Höganäs Municipality Explained

Höganäs Municipality
Native Name:Höganäs kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:56.2°N 46°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Skåne County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Höganäs
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:Scania
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1284
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.hoganas.se

Höganäs Municipality (Höganäs kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.

The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough managing matters of urban character) of Sweden had been established in 1875, received the title of a city in 1936. In 1967 it was merged with Väsby. The present municipality was created with the reform in 1971 when the city was amalgamated with Brunnby and Jonstorp.

Geography

The municipality is located on the Kullen peninsula, the extreme part of which is known as the nature reserve Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque villages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species.[1]

The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.

Localities

There were eight localities in the municipality as of 2018. The municipal seat is marked in bold.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Höganäs 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 27,560 residents, including 21,308 Swedish citizens of voting age.[2] 38.5% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number"
Höganäs C1,9931,73246.552.577821824,07644
Höganäs NV2,0461,58242.055.980841625,87641
Höganäs NÖ1,9931,44842.856.280772322,80631
Höganäs S1,7321,17046.552.372653522,59539
Höganäs SÖ1,9061,40149.549.276752522,55138
Höganäs Ö1,9461,34941.057.876693123,44232
Jonstorp V2,3301,74433.365.583871328,44147
Jonstorp Ö2,1491,69234.464.684881227,59447
Lerberget N1,6651,22636.363.189891131,82756
Lerberget S1,16584135.963.384871329,73850
Nyhamn V1,8281,54942.456.880871327,05260
Nyhamn Ö1,8291,49741.757.382861428,84455
Viken N1,4591,14231.267.983901033,06161
Viken S1,2261,20625.873.272891130,03464
Viken Ö2,2931,72929.768.785871330,70456
Source: SVT

Elections

Below are the results since the 1973 municipal reform listed. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.

Riksdag

YearTurnoutVotesVSMPCLKDMSDND
1973[3] 93.213,0281.343.00.023.57.91.122.90.00.0
1976[4] 94.614,3661.439.40.021.311.11.025.70.00.0
1979[5] 93.014,6671.838.70.014.510.31.032.90.00.0
1982[6] 93.815,0271.939.22.011.95.81.337.80.00.0
1985[7] 91.714,9662.037.41.89.415.80.033.40.00.0
1988[8] 87.614,4462.636.76.98.612.72.529.60.00.0
1991[9] 88.314,9502.231.13.15.98.78.531.70.06.6
1994[10] 88.315,0833.038.74.66.37.44.233.80.01.3
1998[11] 83.514,2956.430.53.33.05.713.833.40.00.0
2002[12] 82.314,2774.732.73.53.916.111.522.82.70.0
2006[13] 83.715,1142.527.24.05.88.47.837.34.20.0
2010[14] 85.916,1102.620.25.95.49.16.742.46.40.0
2014[15] 87.716,8463.022.06.35.36.45.433.914.80.0

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
197393.213,02844.354.30.01.498.6
197694.614,36640.858.10.01.198.9
197993.014,66740.557.70.01.898.2
198293.815,02741.155.50.03.496.6
198591.714,96639.458.60.02.098.0
198887.614,44646.250.90.02.997.1
199188.314,95033.354.80.011.994.7
199488.315,08346.351.70.02.098.0
199883.514,29540.255.90.03.996.1
200282.314,27740.954.30.04.795.3
200683.715,11433.759.30.07.093.0
201085.916,11028.763.66.41.398.7
201487.716,84631.350.014.83.996.1

References

  1. http://www.luminatechnologies.org/luminawws.html C.Michael Hogan, Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Lumina Technologies, Aberdeen Library Archives, July 17, 2004
  2. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Höganäs i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 27 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 164). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 159). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 183). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 184). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 185. SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  8. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 166). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  9. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 26). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 40). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 36). SCB. sv. 7 September 2017.
  12. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2002. Valmyndigheten. sv. 7 September 2017.
  13. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2006. Valmyndigheten. sv. 7 September 2017.
  14. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2010. Valmyndigheten. sv. 7 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2014. Valmyndigheten. sv. 7 September 2017.

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