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Smedjebacken Municipality

Smedjebackens kommun
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Smedjebacken Municipality
Coat of arms
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Country Sweden
County Dalarna County
Seat Smedjebacken
Area
 • Total 1,063.772708 km2 (410.724939 sq mi)
 • Land 953.892708 km2 (368.300034 sq mi)
 • Water 109.88 km2 (42.42 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 10,754
 • Density 10.1093/km2 (26.1830/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Dalarna
Municipal code 2061
Density is calculated using land area only.

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

The present municipality was formed in two steps during the last nationwide local government reform in Sweden. In 1967 the market town (köping) Smedjebacken was reunited with Norrbärke from which it had been detached in 1918. In 1974 Söderbärke was added.

The municipality borders to eight other municipalities.

The coat of arms depicts a sailing ship and cogwheels. These are intended to show the old and new industry sectors of the municipality. It was first granted 1947, but has undergone a few redesigns since. In Smedjebacken there is a skiingclub NSKalpin.com which has a live webcamera from the slope. Also close by is Lernbo where the biggest sportsfishing retailer in Europe has its headquarters.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Smedjebacken 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 10,924 residents, including 8,649 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.2 % voted for the left coalition and 50.6 % 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 91.7 8,275 5.7 61.4 21.2 5.3 1.0 5.0 67.3 31.6
1976 92.5 8,731 5.3 60.3 21.3 5.7 1.0 6.3 65.5 33.3
1979 92.9 8,856 5.2 61.3 16.4 6.0 1.1 9.1 66.5 31.5
1982 92.8 8,926 5.6 63.4 1.2 14.7 3.4 0.8 10.7 69.0 28.8
1985 91.1 8,842 6.5 61.7 1.4 11.7 8.2 10.4 68.2 30.3
1988 85.8 8,281 7.5 60.8 3.9 11.3 6.8 1.7 7.7 72.2 25.9
1991 85.6 8,324 6.3 52.6 2.7 9.2 5.4 4.6 11.3 7.1 59.0 30.4
1994 87.3 8,275 8.6 60.4 4.5 8.0 3.7 1.7 11.6 1.0 73.4 25.0
1998 82.1 7,401 19.2 47.9 4.0 4.8 2.2 6.9 13.6 71.1 27.4
2002 77.8 6,693 11.5 55.1 3.7 6.6 6.9 5.1 9.4 0.5 70.3 28.0
2006 81.6 6,839 7.6 53.7 2.9 7.3 3.2 3.5 16.1 2.2 64.2 30.1
2010 85.2 7,200 6.7 50.9 4.1 5.1 3.4 2.7 19.7 6.4 61.7 30.8
2014 87.4 7,391 6.7 44.1 3.6 5.4 1.9 2.1 15.0 18.5 54.4 24.4
2018 88.1 7,440 7.6 39.0 2.1 6.3 2.5 4.5 13.9 22.9 55.0 43.8
2022 86.4 7,368 5.3 36.3 2.4 4.1 1.9 4.1 14.1 30.5 48.2 50.6

Notable natives

  • Jussi Björling, tenor
  • Lars Frölander, swimmer
  • Mando Diao, rock band
  • Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
  • Per Fosshaug, bandy player
  • Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman
  • Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player
  • Sator, rock band
  • Nadja Brandt, writer and also appeared as an extra in Twilight
  • Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li)
  • Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion
  • Per Johansson, swimmer
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