Munkfors Municipality

Coordinates: 59°50′N 13°32′E / 59.833°N 13.533°E / 59.833; 13.533
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Munkfors Municipality
Munkfors kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Munkfors Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°50′N 13°32′E / 59.833°N 13.533°E / 59.833; 13.533
CountrySweden
CountyVärmland County
SeatMunkfors
Area
[1]
 • Total147.97 km2 (57.13 sq mi)
 • Land141.58 km2 (54.66 sq mi)
 • Water6.39 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total3,669
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland
Municipal code1762
Websitewww.munkfors.se

Munkfors Municipality (Munkfors kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Munkfors.

In 1952 the rural municipality Ransäter got the title of a market town (köping) and the name Munkfors after its only built-up locality. With the local government reform of 1971 it became a municipality of unitary type without addition of territory. The municipality is today the 9th smallest by population in Sweden.

In Ransäter lies the Geijer School, in honour of author Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1843), who was born at the Ransäter farm. A second notable Ransäter native was Tage Erlander (1901-1985), who was Prime Minister of Sweden 1946-1969.

The municipality has one sister city: Lindsborg, Kansas, U.S.A.

Demographics[edit]

This is a demographic table based on Munkfors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 3,679 residents, including 2,714 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 56.8% voted for the left coalition and 42.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections[edit]

Riksdag[edit]

These are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973[4] 94.6 3,933 4.7 67.7 0.0 15.5 6.3 1.0 4.4 0.0 0.0
1976[5] 94.4 3,978 3.6 67.1 0.0 15.8 7.0 0.6 5.7 0.0 0.0
1979[6] 94.2 3,871 4.8 67.4 0.0 13.7 5.3 0.5 8.0 0.0 0.0
1982[7] 93.5 3,758 4.7 69.3 1.1 11.7 3.5 0.8 8.8 0.0 0.0
1985[8] 90.6 3,599 4.9 68.7 0.9 9.4 7.8 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0
1988[9] 88.8 3,412 5.5 68.9 2.8 9.8 5.9 1.2 5.6 0.0 0.0
1991[10] 88.2 3,326 6.1 63.0 1.6 8.7 5.4 3.2 7.8 0.0 3.5
1994[11] 88.2 3,275 7.7 67.3 2.2 7.3 4.3 1.8 8.0 0.0 0.6
1998[12] 81.3 2,798 16.4 57.1 2.3 5.7 2.9 6.1 8.1 0.0 0.0
2002[13] 80.4 2,576 9.6 59.2 2.9 8.5 6.9 4.1 6.1 1.8 0.0
2006[14] 80.7 2,492 9.1 55.8 2.4 9.7 5.5 2.7 9.5 3.2 0.0
2010[15] 83.9 2,484 6.6 56.1 2.6 7.3 5.9 2.9 11.8 4.9 0.0
2014[16] 85.1 2,463 4.6 58.1 2.1 6.2 3.5 2.0 9.7 11.4 0.0
2018[17] 85.1 2,340 6.1 52.2 1.4 8.1 2.9 3.9 8.3 15.4 0.0
2022[18] 84.1 2,281 5.1 44.0 2.1 5.6 2.4 4.4 10.3 24.9 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 94.6 3,933 72.4 26.0 0.0 1.6 98.4
1976 94.4 3,978 70.7 28.5 0.0 0.8 99.2
1979 94.2 3,871 72.2 27.0 0.0 0.8 99.2
1982 93.5 3,758 74.0 24.0 0.0 2.0 98.0
1985 90.6 3,599 73.6 25.3 0.0 1.1 98.9
1988 88.8 3,412 77.2 21.3 0.0 1.5 98.5
1991 88.2 3,326 69.1 25.1 0.0 5.8 97.4
1994 88.2 3,275 77.2 21.4 0.0 1.4 98.6
1998 81.3 2,798 75.8 22.8 0.0 1.4 98.6
2002 80.4 2,576 71.7 25.6 0.0 2.7 97.3
2006 80.7 2,492 67.3 27.4 0.0 5.3 94.7
2010 83.9 2,484 65.3 27.9 4.9 1.9 98.1
2014 85.1 2,463 64.8 21.4 11.4 2.4 97.6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Munkfors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 186)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2022" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

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