| Ovanåker Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Ovanåkers kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 61.3833°N 64°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gävleborg County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Edsbyn |
| 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: | Hälsingland |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 2121 |
| Iso Code: | SE |
| Website: | www.ovanaker.se |
Ovanåker Municipality (Ovanåkers kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn.
The subdivision reform of 1952 saw the amalgamation of "old" Ovanåker with Voxna (both formed by the first local government acts of 1862). In 1977 Alfta (which 1974-1976 had been in Bollnäs Municipality) was added.
This is a demographic table based on Ovanåker 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 11,705 residents, including 9,015 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 47.5% voted for the left coalition and 51.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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| Alfta N | 2,369 | 1,790 | 46.5 | 52.6 | 77 | 82 | 18 | 21,878 | 26 | ||||||||
| Alfta S | 2,212 | 1,788 | 45.6 | 53.4 | 84 | 95 | 5 | 23,438 | 30 | ||||||||
| Edsbyn | 2,469 | 1,807 | 54.8 | 44.2 | 78 | 82 | 18 | 21,379 | 26 | ||||||||
| Ovanåker N | 2,230 | 1,729 | 45.0 | 54.3 | 86 | 97 | 3 | 25,717 | 31 | ||||||||
| Ovanåker V | 2,425 | 1,901 | 45.5 | 53.9 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 23,309 | 24 | ||||||||
| Source: SVT | |||||||||||||||||