Kungsör Municipality

Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden

Kungsör Municipality Kungsörs kommun
Municipality
Kungsörs town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°25′N 16°05′E / 59.417°N 16.083°E / 59.417; 16.083
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Kungsör
Area ^[1]
• Total	227.13 km² (87.70 sq mi)
• Land	202.65 km² (78.24 sq mi)
• Water	24.48 km² (9.45 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	8,643
• Density	38/km² (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Södermanland and Västmanland
Municipal code	1960
Website	www.kungsor.se

Kungsör Municipality (Kungsörs kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsör.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when Kungsör and Kung Karl (from which Kungsör had been detached as a market town (köping) in 1907) were amalgamated

Kungsör is located at the western end of lake Mälaren. The landscape is open, dominated by fields and meadows.

Localities

Kungsör (seat)
Valskog

Historically, the town grew around the Royal Mansion that King Gustav Vasa had built in the 16th century. Parts of the mansion are still preserved and open for visits. It is located on a cape into the Mälaren.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kungsör 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 8,777 residents, including 6,521 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% 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

Centrum

2,047

1,409

48.7

49.9

18,443

Haga-Skillinge

1,697

1,332

43.4

56.1

27,088

Runna-Granhammar

2,325

1,673

49.3

49.4

21,637

Torpa-Malmberga

1,248

989

40.7

59.0

27,919

Valskog-Kungs

1,460

1,118

37.6

61.6

26,944

Source: SVT^[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	92.6	4,931	5.6	49.7		24.9	10.5	1.1	7.9			55.2	43.3
1976^[5]	93.2	5,325	4.4	47.1		25.9	12.2	1.0	9.1			51.5	47.2
1979^[6]	92.9	5,441	4.7	49.0		19.5	10.9	1.2	14.4			53.7	44.8
1982^[7]	93.7	5,555	5.3	50.1	1.8	17.0	6.9	1.3	17.5			55.4	41.4
1985^[8]	91.0	5,474	5.0	49.5	2.2	13.3	13.2		16.4			54.5	42.9
1988^[9]	87.5	5,247	5.7	48.5	5.9	13.0	12.1	1.9	12.3			60.1	37.3
1991^[10]	87.2	5,370	4.3	43.2	3.7	9.5	9.9	5.5	16.8		7.0	47.5	41.6
1994^[11]	87.3	5,377	7.2	49.0	5.4	8.9	6.0	2.8	18.2		0.9	61.6	35.9
1998^[12]	81.9	4,892	13.6	39.7	4.4	7.2	3.9	10.7	19.0			57.8	40.7
2002^[13]	80.2	4,820	8.3	45.3	3.6	8.9	11.7	8.5	12.2	0.5		57.2	41.2
2006^[14]	81.1	4,963	5.8	38.8	3.7	10.9	5.6	5.0	23.4	3.2		48.2	46.0
2010^[15]	84.8	5,206	5.7	35.3	5.0	6.9	7.0	4.8	27.3	7.1		46.0	45.9
2014^[16]	86.2	5,332	5.0	36.3	3.6	7.2	4.9	4.4	18.7	17.5		45.0	35.2
2018^[17]	88.3	5,370	5.9	31.4	2.1	8.6	4.4	5.6	16.7	23.9		47.9	50.6

Sister city

Spydeberg, Norway

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 Kungsör i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 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.
^ "Kungsör - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Kungsör - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Kungsör - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Kungsör - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Kungsör - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.