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Leksand Municipality

Leksands kommun

Municipality

Coat of arms

Area

• Total

1,419.1139 km² (547.9229 sq mi)

• Land

1,225.8739 km² (473.3126 sq mi)

• Water

193.24 km² (74.61 sq mi)

Area as of January 1, 2010.

Population

(June 30, 2012)

• Total

15,292

• Density

10.7757/km² (27.9090/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

2029

Website

www.leksand.se

Density is calculated using land area only.

Leksand Municipality (Leksands kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.

In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875).

Geography
- Localities
Demographics
Economy
Riksdag elections
Notability
Twin towns – sister cities
See also

Geography

Bridge over Österdal River

The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.

The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich Dalarna. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.

Localities

Norsgatan

Alvik
Djura
Häradsbygden
Insjön
Leksand (seat)
Siljansnäs
Tällberg
Västanvik

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Leksand 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 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % 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

Edshult-Åkerö-Övermo

2,112

1,623

46.6

52.7

27,059

Häradsbygden-Heden

1,949

1,585

47.9

51.0

25,129

Insjön V - Ål-Kilen

1,235

941

40.1

57.7

23,468

Insjön Ö

1,542

1,184

42.6

55.8

24,351

Leksand V

2,284

1,753

44.8

54.2

26,457

Leksand Ö

1,456

1,158

52.3

46.6

25,000

Leksandsnoret

1,753

1,468

54.6

44.7

20,236

Siljansnäs

1,858

1,496

46.4

51.8

23,005

Tällberg

1,806

1,530

46.3

52.8

25,187

Source: SVT

Economy

Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong:

Clas Ohlson (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön)
Leksandsbröd (Swedish crispbread)
Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory)
Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan)
Leksands IF (Sport organization)
Ejendals

In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973	89.5	8,329	1.9	36.5		40.0	8.8	2.9	9.7			38.4	58.4
1976	90.7	8,977	2.0	35.2		38.3	10.0	2.7	11.7			37.2	60.0
1979	89.7	7,202	2.5	35.6		30.9	8.9	2.9	18.5			38.1	58.4
1982	90.3	9,522	2.5	37.6	1.9	27.7	5.4	3.5	21.3			40.2	54.5
1985	88.8	9,561	2.9	36.8	1.7	25.3	13.2		19.9			39.8	58.5
1988	85.3	9,172	3.5	35.5	6.2	21.4	11.1	7.4	14.7			45.3	47.2
1991	85.7	9,690	3.1	31.9	3.4	15.1	8.2	11.8	18.2		7.4	35.0	53.3
1994	86.3	9,994	5.4	38.6	7.6	13.0	5.9	7.7	20.2		0.9	51.6	46.8
1998	82.3	9,584	11.7	30.8	6.1	8.9	2.8	18.1	19.3			48.6	49.2
2002	80.5	9,428	7.7	34.9	4.8	14.1	10.2	13.1	12.5	0.8		47.4	49.9
2006	82.9	9,834	4.8	31.3	4.9	13.6	5.0	10.5	16.6	2.9		41.0	54.6
2010	85.0	10,245	4.2	28.9	6.5	9.4	5.3	8.8	31.4	4.0		39.6	54.9
2014	87.5	10,584	4.9	29.4	5.8	10.0	3.8	7.4	23.7	11.8		40.1	44.9
2018	89.5	10,944	7.0	26.1	3.7	12.9	3.6	9.5	19.6	16.2		49.7	48.9

Notability

One of Sweden's most popular ice hockey teams is Leksands IF. NHL goalkeeper Johan Hedberg hails from Leksand. In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand. Along with Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.