Robertsfors Municipality

Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden

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Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 64°12′N 20°51′E / 64.200°N 20.850°E / 64.200; 20.850
Country	Sweden
County	Västerbotten County
Seat	Robertsfors
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,369.65 km² (914.93 sq mi)
• Land	1,292.21 km² (498.93 sq mi)
• Water	1,077.44 km² (416.00 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	6,740
• Density	2.8/km² (7.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västerbotten
Municipal code	2409
Website	www.robertsfors.se

Robertsfors Municipality (Swedish: Robertsfors kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Robertsfors.

History

In 1759 the small village Edfastmark became Robertsfors Bruk. It was the Irishman John Jennings and his brother-in-law, the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who founded the new ironworks which also got its name, Robertsfors, from Robert Finlay.^[3]

Localities

There are three localities (or urban areas) in Robertsfors Municipality:^[4]

#	Locality	Population
1	Robertsfors	2,010
2	Ånäset	622
3	Bygdeå	506

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Robertsfors 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 6,781 residents, including 5,172 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[5] 63.1% voted for the left coalition and 35.7% 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

Bygdeå

1,968

1,500

65.1

33.9

27,037

Nysätra-Ånäset

1,529

1,230

58.6

39.2

23,183

Robertsfors

2,514

1,861

66.2

33.1

22,532

Överklinten

770

581

60.2

39.0

25,496

Source: SVT^[5]

Notable natives

Carl Olof Rosenius, revivalist preacher
Frida Hyvönen, artist
Maud Olofsson, politician
Sahara Hotnights, rock group

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ Official site (in Swedish)
^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Robertsfors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.