Ludvika Municipality Explained

Ludvika Municipality
Native Name:	Ludvika kommun
Native Name Lang:	sv
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Coordinates:	60.1333°N 26°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sweden
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Dalarna County
Seat Type:	Seat
Seat:	Ludvika
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:	2085
Iso Code:	SE
Website:	www.ludvika.se
Footnotes:	Density is calculated using land area only.

Ludvika Municipality (Ludvika kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.

In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

Localities

Figures as of 2004.^[1]

1. Ludvika 13,724
2. Grängesberg 3,356
3. Sunnansjö 758
4. Saxdalen 752
5. Fredriksberg 741
6. Nyhammar 682
7. Sörvik 540
8. Blötberget 529
9. Persbo/Gräsberg 459
10. Gonäs 432
11. Landforsen/Håksberg 438
12. Grangärde 374

• Other/countryside 2,967

Economy

These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:^[2]

1. Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400
2. County medical facilities 600
3. Spendrups brewery 285
4. VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
5. RSV Tax Office 110
6. Samhall-gruppen 80
7. GIA Industri AB 75
8. Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
9. Connex Sverige AB 70
10. Seco Tools AB 70
11. ISS Cleaning 60

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ludvika Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[3] 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Björkås-Stallbacken	1,971	1,542	42.0	56.7	76	87	13	24,444	20
Blötberget-Gonäs	1,144	884	41.9	57.1	78	90	10	25,559	28
Fredriksberg	753	599	65.0	32.8	74	83	17	20,190	24
Högberget	1,597	1,070	52.6	46.4	77	70	30	26,692	47
Knutsbo	1,858	1,338	48.8	50.5	90	82	18	31,600	56
Kyrkbyn-Nyhammar	1,783	1,430	47.9	50.4	80	90	10	23,048	26
Lorentsberga	1,765	1,334	51.3	47.9	86	83	17	28,276	42
Ludvika gård	2,065	1,319	55.4	43.0	64	59	41	19,595	31
Ludvika Ulrika	2,266	1,664	49.0	50.3	73	71	29	22,487	35
Magneten	1,397	989	48.0	51.2	77	66	34	26,360	40
Marnäs	2,065	1,601	52.4	46.3	69	68	32	21,042	32
Näset	2,188	1,393	61.1	36.7	53	49	51	16,501	25
Sunnansjö-Saxdalen	1,929	1,561	40.0	58.6	81	92	8	23,389	26
Sörvik-Håksberg	2,072	1,610	43.8	54.9	88	90	10	29,261	40
Öraberget	1,588	1,276	46.2	50.9	76	84	16	22,523	17
Source: SVT

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	89.0	21,040	9.3	56.6		20.5	5.1	1.2	6.8			65.8	32.4
1976^[5]	90.4	22,021	7.8	57.4		19.5	6.3	0.9	7.7			65.2	33.5
1979^[6]	90.1	21,727	8.7	59.1		13.2	6.3	1.1	10.9			67.7	30.5
1982^[7]	91.1	21,687	8.2	61.7	1.7	11.1	3.5	1.0	12.6			70.0	27.2
1985^[8]	89.3	20,718	8.9	59.5	1.7	8.5	9.3		12.0			68.4	29.8
1988^[9]	84.9	19,133	9.4	57.4	5.4	8.3	7.7	2.2	9.5			72.1	25.5
1991^[10]	85.0	18,880	6.7	53.5	2.6	6.2	6.1	5.2	12.1		6.6	60.1	29.5
1994^[11]	86.1	18,636	9.5	60.1	4.8	4.9	4.6	2.4	12.1		1.0	74.4	24.0
1998^[12]	80.4	16,620	20.8	46.7	3.6	2.7	2.7	8.5	13.1			71.1	27.0
2002^[13]	77.5	15,521	13.2	53.9	3.9	4.6	7.7	5.9	8.9	1.1		71.0	27.1
2006^[14]	79.2	15,656	10.0	49.2	3.2	6.1	4.4	4.0	16.6	2.9		62.4	31.1
2010^[15]	82.7	16,552	8.2	45.1	5.1	3.9	5.0	3.3	20.7	7.6		58.4	32.9
2014^[16]	85.5	16,841	7.6	40.6	4.6	4.1	3.1	2.4	15.4	20.0		52.9	25.0
2018^[17]	87.1	16,868	8.3	35.4	2.9	6.6	3.5	4.5	14.1	23.2		53.1	45.3
2022^[18]	84.3	16,327	6.2	35.2	2.8	4.6	2.9	4.7	14.1	28.1		48.8	49.8

Twin Towns & Sister cities

Ludvika has three twin towns:

• Bad Honnef, Germany
• Imatra, Finland ^[19]
• Kontiolahti, Finland

Sports

Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The soccer teams "Östansbo IS" (ÖIS), "Ludvika FK" (LFK, male) and "IFK Ludvika" (female) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include ping-pong teams as well as other sports.

External links

• Ludvika - Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Korta fakta om folkmängd . www.ludvika.se . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050904220229/http://www.ludvika.se/kortafakta/folkmangd.html . 4 September 2005 . dead.
2. Web site: Korta fakta om näringsliv . www.ludvika.se . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050908123837/http://www.ludvika.se/kortafakta/naringsliv.html . 8 September 2005 . dead.
3. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Ludvika i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 27 December 2023.
4. Web site: Allmänna valen 1973. sv. SCB.
5. Web site: Allmänna valen 1976. sv. SCB.
6. Web site: Allmänna valen 1979. sv. SCB.
7. Web site: Allmänna valen 1982. sv. SCB.
8. Web site: Allmänna valen 1985. sv. SCB.
9. Web site: Allmänna valen 1988. sv. SCB.
10. Web site: Allmänna valen 1991. sv. SCB.
11. Web site: Allmänna valen 1994. sv. SCB.
12. Web site: Allmänna valen 1998. sv. SCB.
13. Web site: Ludvika - summering. sv. Valmyndigheten.
14. Web site: Ludvika - Allmänna val 17 september 2006. sv. Valmyndigheten.
15. Web site: Ludvika - Röster Val 2010. sv. Valmyndigheten.
16. Web site: Ludvika - Röster Val 2014. sv. Valmyndigheten.
17. Web site: Ludvika - Röster Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten.
18. Web site: Valpresentation 2022 - Slutligt valresultat - Ludvika. sv. Valmyndigheten.
19. Web site: City Twins. Imatra. 4 May 2014.