Hofors Municipality

Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden

Hofors Municipality Hofors kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°33′N 16°17′E / 60.550°N 16.283°E / 60.550; 16.283
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Hofors
Area ^[1]
• Total	445.71 km² (172.09 sq mi)
• Land	409.94 km² (158.28 sq mi)
• Water	35.77 km² (13.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,374
• Density	21/km² (54/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Gästrikland
Municipal code	2104
Website	www.hofors.se

Hofors Municipality (Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at 60°33′N 16°17′E / 60.550°N 16.283°E / 60.550; 16.283.

The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925. In 1971 the two entities were reunited to form the present municipality.

The coat of arms stem from 1968, and is derived from a map from 1539, where the town Hofors was surrounded by iron mines. ([1]).

Geography

Nearest cities are Gävle, 50 kilometers away, and Falun, 30 kilometers away.

Localities

Hofors (seat)
Torsåker

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hofors 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 7,375 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[3] 50.8% voted for the left coalition and 48.1% 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

Hofors C

1,982

1,442

58.6

39.6

20,254

Hofors N

1,915

1,536

53.0

46.5

28,454

Hofors S

1,972

1,510

49.2

49.7

27,872

Hofors V

1,488

1,111

55.1

43.3

18,651

Torsåker

2,205

1,776

44.3

54.9

25,849

Source: SVT^[3]

Sister cities

Two sister cities:

Denmark: Fladså,
Finland: Kontiolahti

Until recently, Tokke in Norway was a sister city, but it has for some reason been discontinued. (Source: [2])

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 Hofors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.