Degerfors Municipality

Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden

Degerfors Municipality Degerfors kommun
Municipality
Degerfors Municipality Office
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°14′N 14°26′E / 59.233°N 14.433°E / 59.233; 14.433
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Degerfors
Area ^[1]
• Total	433.68 km² (167.44 sq mi)
• Land	383.98 km² (148.26 sq mi)
• Water	49.7 km² (19.2 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,357
• Density	22/km² (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland and Närke
Municipal code	1862
Website	www.degerfors.se

Degerfors Municipality (Degerfors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.

The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a market town (köping) in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Degerfors 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 7,456 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[3] 53.6% voted for the left coalition and 45.0% 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

Bossåsen

1,373

1,039

49.0

50.1

27,595

Bruket

1,480

1,148

52.9

45.9

22,993

Jannelund

1,727

1,330

63.7

35.3

17,262

Stora Valla

1,574

1,215

59.4

39.3

20,864

Strömtorp

1,821

1,488

47.9

50.7

26,813

Svartå

605

478

53.3

44.0

22,995

Åtorp

939

758

47.8

51.0

25,582

Source: SVT^[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	94.7	7,533	4.9	63.1		18.7	5.3	2.3	5.2			68.0	29.2
1976^[5]	95.0	8,034	4.7	61.9		19.3	5.9	2.1	5.9			66.7	31.0
1979^[6]	94.1	8,194	5.7	62.8		14.3	6.6	2.0	8.1			68.5	29.1
1982^[7]	94.5	8,292	6.5	65.4	1.0	11.5	3.6	2.0	9.9			72.0	25.0
1985^[8]	93.4	8,225	7.4	64.2	1.2	10.1	8.0		9.0			71.6	27.1
1988^[9]	90.1	7,767	8.8	63.7	3.4	8.2	6.8	2.5	6.3			75.8	21.3
1991^[10]	89.7	7,691	7.4	59.7	2.1	6.4	5.4	4.9	8.6		5.3	67.1	25.3
1994^[11]	89.3	7,608	9.9	63.8	3.2	5.9	4.4	2.8	8.8		1.0	76.8	21.8
1998^[12]	83.4	6,847	17.7	54.8	3.4	4.5	2.3	7.5	8.7			75.9	23.0
2002^[13]	82.3	6,491	13.3	60.8	2.5	5.3	6.0	5.2	5.1	0.9		76.7	21.7
2006^[14]	82.3	6,302	11.2	57.6	2.7	5.4	3.2	5.2	9.8	2.9		71.5	23.6
2010^[15]	86.1	6,494	10.8	52.7	4.9	4.1	3.1	4.5	13.8	5.4		68.4	25.6
2014^[16]	86.4	6,426	8.1	51.2	4.0	4.2	1.9	3.4	10.6	14.4		63.3	20.1
2018^[17]	87.1	6,415	10.2	44.1	2.4	5.4	2.4	4.0	10.7	19.9		62.0	36.9
2022^[18]	84.9	6,261	7.7	39.6	2.4	3.9	2.3	4.2	12.0	26.6		53.6	45.0

Twin towns

Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

(1985) Oedheim, Germany
(1990) Ventspils District, Latvia

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 Degerfors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Degerfors - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Degerfors - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Degerfors - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Degerfors - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Degerfors - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Degerfors - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.