Hammarö Municipality Explained

Hammarö Municipality
Native Name:Hammarö kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:59.3333°N 39°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Värmland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Skoghall
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 Sec1:1761
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.hammaro.se

Hammarö Municipality (Hammarö kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skoghall.

The municipality was created from Hammarö parish in 1863, and its territory has not been affected by the great municipal reforms of 1952 and 1971. With a land area of only it is Sweden's 12th smallest, as well as the smallest in Värmland County.

Geography

The municipality consists of the islands Hammarön and Vidön and the adjacent archipelago. The name Hammarö, or Hammarön (the name of the island itself), refers to hammare, a rocky area where deciduous trees grow. The island itself is large, the third largest island of Lake Vänern, and located off the shore of Värmland, separated by the Klarälven river delta.

From Skoghall it is to the city of Karlstad. Karlstad Municipality is the only municipality with bridge connections to Hammarö.

Localities

While the vast majority of Hammarö's inhabitants live in a single urban area going by the Statistics Sweden designation of Skoghall, this urban area is split in two postal areas: Skoghall (western part) and Hammarö (eastern part). The name Skoghall is seldom used for the urban area in its entirety.

Skoghall city center

Skoghall City Center is a commercial and recreational hub located in Skoghall, a suburban district situated within the municipality of Hammarö in Värmland County, Sweden. Renowned for its blend of retail outlets and leisure amenities, Skoghall City Center serves as a focal point for both locals and visitors alike.

Economy

100 years ago the largest employers were all in the fishing sectors. Today, the company Stora Enso Skoghall, manufacturing cardboard boxes, has 950 employees. Second is Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals with 150, manufacturing chemical products.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hammarö 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 16,749 residents, including 12,337 Swedish citizens of voting age. 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 47.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Gunnarskär1,8431,31155.344.19095531,81356
Haga1,9181,59156.342.681891124,75839
Hallersrud1,5601,08648.251.59095534,05360
Hammar1,8601,32052.147.49094632,33267
Klöverud2,0331,48653.046.48993732,55460
Lövnäs2,0891,46446.852.49193736,06570
Mörmon1,7851,42359.538.276851522,80937
Skoghall1,7711,38956.442.072831722,27837
Ö Bärstad-Rud1,8901,26740.758.49092833,97566
Source: SVT

Elections

These are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.

YearTurnoutVotesVSMPCLKDMSDND
1973[2] 93.87,8775.560.10.017.57.60.38.40.0
1976[3] 94.07,4004.457.40.016.99.20.311.20.0
1979[4] 93.87,8405.256.70.011.38.20.217.20.0
1982[5] 94.58,5935.158.01.48.65.71.021.10.0
1985[6] 93.28,5795.655.71.64.913.10.018.90.0
1988[7] 89.88,5966.155.04.36.711.30.915.60.0
1991[8] 89.98,6254.247.52.84.89.44.619.80.06.3
1994[9] 89.99,1066.753.33.83.76.22.520.50.00.9
1998[10] 85.28,64313.743.74.12.03.810.021.40.0
2002[11] 83.88,6718.246.43.63.913.37.614.11.3
2006[12] 85.99,0785.741.94.05.67.06.625.02.3
2010[13] 88.99,8985.035.15.84.57.45.631.53.9
2014[14] 90.010,2744.637.76.15.15.34.825.88.3
2018[15] 91.010,9165.734.14.18.86.66.620.013.2

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
1973[16] 93.87,87765.633.50.00.999.1
197694.07,40061.837.30.00.999.1
197993.87,84062.936.70.00.499.6
198294.58,59363.135.40.01.598.5
198593.28,57961.336.90.01.898.2
198889.88,59665.433.60.01.099.0
199189.98,62551.738.60.09.796.6
199489.99,10663.832.90.03.396.7
199885.28,64361.537.20.01.398.7
200283.88,67158.238.90.02.997.1
200685.99,07851.644.20.04.295.8
201088.99,89845.949.03.91.298.8
201490.010,27448.441.08.32.397.7

Sister cities

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Hammarö i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 18 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 186). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 187). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 43). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  10. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.
  11. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Hammarö kommun 2002. Valmyndigheten. sv. 22 August 2017.
  12. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Hammarö kommun 2006. Valmyndigheten. sv. 22 August 2017.
  13. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Hammarö kommun 2010. Valmyndigheten. sv. 22 August 2017.
  14. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Hammarö kommun 2014. Valmyndigheten. sv. 22 August 2017.
  15. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Hammarö kommun 2018. Valmyndigheten. sv. 16 April 2020.
  16. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166). SCB. sv. 22 August 2017.