Grums Municipality Explained

Grums Municipality
Native Name:Grums kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:59.35°N 19°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Värmland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Grums
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
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1764
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.grums.se

Grums Municipality (Grums kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grums, with about 5,200 inhabitants.

As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created in 1971. The market town (köping) Grums (instituted as such in 1948) was amalgamated with Ed and the parish Värmskog from the dissolved Stavnäs Municipality, thus forming Grums Municipality.

Geographically it is situated on the north-west shore of Lake Vänern in the province of Värmland. Transportations are reliable with the European route E18 intersecting the town.

Historically the town was the center of the historical jurisdiction Grums Hundred, with its oldest seal stemming from 1617. The seal showed an accurate image of the local church.

The coat of arms is derived from that of the hundred. It also depicts three saw-blades, symbolizing the forest industry.

The local political party is known as Grums medborgarparti, abbreviated gm. It was founded in 1994, in the wake of the short-lived unconventional party Ny Demokrati. The party was the municipality's third largest in the election of 1994 and 1998.

Localities

In addition, the village Värmskog, with 65 inhabitants (2000), is known as the birthplace of inventor Lars Magnus Ericsson.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Grums 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 9,080 residents, including 6,952 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Gamla Slottsbron1,5381,19053.245.980881225,55428
Grums C1,28396950.349.379871324,00422
Grums N1,10987942.256.38691927,07730
Grums S1,03773050.849.073802022,66220
Grums V1,4261,14958.640.371841620,37325
Segmon74158050.547.974861422,01722
Slottsbron1,29896045.053.772841623,00021
Värmskog64849537.362.08392826,54539
Source: SVT

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Grums i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 18 January 2024.