Högsby Municipality

Municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden

Högsby Municipality Högsby kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°10′N 16°02′E / 57.167°N 16.033°E / 57.167; 16.033
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Högsby
Area ^[1]
• Total	799.42 km² (308.66 sq mi)
• Land	751.11 km² (290.01 sq mi)
• Water	48.31 km² (18.65 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	5,438
• Density	6.8/km² (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0821
Website	www.hogsby.se

Högsby Municipality (Swedish: Högsby kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Högsby.

The latest nationwide subdivision reform in Sweden was centred on the year 1971. In this area the amalgamation took place already in 1969 when Fagerhult joined Högsby.

The municipality has the smallest population of the municipalities of Kalmar County. The population increase has been insignificant - in 1908 the parish had some 5,000 inhabitants. The municipality itself was created with the Swedish municipal reform in 1971.

History

Högsby Municipality has a history tracing back to the medieval age, around 1,200 BC. In the 15th and 16th century it was involved in conquests by the Danish soldiers, and Swedish king Gustav Vasa in his quest to find revolutionary Nils Dacke hideout and supporters in the Småland forests demolished Högsby.

In the municipality are also several old churches of interests with some old archifacts.

Geography

In total, most of the municipality consists of forest and water areas; some of it has been made nature reserves hosting rare animals and plants.

Other sights are the streams and lakes that offer opportunities for fishing, bathing and canoeing, or just as nature experiences. It reflects itself in the coat of arms, showing water. The most notable streams are Emån and Alsterån; with Allgunnen being the largest lake.

Localities

There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Högsby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Högsby	1,965
2	Berga	785
3	Ruda	608
4	Fågelfors	465
5	Fagerhult	235

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Högsby 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 5,641 residents, including 3,988 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.2 % voted for the left coalition and 54.4 % 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

Berga

992

710

40.2

58.6

21,238

Fagerhult

611

457

37.7

60.1

21,319

Fågelfors

514

333

50.2

49.1

18,611

Högsby

2,201

1,599

51.5

47.1

21,705

Ruda

1,323

889

36.8

62.1

19,732

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

Vörå, Finland
Berga, Spain

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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 Högsby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.