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Grängesberg
Grängesberg Train Station
Grängesberg Train Station
Grängesberg is located in Dalarna
Grängesberg
Grängesberg
Location in Dalarna
Grängesberg is located in Sweden
Grängesberg
Grängesberg
Location in Sweden
Country Sweden
Province Dalarna
County Dalarna County
Municipality Ludvika Municipality
Area
 • Total 7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)
 • Total 3,481
 • Density 451/km2 (1,170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Grängesberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛ̂ŋːɛsˌbærj]) is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 3,481 inhabitants in 2010.

The town was dominated by iron-ore extraction at Grängesberg ore field (Grängesbergs malmfält) from the 16th century to 1989. In January 1990 was the last ore-train from Grängesberg to Oxelösund.

Attempts to separate apatite from the ore begun in 1928 but were more clearly successful from the late 1930s to 1953. Aparite was separated by "soap flotation" (Swedish: tvålflotation).

Grängesbergsbolaget had during a long period the world's largest iron-ore fleet and by 1899–1900 was it Sweden's most profitable company. During this time Grängesberg grew very fast, and during a 10-year period the town's population increased threefold. Today Spendrups is Grängesberg's biggest employer.

The area is known for its Railway Museum of Grängesberg.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973 86.1 3,633 14.8 63.4 12.8 3.7 0.5 4.1 78.3 20.6
1976 87.9 3,788 12.2 65.8 11.9 4.4 0.6 4.7 78.0 20.9
1979 86.8 3,553 12.7 68.8 7.4 3.6 0.4 6.1 81.5 17.1
1982 91.2 3,583 12.9 70.4 1.2 7.2 1.5 0.4 6.1 83.3 14.8
1985 89.0 3,363 13.2 69.9 1.4 4.2 5.5 5.7 83.1 15.4
1988 84.7 3,073 13.2 68.5 3.5 4.2 5.0 1.2 4.2 85.2 13.4
1991 84.3 3,025 9.6 65.8 1.6 3.4 3.7 2.9 6.3 5.7 75.4 16.4
1994 85.4 2,885 12.6 69.0 3.5 2.6 2.2 1.1 6.4 1.6 85.2 12.3
1998 78.9 2,413 26.9 55.0 2.4 1.1 0.8 5.3 6.8 84.3 14.0
2002 76.3 2,230 17.5 63.2 3.2 2.0 2.4 2.3 4.8 1.6 83.9 14.0
2006 77.9 2,187 14.0 59.7 2.2 2.8 1.9 2.4 9.9 4.0 75.9 17.0
2010 78.7 2,262 11.2 52.5 3.1 2.2 2.4 1.8 15.1 10.4 66.9 21.5
2014 83.8 2,377 9.3 46.8 2.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 8.7 26.7 58.6 13.3
2018 83.6 2,352 10.9 33.9 0.9 3.5 2.3 3.1 8.8 34.8 49.2 48.9
2022 9.5 30.0 0.6 2.0 1.4 6.6 8.7 40.0 42.0 56.7
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