Sölvesborg Municipality

Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden

Sölvesborg Municipality Sölvesborgs kommun
Municipality
Sölvesborg City Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°03′N 14°35′E / 56.050°N 14.583°E / 56.050; 14.583
Country	Sweden
County	Blekinge County
Seat	Sölvesborg
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,106.4 km² (427.2 sq mi)
• Land	185.31 km² (71.55 sq mi)
• Water	921.09 km² (355.63 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	17,475
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Blekinge
Municipal code	1083
Website	www.solvesborg.se

Sölvesborg Municipality (Sölvesborgs kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Sölvesborg is the seat of the municipality.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Sölvesborg was amalgamated with the rural municipalities Gammalstorp and Mjällby.

Politics

The Sölvesborg Party was formed ahead of the 2002 election by a group of former Green Party members. Party councillors are Dan Boberg and Bo Sandquist.

In the 2002 elections the party got 4.7% of the votes (472 votes) and two seats in the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige)

In the 2006 elections the party got 2.7% of the votes (277 votes) and one seat in the municipal assembly.

The municipality otherwise reflect the same political majorities as in its neighbouring municipalities of Bromölla, Olofström and Karlshamn.

In December 2018 Louise Erixon, partner of Jimmie Åkesson, the populist party's leader of Sweden Democrats, was made mayor of Sölvesborg.

Localities

There are 10 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sölvesborg Municipality.

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

#	Locality	Population
1	Sölvesborg	7,883
2	Mjällby	1,272
3	Hällevik	776
3	Hörvik	776
5	Norje	674
6	Nogersund	532
7	Pukavik	283
8	Lörby	243
9	Ysane	212
10	Valjeviken	211

A minor part of Valje is also situated in the municipality. The main part of Valje is, however, in Bromölla Municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sölvesborg 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 17,519 residents, including 13,897 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 35.4% voted for the left coalition and 63.6% 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

Falkvik

2,447

1,875

36.3

62.6

24,934

Furulund

2,403

1,961

44.9

53.7

20,533

Gammalstorp

1,232

952

25.3

73.7

25,622

Hjortakroken

1,496

1,109

43.8

55.7

23,729

Hällevik

1,578

1,308

28.7

69.6

25,731

Hörvik

1,210

988

25.9

72.9

26,862

Mjällby

1,935

1,504

31.6

67.4

22,303

Möllebacken

2,300

1,799

38.7

60.5

26,915

Norje

1,418

1,138

34.6

64.4

24,823

Siretorp

1,500

1,263

36.1

62.8

26,236

Source: SVT^[3]

Parishes

All parishes belonged to Lister Hundred:

Gammalstorp Parish
Mjällby Parish
Sölvesborg Parish
Ysane Parish

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sölvesborg is twinned^[4] with:

Bornholm in Denmark (since 1947, until 2003 Nexø)
Malbork in Poland (since 1999)
Wolgast in Germany (since 1994)
Sortavala in Russia (since 1997)
Ukmerge in Lithuania (since 2000)

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Sölvesborg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Vänorter- Sölvesborgs kommun". Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-01-10.