Borlänge Municipality

Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Borlänge Municipality Borlänge kommun
Municipality
Sveatorget in Borlänge in 2005
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°29′N 15°27′E / 60.483°N 15.450°E / 60.483; 15.450
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Borlänge
Area ^[1]
• Total	635.81 km² (245.49 sq mi)
• Land	583.87 km² (225.43 sq mi)
• Water	51.94 km² (20.05 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	51,735
• Density	81/km² (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2081
Website	www.borlange.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Borlänge Municipality (Borlänge kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km². The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Borlänge 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 52,132 residents, including 38,802 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.5% for the right coalition.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Bergslagsbyn

2,172

1,675

47.8

50.9

26,632

Bullermyren

2,081

1,188

65.5

30.3

14,293

Centrum-Mjälga

1,475

1,112

45.0

53.8

26,571

Centrum N

1,559

1,336

51.9

46.3

24,246

Domnarvet V

1,973

1,470

49.2

49.1

29,443

Domnarvet Ö

1,983

1,540

49.0

50.2

26,105

Färjegårdarna-Årby

2,114

1,602

48.7

50.1

27,702

Gylle-Åselby

2,298

1,813

42.3

56.7

27,754

Gylletäppan

1,760

1,461

45.6

53.1

26,385

Hagalund N

1,972

1,436

51.5

45.7

19,297

Hagalund V

1,990

1,654

49.1

49.6

23,631

Hagalund Ö

1,154

1,178

54.1

44.7

22,299

Hushagen-Forssa

1,696

1,492

54.3

44.1

24,745

Jakobsgårdarna

2,094

1,353

60.5

36.4

19,460

Kvarnsveden S

1,281

1,000

52.0

47.1

27,240

Kvarnsveden V

2,139

1,670

48.8

49.9

26,487

Kvarnsveden Ö

1,338

1,087

47.1

51.7

26,692

Kyrkbygden-S Tuna

2,097

1,677

38.7

59.9

26,181

Mats Knuts-Nygårdarna

1,986

1,343

49.5

49.2

28,409

Norr Amsberg

1,537

1,207

39.9

58.7

28,104

Ornäs

1,801

1,382

44.4

54.8

29,557

Skräddarbacken

1,864

1,403

47.7

50.9

27,742

Tjärna Allé

2,408

1,058

86.1

11.8

9,044

Tjärna Ängar-Paradiset

2,071

1,304

58.9

39.3

19,437

Tjärna Ängar-Ö Tjärna

2,113

1,272

56.1

42.9

21,664

Torsång

1,705

1,312

39.9

59.4

31,805

V Tuna-Idkerberget

1,716

1,405

34.8

63.4

26,120

Östermalm

1,755

1,372

46.1

52.6

23,971

Source: SVT^[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	91.1	28,033	4.7	53.4		28.1	5.2	1.6	6.5			58.1	39.8
1976^[5]	91.9	30,166	4.2	52.9		25.3	8.1	1.3	7.9			57.1	41.3
1979^[6]	90.2	30,045	5.5	54.2		18.4	7.5	1.3	12.3			59.7	38.2
1982^[7]	91.5	31,434	5.5	57.2	1.8	14.6	3.9	1.3	15.5			62.6	34.0
1985^[8]	89.3	30,769	5.9	54.2	2.4	11.1	10.9		14.5			60.1	36.5
1988^[9]	84.6	29,220	6.7	52.1	6.0	10.5	10.6	2.5	10.7			64.8	31.8
1991^[10]	85.4	29,639	5.3	47.3	3.2	8.0	7.7	5.9	15.2		6.4	52.6	36.7
1994^[11]	86.2	30,506	7.5	55.5	5.7	6.3	5.6	3.0	14.5		1.0	68.7	29.4
1998^[12]	80.6	28,150	15.2	44.7	5.4	4.1	3.3	9.2	15.0			65.3	31.5
2002^[13]	78.2	27,313	10.0	48.6	5.2	6.2	9.5	6.2	10.4	1.8		63.7	32.3
2006^[14]	80.7	28,333	7.1	45.5	4.4	7.3	5.7	4.4	18.8	3.5		57.0	36.2
2010^[15]	84.9	30,756	6.6	39.6	6.0	5.4	5.0	3.5	23.2	9.2		52.2	37.1
2014^[16]	86.2	31,740	6.2	37.3	5.6	5.1	3.7	3.2	18.0	17.7		49.0	30.0
2018^[17]	87.3	32,460	7.6	32.7	3.9	7.4	4.4	5.1	17.1	20.3		51.6	46.9

Education

Notable natives

Jussi Björling, tenor
Lars Frölander, swimmer
Mando Diao, rock band
Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
Per Fosshaug, bandy player
Dozer, stoner rock band
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

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 Borlänge i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Borlänge - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Borlänge - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Borlänge - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Borlänge - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Borlänge - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.