Karlsborg Municipality Facts for Kids

Karlsborg Municipality (Karlsborgs kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Karlsborg.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Karlsborg was amalgamated with Mölltorp and Undenäs.

The area has been dominated by Karlsborg Fortress and military activity throughout the last centuries.

Tiveden National Park is partly situated within the municipality. The Flugebyn airfield, home of the Västergötland Skydiving Club (Västergötlands Fallskärmsklubb) also lies in the municipality.

Demographics

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

In total there were 6,959 residents, including 5,557 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Karlsborg C-S

2,057

1,657

40.4

58.4

23,542

Karlsborg N

2,068

1,641

44.0

55.1

25,703

Mölltorp-Brevik

1,832

1,443

46.0

53.5

25,897

Undenäs-Forsvik

1,002

816

45.4

53.5

21,277

Source: SVT

Karlsborg Municipality facts for kids

Demographics

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