Leksand Municipality Explained

Leksand Municipality
Native Name:	Leksands kommun
Native Name Lang:	sv
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sweden
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Dalarna County
Seat Type:	Seat
Seat:	Leksand
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:	Dalarna
Blank1 Name Sec1:	Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:	2029
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Iso Code:	SE
Website:	www.leksand.se
Footnotes:	Density is calculated using land area only.

Leksand Municipality (Leksands kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.

In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875).

Geography

The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.

The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich Dalarna. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Leksand 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 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[1] 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

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Edshult-Åkerö-Övermo	2,112	1,623	46.6	52.7	86	92	8	27,059	45
Häradsbygden-Heden	1,949	1,585	47.9	51.0	88	95	5	25,129	38
Insjön V - Ål-Kilen	1,235	941	40.1	57.7	79	84	16	23,468	27
Insjön Ö	1,542	1,184	42.6	55.8	83	89	11	24,351	33
Leksand V	2,284	1,753	44.8	54.2	82	84	16	26,457	42
Leksand Ö	1,456	1,158	52.3	46.6	86	94	6	25,000	45
Leksandsnoret	1,753	1,468	54.6	44.7	76	77	23	20,236	30
Siljansnäs	1,858	1,496	46.4	51.8	83	92	8	23,005	41
Tällberg	1,806	1,530	46.3	52.8	84	92	8	25,187	40
Source: SVT

Economy

Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong:

Clas Ohlson (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön)
Leksandsbröd (Swedish crispbread)
Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory)
Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan)
Leksands IF (Sport organization)
Ejendals

In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[2]	89.5	8,329	1.9	36.5		40.0	8.8	2.9	9.7			38.4	58.4
1976^[3]	90.7	8,977	2.0	35.2		38.3	10.0	2.7	11.7			37.2	60.0
1979^[4]	89.7	7,202	2.5	35.6		30.9	8.9	2.9	18.5			38.1	58.4
1982^[5]	90.3	9,522	2.5	37.6	1.9	27.7	5.4	3.5	21.3			40.2	54.5
1985^[6]	88.8	9,561	2.9	36.8	1.7	25.3	13.2		19.9			39.8	58.5
1988^[7]	85.3	9,172	3.5	35.5	6.2	21.4	11.1	7.4	14.7			45.3	47.2
1991^[8]	85.7	9,690	3.1	31.9	3.4	15.1	8.2	11.8	18.2		7.4	35.0	53.3
1994^[9]	86.3	9,994	5.4	38.6	7.6	13.0	5.9	7.7	20.2		0.9	51.6	46.8
1998^[10]	82.3	9,584	11.7	30.8	6.1	8.9	2.8	18.1	19.3			48.6	49.2
2002^[11]	80.5	9,428	7.7	34.9	4.8	14.1	10.2	13.1	12.5	0.8		47.4	49.9
2006^[12]	82.9	9,834	4.8	31.3	4.9	13.6	5.0	10.5	16.6	2.9		41.0	54.6
2010^[13]	85.0	10,245	4.2	28.9	6.5	9.4	5.3	8.8	31.4	4.0		39.6	54.9
2014^[14]	87.5	10,584	4.9	29.4	5.8	10.0	3.8	7.4	23.7	11.8		40.1	44.9
2018^[15]	89.5	10,944	7.0	26.1	3.7	12.9	3.6	9.5	19.6	16.2		49.7	48.9

Notability

One of Sweden's most popular ice hockey teams is Leksands IF. NHL goalkeeper Johan Hedberg hails from Leksand.In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand.Along with Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.