Osby Municipality

Municipality in Scania County, Sweden

Osby Municipality Osby kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E / 56.367; 13.983
Country	Sweden
County	Scania County
Seat	Osby
Area ^[1]
• Total	599.84 km² (231.60 sq mi)
• Land	576.24 km² (222.49 sq mi)
• Water	23.6 km² (9.1 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	13,106
• Density	22/km² (57/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1273
Website	www.osby.se

Osby Municipality (Osby kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.

The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.

Localities

There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Osby	6,947
2	Lönsboda	1,899
3	Killeberg	575

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Osby 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 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% 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

Loshult/Killeberg

1,305

889

37.5

61.8

25,801

Osby NV

2,198

1,517

40.6

58.0

22,597

Osby NÖ

1,814

1,294

34.9

63.6

22,325

Osby N

1,698

1,383

37.1

61.9

21,577

Osby SV

1,570

1,238

39.4

59.9

25,310

Osby S

1,767

1,372

35.7

63.5

27,089

Örkened

1,434

1,107

37.9

61.5

25,385

Örkened C

1,452

1,088

37.7

61.5

19,499

Source: SVT^[3]

Elections

Riksdag

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD
2014^[4]	85.5	8,244	3.4	35.2	4.3	5.9	2.7	4.9	16.1	25.4
2018^[5]	87.0	8,385	3.9	28.2	2.2	7.3	2.4	7.3	16.1	31.2

International relations

The municipality is twinned with:^[6]

Gribskov Municipality (formerly Græsted-Gilleleje), Denmark

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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 Osby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ "vänorter - Osby Kommun". www.osby.se. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17.