Lindesberg Municipality

Coordinates: 59°35′N 15°15′E / 59.583°N 15.250°E / 59.583; 15.250
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Lindesberg Municipality
Lindesbergs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Lindesberg Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°35′N 15°15′E / 59.583°N 15.250°E / 59.583; 15.250
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
SeatLindesberg
Area
[1]
 • Total1,480.5 km2 (571.6 sq mi)
 • Land1,377.59 km2 (531.89 sq mi)
 • Water102.91 km2 (39.73 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total23,292
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästmanland
Municipal code1885
Websitewww.lindesberg.se

Lindesberg Municipality (Lindesbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lindesberg.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Lindesberg and the former market town of Frövi were joined.

Localities[edit]

By size, as of 2000:

Riksdag elections[edit]

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[3] 90.9 15,758 3.9 45.9 31.3 7.5 2.4 8.6 49.8 47.4
1976[4] 92.0 16,420 3.1 45.8 31.6 7.2 1.8 10.2 48.9 49.0
1979[5] 90.4 16,377 4.2 47.3 25.0 7.5 2.1 13.5 51.5 45.9
1982[6] 91.4 16,740 4.2 50.7 1.7 20.7 4.4 2.7 15.5 54.9 40.6
1985[7] 89.7 16,559 4.5 49.0 2.5 18.3 10.3 15.0 53.5 43.6
1988[8] 85.4 15,627 5.5 47.8 5.2 16.7 9.7 3.8 11.2 58.4 37.6
1991[9] 85.9 15,756 4.6 43.3 3.0 12.3 7.5 8.5 13.7 6.6 47.9 42.0
1994[10] 86.9 16,004 7.0 50.4 5.1 11.4 5.6 4.3 15.0 0.7 62.5 36.3
1998[11] 80.3 14,382 13.7 41.1 4.5 8.6 3.1 11.5 15.6 59.3 38.9
2002[12] 79.3 13,989 7.7 47.5 4.0 12.0 8.4 7.6 10.1 1.6 59.3 38.1
2006[13] 81.3 14,165 5.3 43.5 3.6 12.4 4.4 5.4 18.2 5.1 52.4 40.3
2010[14] 84.6 14,845 4.6 38.6 5.2 8.0 5.0 4.8 23.5 9.2 48.4 41.3
2014[15] 86.8 15,348 4.3 36.9 4.7 7.5 2.8 3.7 16.9 20.9 45.9 30.8
2018[16] 87.6 15,280 6.1 31.6 2.6 8.5 2.8 6.1 15.8 25.0 48.7 49.7
2022[17] 84.5 15,053 5.1 30.2 3.2 6.0 2.7 5.4 15.5 30.1 44.5 53.7

Demographics[edit]

This is a demographic table based on Lindesberg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[18]

In total there were 23,563 residents with 18,038 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote.[18] The political demographics were 44.5% for the left bloc and 53.7% for the right bloc.[18] The northeastern part of Lindesberg has a majority of non-Swedish background. It also has the lowest median income and the lowest levels of employment, while the wealthiest district of Linde encircling the town has the highest share of Swedish background in the municipality.[18] The town of Lindesberg leaned slightly to the left, whereas the countryside had very high shares for the right and in particular the Sweden Democrats.[18] Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Twin towns[edit]

Lindesberg's five twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1940) Kuusankoski (Kouvola), Finland Finland
  2. (?) Oppdal, Norway Norway
  3. (?) Jammerbugt Municipality, Denmark Denmark
  4. (1990) Frunzensky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia
  5. (1995) Haßberge, Germany Germany

Industry[edit]

The largest employer is the municipality. After that follow the large hospital, serving the northern parts of Örebro County. Larger companies include Por Pac (Fagerdala Foams), Arvin Meritor and Liab.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  4. ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  5. ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ^ "Lindesberg - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  13. ^ "Lindesberg - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. ^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. ^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. ^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  18. ^ a b c d e f "Valresultat 2022 för Lindesberg i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

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