Leksand Municipality

Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Leksand Municipality Leksands kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°44′N 15°0′E / 60.733°N 15.000°E / 60.733; 15.000
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Leksand
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,411.9579 km² (545.1600 sq mi)
• Land	1,221.2279 km² (471.5187 sq mi)
• Water	190.73 km² (73.64 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	16,043
• Density	11/km² (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2029
Website	www.leksand.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Leksand Municipality (Leksands kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.

In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875).

Geography

The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.

The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich Dalarna. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Leksand 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 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % 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

Edshult-Åkerö-Övermo

2,112

1,623

46.6

52.7

27,059

Häradsbygden-Heden

1,949

1,585

47.9

51.0

25,129

Insjön V - Ål-Kilen

1,235

941

40.1

57.7

23,468

Insjön Ö

1,542

1,184

42.6

55.8

24,351

Leksand V

2,284

1,753

44.8

54.2

26,457

Leksand Ö

1,456

1,158

52.3

46.6

25,000

Leksandsnoret

1,753

1,468

54.6

44.7

20,236

Siljansnäs

1,858

1,496

46.4

51.8

23,005

Tällberg

1,806

1,530

46.3

52.8

25,187

Source: SVT^[3]

Economy

Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong:

Clas Ohlson (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön)
Leksandsbröd (Swedish crispbread)
Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory)
Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan)
Leksands IF (Sport organization)
Ejendals

In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	89.5	8,329	1.9	36.5		40.0	8.8	2.9	9.7			38.4	58.4
1976^[5]	90.7	8,977	2.0	35.2		38.3	10.0	2.7	11.7			37.2	60.0
1979^[6]	89.7	7,202	2.5	35.6		30.9	8.9	2.9	18.5			38.1	58.4
1982^[7]	90.3	9,522	2.5	37.6	1.9	27.7	5.4	3.5	21.3			40.2	54.5
1985^[8]	88.8	9,561	2.9	36.8	1.7	25.3	13.2		19.9			39.8	58.5
1988^[9]	85.3	9,172	3.5	35.5	6.2	21.4	11.1	7.4	14.7			45.3	47.2
1991^[10]	85.7	9,690	3.1	31.9	3.4	15.1	8.2	11.8	18.2		7.4	35.0	53.3
1994^[11]	86.3	9,994	5.4	38.6	7.6	13.0	5.9	7.7	20.2		0.9	51.6	46.8
1998^[12]	82.3	9,584	11.7	30.8	6.1	8.9	2.8	18.1	19.3			48.6	49.2
2002^[13]	80.5	9,428	7.7	34.9	4.8	14.1	10.2	13.1	12.5	0.8		47.4	49.9
2006^[14]	82.9	9,834	4.8	31.3	4.9	13.6	5.0	10.5	16.6	2.9		41.0	54.6
2010^[15]	85.0	10,245	4.2	28.9	6.5	9.4	5.3	8.8	31.4	4.0		39.6	54.9
2014^[16]	87.5	10,584	4.9	29.4	5.8	10.0	3.8	7.4	23.7	11.8		40.1	44.9
2018^[17]	89.5	10,944	7.0	26.1	3.7	12.9	3.6	9.5	19.6	16.2		49.7	48.9

Notability

One of Sweden's most popular ice hockey teams is Leksands IF. NHL goalkeeper Johan Hedberg hails from Leksand. In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand. Along with Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.

Twin towns – sister cities

Leksand is twinned with:^[18]

Aurora, Canada
Brainerd, United States
Hørsholm, Denmark
Karksi-Nuia (Mulgi), Estonia
Lillehammer, Norway
Oulainen, Finland
Tōbetsu, Japan

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 Leksand i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 4 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.
^ "Leksand - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Leksand - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Leksand - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Leksand - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Leksand - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Vänorter och internationella partnerskap". leksand.se (in Swedish). Leksands kommun. Retrieved 2021-04-06.