Gagnef Municipality

Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Gagnef Municipality Gagnefs kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°33′N 15°08′E / 60.550°N 15.133°E / 60.550; 15.133
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Djurås
Area ^[1]
• Total	812.3221 km² (313.6393 sq mi)
• Land	767.1521 km² (296.1991 sq mi)
• Water	45.17 km² (17.44 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	10,430
• Density	13/km² (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2026
Website	www.gagnef.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Gagnef Municipality (Gagnefs kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Djurås with 2,257 inhabitants, with the largest town being Mockfjärd with 2365 inhabitants. The locality of Gagnef itself is a smaller village.

In 1971 "old" Gagnef was amalgamated with Floda, forming the present municipality.

The industry is dominated by small and semi-small companies mainly operating in the forest industry.

Geographically, the two rivers of the Västerdal River and the Österdal River flow together in Gagnef to form the Dal River, as represented in the municipality's coat of arms.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gagnef 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 10,500 residents, including 8,044 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% 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

Björbo

798

629

39.3

60.3

23,167

Floda

945

774

49.8

48.8

21,469

Gagnef 1

1,877

1,468

47.3

51.8

26,041

Gagnef 2

2,036

1,614

43.9

55.4

25,445

Gagnef 3

1,212

904

44.0

54.6

27,482

Gagnef 4

1,232

915

43.5

56.1

27,844

Mockfjärd

2,400

1,740

40.4

58.6

24,228

Source: SVT^[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	92.0	5,652	3.0	42.8		41.5	5.1	1.8	5.2			45.8	51.8
1976^[5]	92.9	6,184	2.6	41.6		38.6	9.0	1.8	6.3			44.1	53.9
1979^[6]	90.7	6,325	3.6	43.1		32.3	6.6	2.4	11.6			46.7	50.6
1982^[7]	92.1	6,468	3.3	45.3	2.0	27.4	3.8	2.7	15.3			48.6	46.5
1985^[8]	90.6	6,464	3.3	45.0	2.1	24.1	11.4		14.0			48.3	49.4
1988^[9]	86.1	6,186	4.2	42.9	6.6	22.2	8.9	4.4	10.7			53.7	41.7
1991^[10]	86.2	6,452	3.1	38.3	4.7	17.3	5.9	8.9	13.6		6.9	41.4	45.6
1994^[11]	87.0	6,529	5.4	45.9	7.5	15.2	4.7	5.1	14.3		1.2	58.8	39.3
1998^[12]	81.7	6,078	12.3	35.7	7.3	10.3	2.8	14.3	14.5			55.3	41.9
2002^[13]	79.4	5,802	7.3	40.4	4.5	15.1	8.9	10.6	9.9	0.8		52.2	44.5
2006^[14]	81.5	6,081	5.7	38.6	4.1	16.3	4.1	7.3	18.2			48.4	45.9
2010^[15]	85.8	6,542	5.0	34.9	6.1	12.3	4.1	5.7	23.7	7.3		45.9	45.7
2014^[16]	88.1	6,771	5.1	32.7	4.3	11.6	3.1	4.2	18.1	17.3		42.2	37.0
2018^[17]	89.3	6,901	6.1	27.4	2.8	13.7	3.8	8.5	14.4	21.8		50.0	48.4

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 Gagnef i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 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.
^ "Gagnef - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Gagnef - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Gagnef - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Gagnef - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Gagnef - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.