Lindesberg Municipality

Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden

Lindesberg Municipality Lindesbergs kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°35′N 15°15′E / 59.583°N 15.250°E / 59.583; 15.250
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Lindesberg
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,480.5 km² (571.6 sq mi)
• Land	1,377.59 km² (531.89 sq mi)
• Water	102.91 km² (39.73 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	23,292
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1885
Website	www.lindesberg.se

Lindesberg Municipality (Lindesbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lindesberg.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Lindesberg and the former market town of Frövi were joined.

Localities

By size, as of 2000:

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[3]	90.9	15,758	3.9	45.9		31.3	7.5	2.4	8.6			49.8	47.4
1976^[4]	92.0	16,420	3.1	45.8		31.6	7.2	1.8	10.2			48.9	49.0
1979^[5]	90.4	16,377	4.2	47.3		25.0	7.5	2.1	13.5			51.5	45.9
1982^[6]	91.4	16,740	4.2	50.7	1.7	20.7	4.4	2.7	15.5			54.9	40.6
1985^[7]	89.7	16,559	4.5	49.0	2.5	18.3	10.3		15.0			53.5	43.6
1988^[8]	85.4	15,627	5.5	47.8	5.2	16.7	9.7	3.8	11.2			58.4	37.6
1991^[9]	85.9	15,756	4.6	43.3	3.0	12.3	7.5	8.5	13.7		6.6	47.9	42.0
1994^[10]	86.9	16,004	7.0	50.4	5.1	11.4	5.6	4.3	15.0		0.7	62.5	36.3
1998^[11]	80.3	14,382	13.7	41.1	4.5	8.6	3.1	11.5	15.6			59.3	38.9
2002^[12]	79.3	13,989	7.7	47.5	4.0	12.0	8.4	7.6	10.1	1.6		59.3	38.1
2006^[13]	81.3	14,165	5.3	43.5	3.6	12.4	4.4	5.4	18.2	5.1		52.4	40.3
2010^[14]	84.6	14,845	4.6	38.6	5.2	8.0	5.0	4.8	23.5	9.2		48.4	41.3
2014^[15]	86.8	15,348	4.3	36.9	4.7	7.5	2.8	3.7	16.9	20.9		45.9	30.8
2018^[16]	87.6	15,280	6.1	31.6	2.6	8.5	2.8	6.1	15.8	25.0		48.7	49.7
2022^[17]	84.5	15,053	5.1	30.2	3.2	6.0	2.7	5.4	15.5	30.1		44.5	53.7

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lindesberg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[18]

In total there were 23,563 residents with 18,038 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote.^[18] The political demographics were 44.5% for the left bloc and 53.7% for the right bloc.^[18] The northeastern part of Lindesberg has a majority of non-Swedish background. It also has the lowest median income and the lowest levels of employment, while the wealthiest district of Linde encircling the town has the highest share of Swedish background in the municipality.^[18] The town of Lindesberg leaned slightly to the left, whereas the countryside had very high shares for the right and in particular the Sweden Democrats.^[18] 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

Fellingsbro V

1,123

876

45.0

52.9

21,926

Fellingsbro Ö

1,389

1,076

41.7

55.7

22,187

Frövi V

1,847

1,458

48.9

48.7

24,708

Frövi Ö

1,626

1,226

47.0

52.1

27,595

Guldsmedshyttan

1,399

1,118

40.6

58.4

22,743

Gusselby

692

556

31.6

67.2

25,960

Linde

1,478

1,141

34.7

64.3

28,154

Lindesbergs M

2,199

1,767

50.3

48.1

21,711

Lindesbergs NÖ

1,879

1,118

61.7

36.9

18,379

Lindesbergs N

1,823

1,348

45.2

54.0

25,758

Lindesbergs SÖ

1,428

1,146

46.1

51.5

25,000

Lindesbergs V

2,118

1,631

46.7

51.9

26,477

Ramshyttan

679

586

42.1

55.4

23,694

Rockhammar

772

616

39.7

57.3

22,997

Storå

2,036

1,570

39.0

59.5

22,080

Vedevåg

1,075

805

41.9

55.8

24,777

Source: SVT^[18]

Twin towns

Lindesberg's five twin towns with the year of its establishing:

(1940) Kuusankoski (Kouvola), Finland
(?) Oppdal, Norway
(?) Jammerbugt Municipality, Denmark
(1990) Frunzensky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
(1995) Haßberge, Germany

Industry

The largest employer is the municipality. After that follow the large hospital, serving the northern parts of Örebro County. Larger companies include Por Pac (Fagerdala Foams), Arvin Meritor and Liab.

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.
^ "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.
^ "Lindesberg - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Lindesberg - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Lindesberg - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Valresultat 2022 för Lindesberg i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.