Degerfors Municipality

Degerfors Municipality (Degerfors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.

Degerfors Municipality
Degerfors kommun
Municipality
Degerfors Municipality Office
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°14′N 14°26′E
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
SeatDegerfors
Area
[1]
 • Total433.68 km2 (167.44 sq mi)
 • Land383.98 km2 (148.26 sq mi)
 • Water49.7 km2 (19.2 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total9,534
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland and Närke
Municipal code1862
Websitewww.degerfors.se

The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a market town (köping) in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.

Riksdag elections
Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[3] 94.7 7,533 4.9 63.1 18.7 5.3 2.3 5.2 68.0 29.2
1976[4] 95.0 8,034 4.7 61.9 19.3 5.9 2.1 5.9 66.7 31.0
1979[5] 94.1 8,194 5.7 62.8 14.3 6.6 2.0 8.1 68.5 29.1
1982[6] 94.5 8,292 6.5 65.4 1.0 11.5 3.6 2.0 9.9 72.0 25.0
1985[7] 93.4 8,225 7.4 64.2 1.2 10.1 8.0 9.0 71.6 27.1
1988[8] 90.1 7,767 8.8 63.7 3.4 8.2 6.8 2.5 6.3 75.8 21.3
1991[9] 89.7 7,691 7.4 59.7 2.1 6.4 5.4 4.9 8.6 5.3 67.1 25.3
1994[10] 89.3 7,608 9.9 63.8 3.2 5.9 4.4 2.8 8.8 1.0 76.8 21.8
1998[11] 83.4 6,847 17.7 54.8 3.4 4.5 2.3 7.5 8.7 75.9 23.0
2002[12] 82.3 6,491 13.3 60.8 2.5 5.3 6.0 5.2 5.1 0.9 76.7 21.7
2006[13] 82.3 6,302 11.2 57.6 2.7 5.4 3.2 5.2 9.8 2.9 71.5 23.6
2010[14] 86.1 6,494 10.8 52.7 4.9 4.1 3.1 4.5 13.8 5.4 68.4 25.6
2014[15] 86.4 6,426 8.1 51.2 4.0 4.2 1.9 3.4 10.6 14.4 63.3 20.1
2018[16] 87.1 6,415 10.2 44.1 2.4 5.4 2.4 4.0 10.7 19.9 62.0 36.9

Twin towns

Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1985) Oedheim, Germany
  2. (1990) Ventspils District, Latvia

See also

References
  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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  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. "Degerfors - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  13. "Degerfors - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. "Degerfors - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. "Degerfors - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. "Degerfors - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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