Askersund Municipality

Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden

Askersund Municipality Askersunds kommun
Municipality
Askersund Town Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°53′N 14°54′E / 58.883°N 14.900°E / 58.883; 14.900
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Askersund
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,019.74 km² (393.72 sq mi)
• Land	815.99 km² (315.06 sq mi)
• Water	203.75 km² (78.67 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	11,478
• Density	11/km² (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Närke
Municipal code	1882
Website	www.askersund.se

Askersund Municipality (Askersunds kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Askersund.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Askersund was merged with the rural municipalities Hammar and Lerbäck.

Localities

Askersund (seat)
Zinkgruvan
Lerbäck
Mariedamm
Åmmeberg
Åsbro

Twin towns

Askersund's two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

(1945) Eura, Finland
(1990) Jordanów, Poland

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Askersund 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 11,518 residents, including 9,144 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.8% voted for the left coalition and 53.7% 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

Hammar-Olshammar

1,496

1,244

38.0

61.2

25,265

Klockarbacken

1,198

933

42.2

55.6

23,035

Mariedamm-Lerbäck

1,303

1,006

43.2

55.0

24,647

Närlunda

1,965

1,521

48.1

50.2

24,026

Sjöängen

1,954

1,620

50.9

47.4

22,259

Snavlunda

692

557

51.5

47.5

27,052

Åmmeberg-Zinkgruvan

1,241

969

41.2

57.5

28,148

Åsbro

1,669

1,294

43.4

55.2

25,061

Source: SVT^[3]

Elections

These are the results of the elections in the municipality since the first election after the municipal reform, being held in 1973. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1988 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.

Riksdag elections

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	90.1	7,452	2.4	47.7		29.9	7.4	4.0	8.5			50.1	45.8
1976^[5]	91.2	7,787	2.2	46.5		31.2	7.3	2.7	10.1			48.7	48.6
1979^[6]	90.2	7,820	2.9	47.1		24.1	7.7	2.9	14.5			50.0	46.3
1982^[7]	90.9	8,058	2.9	50.8	1.2	21.0	5.0	3.3	15.9			53.7	41.9
1985^[8]	89.6	7,936	3.0	50.6	0.9	19.9	10.8		14.6			53.6	45.3
1988^[9]	86.9	7,651	4.0	49.8	3.5	16.5	9.2	4.8	12.2			57.5	37.9
1991^[10]	86.8	7,769	3.2	43.8	2.3	13.1	6.2	9.5	14.8		6.6	47.0	43.6
1994^[11]	87.3	7,957	5.6	52.4	3.9	11.0	5.5	5.4	14.9		0.8	61.9	36.8
1998^[12]	81.8	7,273	12.8	42.5	3.6	8.5	3.5	11.5	15.8			58.9	39.3
2002^[13]	81.0	7,186	8.5	45.4	3.2	10.5	8.7	9.3	11.1	2.1		57.1	39.6
2006^[14]	82.7	7,371	5.4	43.9	3.5	10.9	5.2	7.5	18.6	3.7		52.7	42.2
2010^[15]	84.8	7,628	4.6	39.4	4.9	8.1	4.9	6.0	25.6	5.8		48.9	44.6
2014^[16]	86.7	7,664	4.4	37.9	4.1	8.5	3.1	4.4	17.4	17.7		46.4	33.4
2018^[17]	88.6	7,818	5.5	32.2	2.3	9.2	3.0	6.8	16.5	23.3		49.1	49.5

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Askersund i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 6 November 2021.