Härjedalen Municipality Explained

Härjedalen Municipality
Native Name:Härjedalens kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Jämtland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Sveg
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:Härjedalen, Hälsingland and Dalarna
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:2361
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.herjedalen.se

Härjedalen Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg.

The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen.

The municipality was created in 1974 and is one of two in Sweden with the name of a province (Gotland Municipality is the other). It consists of nine original local government entities (as of 1863).

Geography

With a total area of, it is Sweden's fifth largest. However, it is largely wilderness, and the municipality is sparsely inhabited. For comparison, the municipality covers as much territory as Uppsala County and Stockholm County combined, but those two counties have over 2,000,000 inhabitants.

Localities

There are eight localities (or urban areas) in Härjedalen Municipality:[1]

Locality Population
1 Sveg 2,633
2 798
3 763
4 603
5 547
6 445
7 365
8 293

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Härjedalen 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 8,125 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[2] 50.0% voted for the left coalition and 48.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Funäsdalen2,2611,79753.145.584881225,00037
Hede-Vemdalen2,2821,90149.149.786901024,06728
Lillhärdal-Ängersjö1,3271,09441.556.78192822,50624
Sveg-Glöte2,0951,58747.151.180811922,28127
Sveg-Ytterhogdal2,1431,74655.443.978851521,09222
Source: SVT

Riksdag

This table lists the national results since the 1972 Swedish municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats from 1988 to 1998 were not published by the SCB at a municipal level due to the party's small size nationally at the time.

YearTurnoutVotesVSMPCLKDMSDND
1973[3] 85.88,2985.455.60.025.36.11.15.40.00.0
1976[4] 87.38,7684.656.50.026.25.71.15.60.00.0
1979[5] 86.68,7995.358.20.021.95.21.08.10.00.0
1982[6] 87.38,8285.359.11.118.53.51.111.30.00.0
1985[7] 85.78,6714.658.91.415.57.30.012.30.00.0
1988[8] 81.18,0076.156.84.914.17.51.39.10.00.0
1991[9] 83.08,0594.951.22.712.85.53.012.10.06.2
1994[10] 82.98,0247.258.15.010.93.91.711.80.00.7
1998[11] 77.47,12917.046.83.98.12.86.712.80.00.0
2002[12] 74.86,65012.150.23.611.56.04.69.70.30.0
2006[13] 77.66,6138.245.72.312.94.73.817.22.70.0
2010[14] 80.66,7396.044.63.89.43.82.322.27.00.0
2014[15] 82.86,7655.242.93.010.52.11.917.215.20.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

YearTurnoutVotesLeftRightSDOtherElected
197385.88,29861.036.80.02.297.8
197687.38,76860.137.50.02.497.6
197986.68,79963.535.20.01.398.7
198287.38,82864.433.30.02.397.7
198585.78,67163.535.10.01.498.6
198881.18,00767.830.70.01.598.5
199183.08,05956.133.40.010.595.7
199482.98,02470.326.60.03.196.9
199877.47,12967.730.40.01.998.1
200274.86,65065.931.80.02.397.7
200677.66,61356.238.60.05.294.8
201080.66,73954.437.77.00.999.1
201482.86,76551.131.715.22.098.0

Notable natives

References

  1. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01A/Tatorternami0810tab1en.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  2. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Härjedalen i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 21 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 162). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 188). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  10. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 45). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  11. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 42). SCB. sv. 16 August 2017.
  12. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2002. Valmyndigheten. sv. 16 August 2017.
  13. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2006. Valmyndigheten. sv. 16 August 2017.
  14. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2010. Valmyndigheten. sv. 16 August 2017.
  15. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2014. Valmyndigheten. sv. 16 August 2017.

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