Kristinehamn Municipality Explained

Kristinehamn Municipality
Native Name:	Kristinehamns kommun
Native Name Lang:	sv
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Coordinates:	59.3°N 21°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sweden
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Värmland County
Seat Type:	Seat
Seat:	Kristinehamn
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:	1781
Iso Code:	SE
Website:	www.kristinehamn.se

Kristinehamn Municipality (Kristinehamns kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kristinehamn.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Kristinehamn was merged with parts of the two dissolved rural municipalities Visnum and Väse.

Localities

• Kristinehamn (seat)
• Björneborg
• Bäckhammar
• Ölme

Sites of interest

• The medieval island of Saxholmen, situated in the beautiful archipelago of Kristinehamn. There have been several archaeological excavations on the island during the past few years. There is a myth that once the cruel and hateful Saxe av Sachsen lived on the island with his wife and servants. His wife took off with her lover.
• Östervik chapel is a unique small church which has a fascinating history and architecture.
• Folk museum, the red-painted houses made of wood, the rushing of the water, and the bleating of the sheep make altogether a wonderful atmosphere and give you a memorable visit. Lundbomsgården is a middle-class home from the 19th century, the mill from the early 17th century.
• Värmlands Säby manor house has typical 18th century qualities with beautiful tiled stoves and painted tapestries. There is also a unique hedge maze consisting of 1,747 bushes.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kristinehamn 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 24,083 residents, including 18,945 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[1] 51.2% voted for the left coalition and 47.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Björneborg	1,198	880	53.6	45.1	64	74	26	20,654	20
Djurgården	1,623	1,246	51.0	47.4	81	86	14	24,962	38
Enserud	1,191	993	56.3	42.4	66	78	22	18,782	28
Fältet	1,391	1,062	50.7	48.6	80	85	15	26,136	40
Innerstaden	1,787	1,294	66.6	32.5	54	55	45	16,351	26
Kristinehamn NÖ	1,492	1,253	50.2	48.3	77	88	12	23,973	36
Kristinehamn N	1,404	1,112	48.9	50.5	84	91	9	27,645	38
Kristinehamn S	1,995	1,617	43.6	55.9	77	89	11	22,223	29
Kristinehamn Ö	2,273	1,744	52.8	46.7	84	88	12	26,637	39
Kurlanda	1,622	1,263	46.8	52.7	74	86	14	23,601	28
Stenstaliden	1,991	1,583	54.6	43.7	70	82	18	20,884	33
Strand	1,469	1,072	46.9	51.6	79	89	11	26,228	39
Södermalm	1,949	1,503	55.8	42.7	66	71	29	19,830	29
Ölme	1,464	1,200	46.7	52.8	83	94	6	27,258	38
Ö Vålösundet	1,234	1,123	48.0	51.1	75	86	14	22,243	38
Source: SVT

Elections

These are the results of the elections in the municipality since the first election after the municipal reform, being held in 1973. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1988 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.

Riksdag

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1973^[2]	91.6	18,158	5.3	49.7	0.0	21.9	10.0	1.3	11.6	0.0	0.0
1976^[3]	92.5	18,977	4.2	47.7	0.0	22.7	10.9	1.2	13.1	0.0	0.0
1979^[4]	90.8	18,498	5.0	49.6	0.0	16.4	11.0	1.1	16.7	0.0	0.0
1982^[5]	91.8	18,487	4.9	53.2	1.1	13.3	6.2	1.4	19.8	0.0	0.0
1985^[6]	89.6	18,125	5.3	51.8	1.1	10.9	13.5	0.0	17.3	0.0	0.0
1988^[7]	85.3	17,040	6.1	50.5	4.3	10.5	12.7	2.1	13.7	0.0	0.0
1991^[8]	86.3	17,061	4.7	45.0	2.5	7.8	9.0	6.2	16.1	0.0	8.3
1994^[9]	87.2	17,156	7.3	52.5	4.3	6.8	7.0	3.2	17.5	0.0	1.0
1998^[10]	81.8	15,677	15.5	42.7	3.9	5.0	4.5	10.1	16.6	0.0	0.0
2002^[11]	81.2	14,888	9.5	42.0	4.2	8.6	12.2	8.3	12.0	1.4	0.0
2006^[12]	81.9	15,131	7.3	43.6	3.6	8.6	6.4	5.5	20.6	2.5	0.0
2010^[13]	84.6	15,925	6.3	40.6	5.5	6.1	6.1	4.4	25.4	4.5	0.0
2014^[14]	86.2	16,173	5.6	41.2	5.1	6.3	4.8	3.8	19.3	11.4	0.0
2018^[15]	86.8	16,088	7.6	34.1	3.0	8.8	5.5	5.9	16.0	18.0	0.0

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.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	91.6	18,158	55.0	43.5	0.0	1.5	98.5
1976	92.5	18,977	51.9	46.7	0.0	1.4	98.6
1979	90.8	18,498	54.6	44.1	0.0	1.3	98.7
1982	91.8	18,487	58.1	39.3	0.0	2.6	97.4
1985	89.6	18,125	57.1	41.7	0.0	1.2	98.8
1988	85.3	17,040	60.9	36.9	0.0	2.2	97.8
1991	86.3	17,061	49.7	39.1	0.0	11.2	97.1
1994	87.2	17,156	64.1	34.5	0.0	1.4	98.6
1998	81.8	15,677	62.1	36.2	0.0	1.7	98.3
2002	81.2	14,888	55.7	41.1	0.0	3.2	96.8
2006	81.9	15,131	54.5	41.1	0.0	4.4	95.6
2010	84.6	15,925	52.4	42.0	4.5	1.1	98.9
2014	86.2	16,173	51.9	34.2	11.4	2.5	97.5
2018	86.8	16,088	44.7	36.1	18.0	1.3	98.7

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:^[16]

• Brodnica, Poland (since 2003)
• Elva, Estonia (since 1992)^[17]
• Farsund, Norway (since 1945)
• Rautavaara, Finland (since 1971)
• Seinäjoki, Finland (since 1945)
• Skagen, Denmark

External links

• Kristinehamn Municipality - Official site
• Kristinehamn Information Service
• Article Kristinehamn - From Nordisk familjebok

Notes and References

1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Kristinehamn i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 19 January 2024.
2. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
3. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
4. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
5. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 187). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
6. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 188). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
7. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
8. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
9. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 44). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
10. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40). SCB. sv. 15 September 2017.
11. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Kristinehamns kommun 2002. Valmyndigheten. sv. 15 September 2017.
12. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Kristinehamns kommun 2006. Valmyndigheten. sv. 15 September 2017.
13. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Kristinehamns kommun 2010. Valmyndigheten. sv. 15 September 2017.
14. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Kristinehamns kommun 2014. Valmyndigheten. sv. 15 September 2017.
15. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Kristinehamns kommun 2018. Valmyndigheten. sv. 22 September 2018.
16. Web site: Vänorter . 2010-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080401044706/http://www.kristinehamn.se/DocRoot/Forvaltningar/kommunkontoret/sidor/Webbsida900.asp . 2008-04-01 . dead .
17. Web site: Välissuhted. Elva linn. 23 July 2011. et. dead. https://archive.today/20121218031450/http://www.elva.ee/index.php?page=309. 18 December 2012.