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Karlskoga Municipality

Karlskoga kommun
Karlskoga Town Hall
Karlskoga Town Hall
Coat of arms of Karlskoga Municipality
Coat of arms
Karlskoga Municipality in Örebro County.png
Country Sweden
County Örebro County
Seat Karlskoga
Area
 • Total 513.22 km2 (198.16 sq mi)
 • Land 470.68 km2 (181.73 sq mi)
 • Water 42.54 km2 (16.42 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 29,712
 • Density 57.8933/km2 (149.943/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Värmland and Närke
Municipal code 1883
Website www.karlskoga.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Karlskoga Municipality (Karlskoga kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg.

Karlskoga was formed as rural municipality when the first Swedish local government acts came into force in 1863. In 1925 the southern part was detached, forming Degerfors Municipality. In 1940 the whole municipality, including its non-urban areas, got the title of a city. These titles were abolished in 1971.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlskoga 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 30,389 residents, including 23,534 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973 91.6 24,449 7.0 55.3 19.4 7.0 1.3 9.4 62.3 35.9
1976 92.6 25,049 5.2 53.9 18.2 10.0 1.0 11.1 59.1 39.3
1979 91.4 24,703 6.4 54.2 12.4 9.9 1.1 15.4 60.6 37.7
1982 92.6 24,965 6.0 57.6 9.5 4.9 1.7 18.9 63.6 33.3
1985 91.1 24,487 6.1 56.7 1.0 6.9 12.5 16.8 62.7 36.2
1988 86.8 22,951 7.3 55.5 2.8 6.1 11.4 2.2 14.3 65.7 31.8
1991 87.1 22,473 5.3 49.9 1.8 4.0 8.8 5.7 17.5 6.8 55.2 36.0
1994 86.3 21,815 7.4 56.5 3.4 3.7 5.8 2.9 18.3 1.6 67.2 30.7
1998 81.0 19,766 14.8 47.2 2.9 2.2 3.4 9.2 17.3 64.9 32.1
2002 79.6 18,738 8.9 54.6 2.9 2.8 9.6 6.6 11.3 1.2 66.4 30.4
2006 81.5 18,917 6.4 49.4 3.2 4.2 4.7 5.3 19.8 3.0 58.9 34.1
2010 84.3 19,567 5.3 46.3 5.4 3.1 5.3 4.8 23.2 4.7 57.0 36.4
2014 85.7 19,877 5.0 44.7 4.8 3.4 3.3 3.6 18.7 14.4 54.4 29.0
2018 87.1 19,899 7.2 37.5 2.8 6.0 4.0 4.8 18.0 18.3 53.5 45.1
2022 84.3 19,604 5.0 37.4 2.6 4.0 3.0 3.9 18.9 23.7 49.1 49.6

Twin towns – sister cities

Karlskoga is twinned with:

  • Denmark Aalborg, Denmark
  • Norway Fredrikstad, Norway
  • Iceland Húsavík, Iceland
  • Russia Ivangorod, Russia (until 2022)
  • Estonia Narva, Estonia
  • Latvia Olaine, Latvia
  • Finland Riihimäki, Finland
  • Italy Sanremo, Italy
  • United States Wheaton, United States
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