0.74

Economy

Major employers in Gävle:

1. Gävle Municipality 8,000
2. County Council 8,000
3. Stora Enso 1,200
4. Ericsson 1,100
5. BillerudKorsnäs 1,100
6. Lantmäteriet 900

Whisky

Mackmyra Whisky in Valbo, a suburb of Gävle, is the only whisky distillery in Sweden. Malt whisky is produced since 1999.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gävle Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[2]

In total there were 78,868 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[2] 48.9% voted for the left coalition and 49.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"
Andersberg C	2,576	1,324	74.7	20.5	49	25	75	12,443	19
Andersberg N	1,720	1,276	53.3	44.3	73	67	33	24,148	40
Andersberg-Sälgsjön	1,859	1,476	49.6	49.6	81	81	19	27,276	40
Bergby-Axmar	1,683	1,416	42.9	55.6	82	93	7	23,236	25
Björke-Trödje	2,124	1,708	37.4	61.6	88	94	6	29,602	37
Bomhus C	1,629	1,155	48.9	50.6	89	87	13	30,616	49
Bomhus N	1,796	1,381	42.7	56.1	82	85	15	27,566	38
Bomhus SO	1,861	1,370	51.1	47.5	82	85	15	25,202	33
Bomhus SV	2,010	1,434	49.0	49.9	85	85	15	28,901	41
Bomhus V	2,108	1,482	50.9	48.0	71	74	26	20,459	35
Bomhus Ö	2,018	1,553	42.9	56.7	89	90	10	30,638	40
Brynäs C	1,999	1,732	55.6	42.2	72	76	24	21,964	35
Brynäs S	2,024	1,619	55.7	42.4	72	67	33	22,721	39
Brynäs V	1,800	1,339	56.9	40.9	71	62	38	21,588	35
Brynäs Ö	2,075	1,546	55.8	41.6	68	60	40	20,873	31
Forsbacka	1,892	1,545	46.4	53.1	78	87	13	25,011	32
Fridhem	1,716	1,226	50.8	48.0	92	90	10	34,474	68
Furuvik-Ytterharnäs	1,367	1,016	39.8	59.6	87	92	8	29,847	42
Gävle Strand	1,696	1,563	45.2	53.8	80	79	21	31,057	47
Hagaström C	2,162	1,572	50.8	48.2	90	93	7	32,233	60
Hedesunda N	1,324	1,057	34.9	64.0	82	92	8	23,444	24
Hedesunda S	1,381	1,119	39.9	58.5	87	94	6	25,984	31
Hemlingby	2,249	1,709	42.7	56.6	90	92	8	33,071	56
Hemsta	1,671	1,484	54.2	44.5	78	81	19	24,991	43
Hille	2,319	1,718	45.1	54.2	89	95	5	30,366	48
Nordost	2,029	1,363	64.4	33.6	58	33	67	15,621	25
Norr	1,304	1,128	47.0	52.1	83	81	19	26,267	49
Norrlandet-Utvalnäs	2,317	1,766	37.0	62.6	88	92	8	35,076	35
Norrsundet-Hamrångef.	1,655	1,334	49.3	49.8	73	89	11	21,631	22
Norrtull-Lexe	2,103	1,805	51.5	47.9	84	88	12	29,883	56
Olsbacka	1,569	1,168	50.1	49.3	85	87	13	30,740	57
Stigslund	2,209	1,780	47.9	51.4	85	89	11	27,352	46
Strömsbro	2,391	1,930	45.2	54.3	88	93	7	31,506	56
Sätra C	2,120	1,551	60.5	37.7	63	60	40	17,831	36
Sätra NO	2,201	1,520	61.3	35.3	70	56	44	20,414	38
Sätra NV	2,200	1,596	53.2	45.1	83	74	26	29,093	52
Sätra V	2,280	1,558	52.1	46.2	80	73	27	25,727	43
Sätra Ö	2,902	1,539	60.9	35.0	54	32	68	11,899	34
Söder V	2,123	1,881	49.6	48.8	79	80	20	25,261	42
Söder Ö	2,155	1,846	49.3	48.0	79	79	21	24,303	42
Södertull	1,867	1,710	49.0	49.8	78	85	15	24,406	45
Sörby	2,432	1,770	54.1	43.6	76	72	28	23,291	44
Valbo C	2,123	1,601	45.5	53.1	83	90	10	26,306	34
Valbo N	2,081	1,683	46.5	52.3	77	86	14	22,290	32
Valbo V	2,174	1,631	44.0	55.7	90	95	5	31,360	44
Valbo Ö-Hagaström	2,518	1,907	42.7	56.7	90	93	7	31,798	45
Vallbacken	2,054	1,753	52.7	46.0	80	85	15	26,492	52
Villastaden	2,215	1,812	42.4	57.1	66	86	14	24,501	65
Väster N	1,813	1,666	48.5	49.8	83	85	15	27,724	52
Väster S	1,448	1,314	49.0	50.2	81	81	19	24,479	41
Åbyggeby	2,162	1,555	39.7	59.8	91	95	5	31,767	44
Öster-Alderholmen	1,432	881	65.5	30.7	59	36	64	16,442	29
Source: SVT

Politics

The municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) has 65 members, elected for a four-year period. The last election was held in September 2022. Eight parties are represented in the assembly. The largest party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has 21 seats. The current chairman of the municipal assembly is the liberal Per-Åke Fredriksson, with the current chairman of the municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) is Åsa Wiklund Lång.

Education

The University College of Gävle currently enrolls 12,500 students.

It offers courses of study at six departments: Business Administration, Education and Psychology, Caring Sciences and Sociology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Natural and Computer Sciences and Technology, and Built Environment.

Some courses are given in English taught both to visiting students from foreign partner institutions and to Swedish students.

International relations

Town twinning

The municipality's is twinned with:^[3]

• Buffalo City, South Africa
• Álftanes, Iceland
• Gjøvik, Norway
• Næstved Municipality, Denmark
• Rauma, Finland
• Jūrmala, Latvia
• Galva, Illinois, United States

See also

• Municipalities of Sweden
• List of Swedish municipalities
• International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (1995)
• Gävleborg County Administrative Board
• List of Gävleborg Governors

References

Notes

External links

• Gävle - Official site
• National Atlas of Sweden - Statistics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Befolkning. https://web.archive.org/web/20051120150742/http://epi.gavle.se/gk/t_sida.asp?id=7050. 2005-11-20.
2. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Gävle i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 27 November 2023.
3. Web site: Galva - Illinois, USA . 2010-01-18 . dead . https://archive.today/20070728003017/http://epi.gavle.se/gk/t_sida.aspx?id=23075 . 2007-07-28 .