Malung-Sälen Municipality

Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Malung-Sälen Municipality Malung-Sälens kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°41′N 13°44′E / 60.683°N 13.733°E / 60.683; 13.733
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Malung
Area ^[1]
• Total	4,312.49 km² (1,665.06 sq mi)
• Land	4,085.06 km² (1,577.25 sq mi)
• Water	227.43 km² (87.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	10,260
• Density	2.4/km² (6.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2023
Website	www.malung.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Malung-Sälen Municipality (Malung-Sälens kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Malung.

Malung Municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of "old" Malung with the adjacent entities Lima and Transtrand. In 2007 the Government of Sweden^[3] decided to approve the present name, which took effect on January 1, 2008. The reason for the double name, the only of its kind in Sweden, is to promote the skiing resort area Sälen in the northern part of the municipality.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of bog and forest. The Transtrandsfjällen in the north are the southernmost mountains in Sweden, marking the start of the Scandinavian mountain range. Rocks are mostly metamorphic and sedimentary, with occurrences of basalt. Most settlements are located in and around the valley of Västerdalälven river.

Localities

The municipal population was around 13,000 in the 1960s, but has decreased continually since then.

The villages in the municipality, with population figures from 2005,^[4] are:

Lima (418)
Limedsforsen (443)
Malung (seat) (5,146)
Malungsfors (559)
Sälen (508) - Is a nationally renowned skiing resort.
Transtrand (373)
Yttermalung (216)
Öje (202) (population figure from 2000)

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Malung-Sälen Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[5]

In total there were 10,210 inhabitants, with 7,983 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[5] 37.6 % voted for the left coalition and 60.7 % 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

Lima

1,530

1,269

23.3

74.5

24,918

Malung S

1,880

1,576

46.0

53.0

22,666

Malung V

1,555

1,212

36.2

61.7

24,188

Malung Ö

2,184

1,558

44.8

53.0

21,725

Malungsfors

580

466

37.3

59.8

24,304

Transtrand

2,030

1,543

33.4

65.6

28,250

Yttermalung

451

359

43.4

55.9

22,369

Source: SVT^[5]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[6]	91.6	8,101	3.7	47.0		31.9	8.5	1.4	7.7			50.4	48.0
1976^[7]	92.7	8,454	3.2	46.3		32.5	8.4	1.1	8.3			49.5	49.3
1979^[8]	91.4	8,334	4.3	47.7		27.1	7.3	1.1	12.2			52.0	46.6
1982^[9]	91.7	8,307	3.8	49.9	1.4	23.2	5.1	1.0	15.5			53.6	43.7
1985^[10]	90.5	8,272	3.6	47.9	1.6	18.4	11.7		16.7			51.5	46.8
1988^[11]	86.1	7,762	3.7	47.6	4.4	18.3	10.8	1.5	13.6			55.6	42.7
1991^[12]	87.5	7,819	3.3	41.6	2.2	14.4	8.2	5.1	17.1		7.4	44.8	44.7
1994^[13]	86.2	7,527	5.9	49.9	3.7	12.3	6.5	2.5	17.7		0.7	59.5	39.1
1998^[14]	82.3	6,943	15.0	39.5	2.7	7.4	4.1	9.7	20.6			57.2	41.8
2002^[15]	79.2	6,484	9.5	42.7	2.6	11.3	10.0	6.6	14.5	0.6		54.9	42.4
2006^[16]	80.8	6,527	7.9	37.8	2.4	11.8	6.3	3.7	26.4	2.1		48.0	48.2
2010^[17]	82.8	6,672	6.7	36.5	3.0	8.2	5.8	2.6	30.0	5.7		46.2	46.6
2014^[18]	85.3	6.674	4.7	36.2	2.7	8.6	3.7	2.4	22.6	17.3		43.6	37.2
2018^[19]	87.0	6,756	6.1	29.0	1.7	9.3	3.2	5.9	19.0	24.6		46.1	52.6
2022^[20]	86.4	6,786	4.1	26.2	1.9	5.4	3.3	6.5	18.9	32.1		37.6	60.7

Education

Malung has a folk high school, specialised in folk music and folk dance. One notable former music student is Emma Härdelin.

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.
^ Government Press Release (Swedish), 1 March 2007 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2007-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Malung-Sälen i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 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.
^ "Malung - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Malung - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.