Ljusnarsberg Municipality

Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden

Ljusnarsberg Municipality Ljusnarsbergs kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°52′N 14°59′E / 59.867°N 14.983°E / 59.867; 14.983
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Kopparberg
Area ^[1]
• Total	631.08 km² (243.66 sq mi)
• Land	575.54 km² (222.22 sq mi)
• Water	55.54 km² (21.44 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	4,407
• Density	7.0/km² (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1864
Website	www.ljusnarsberg.se

Ljusnarsberg Municipality (Ljusnarsbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kopparberg.

In 1908 Kopparberg was detached from the rural municipality Ljusnarsberg to form a market town (köping). In 1962 they were reunited.

Geography

Kopparberg is located by the outlet of the Arboga River, about 80 km north of Örebro. The municipality borders the province or landskap Dalarna to the north. One of the highest points is the mountain Gillersklack which is a popular winter resort with both downhill and cross country skiing. Ljusnarsberg lies in a mountainous mid-lower-central district of Sweden named Bergslagen (Berg = mountain, lag = law). While Swedish municipalities typically are named after their seat, Ljusnarsberg got a different name due to Dalarna County to its north being known as Kopparberg County after a Falun copper mine until 1997.

The area has historically been a mining district.

Localities

Town with over 50 inhabitants:

Kopparberg, including Bångbro 3,300 (seat)
Ställdalen 736
Stjärnfors
Ställberg
Högfors
Mossgruvan
Hörken
Bastkärn
Silverhöjden
Yxsjöberg

Economy

One of the largest industries is the Kopparbergs Brewery, making beer and cider distributed both nation- and worldwide, and is arguably one of the best known brands of that kind in Sweden.

The municipality is part of a regional KNÖL-group (acronym for Kommuner i Norra Örebro Län), consisting of Ljusnarsberg Municipality, Nora Municipality, Lindesberg Municipality and Hällefors Municipality.

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[3]	88.5	4,649	7.7	59.3		21.1	4.7	2.0	4.9			67.0	30.8
1976^[4]	89.6	4,776	6.3	58.2		23.0	3.9	1.6	6.8			64.5	33.7
1979^[5]	89.3	4,736	7.7	58.1		18.4	4.9	1.7	9.1			65.8	32.4
1982^[6]	90.4	4,723	7.4	60.4	1.5	14.7	3.3	2.2	10.4			67.8	28.4
1985^[7]	87.5	4,520	8.7	57.7	1.4	12.4	8.7		11.1			66.3	32.1
1988^[8]	83.0	4,082	9.7	56.4	5.4	9.9	7.8	2.4	8.2			71.5	26.0
1991^[9]	83.6	4,099	8.6	49.5	2.9	8.9	5.7	5.1	10.2		8.5	58.1	29.8
1994^[10]	84.7	4,102	12.3	56.3	4.3	7.9	4.1	2.2	10.8		1.5	72.9	25.0
1998^[11]	76.4	3,629	19.7	47.7	4.1	6.4	2.1	7.8	10.7			71.5	27.0
2002^[12]	74.4	3,172	12.3	51.8	3.4	10.8	6.0	6.2	7.2	1.7		67.5	30.1
2006^[13]	76.3	3,119	8.9	48.4	3.4	10.3	3.1	3.8	14.5	5.9		60.7	31.7
2010^[14]	80.5	3,170	7.9	44.4	4.5	5.5	3.2	3.6	19.4	9.6		56.8	31.7
2014^[15]	83.7	3,130	6.6	42.0	3.3	5.1	2.3	2.2	12.3	23.7		51.9	21.9
2018^[16]	83.7	3,000	7.0	33.8	1.9	6.0	2.7	4.2	11.3	31.2		48.7	49.4

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ljusnarsberg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[17]

In total there were 4,598 residents with 3,568 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote.^[17] The political demographics were 43.2% for the left bloc and 54.5% for the right bloc.^[17] Ljusnarsberg is a low-income municipality with high levels of unemployment and relatively few college graduates. There is a relatively high proportion of people with foreign background at about 23%, quite evenly spread throughout the districts.^[17] 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

Bångbro

634

507

36.7

62.1

20,382

Hörken

673

548

37.7

60.5

19,252

Kyrkbacksskolan

1,290

1,017

47.9

50.2

22,549

Ställdalen

545

389

33.8

62.3

20,376

Tingshuset

1,456

1,107

53.6

44.7

18,225

Source: SVT^[17]

Twin towns

Ljusnarsberg's three twin towns with the year of its establishing:

(1944) Lapinlahti, Finland
(1949) Aars, Denmark
(1949) Sunndalsøra, 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.
^ "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.
^ "Ljusnarsberg - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Ljusnarsberg - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Ljusnarsberg - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Ljusnarsberg - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Ljusnarsberg - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Valresultat 2022 för Ljusnarsberg i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.