Smedjebacken Municipality

Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Smedjebacken Municipality Smedjebackens kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°08′N 15°25′E / 60.133°N 15.417°E / 60.133; 15.417
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Smedjebacken
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,057.81 km² (408.42 sq mi)
• Land	947.92 km² (365.99 sq mi)
• Water	109.89 km² (42.43 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	10,913
• Density	10/km² (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2061
Website	www.smedjebacken.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Smedjebacken Municipality (Smedjebackens kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken.

The present municipality was formed in two steps during the last nationwide local government reform in Sweden. In 1967 the market town (köping) Smedjebacken was reunited with Norrbärke from which it had been detached in 1918. In 1974 Söderbärke was added.

The municipality borders to eight other municipalities.

The coat of arms depicts a sailing ship and cogwheels. These are intended to show the old and new industry sectors of the municipality. It was first granted 1947, but has undergone a few redesigns since. In Smedjebacken there is a skiingclub NSKalpin.com which has a live webcamera from the slope. Also close by is Lernbo where the biggest sportsfishing retailer in Europe has its headquarters.

Localities

Gubbo
Hagge
Ludvika (minor part)
Smedjebacken (seat)
Söderbärke
Vad

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Smedjebacken 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 10,924 residents, including 8,649 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 48.2 % voted for the left coalition and 50.6 % 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

Hagge-Harnäs

1,625

1,286

42.3

56.9

27,956

Morgårdshammar-Gubbo

1,843

1,524

54.7

44.3

24,327

Smedjebacken C

1,373

1,070

58.4

40.4

20,311

Smedjebacken N

1,857

1,400

52.4

46.3

24,760

Smedjebacken S

1,532

1,185

49.4

49.3

23,742

Söderbärke-Malingsbo

2,072

1,691

40.3

58.0

25,141

Sörbo-Vad

622

493

37.6

62.1

26,566

Source: SVT^[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	91.7	8,275	5.7	61.4		21.2	5.3	1.0	5.0			67.3	31.6
1976^[5]	92.5	8,731	5.3	60.3		21.3	5.7	1.0	6.3			65.5	33.3
1979^[6]	92.9	8,856	5.2	61.3		16.4	6.0	1.1	9.1			66.5	31.5
1982^[7]	92.8	8,926	5.6	63.4	1.2	14.7	3.4	0.8	10.7			69.0	28.8
1985^[8]	91.1	8,842	6.5	61.7	1.4	11.7	8.2		10.4			68.2	30.3
1988^[9]	85.8	8,281	7.5	60.8	3.9	11.3	6.8	1.7	7.7			72.2	25.9
1991^[10]	85.6	8,324	6.3	52.6	2.7	9.2	5.4	4.6	11.3		7.1	59.0	30.4
1994^[11]	87.3	8,275	8.6	60.4	4.5	8.0	3.7	1.7	11.6		1.0	73.4	25.0
1998^[12]	82.1	7,401	19.2	47.9	4.0	4.8	2.2	6.9	13.6			71.1	27.4
2002^[13]	77.8	6,693	11.5	55.1	3.7	6.6	6.9	5.1	9.4	0.5		70.3	28.0
2006^[14]	81.6	6,839	7.6	53.7	2.9	7.3	3.2	3.5	16.1	2.2		64.2	30.1
2010^[15]	85.2	7,200	6.7	50.9	4.1	5.1	3.4	2.7	19.7	6.4		61.7	30.8
2014^[16]	87.4	7,391	6.7	44.1	3.6	5.4	1.9	2.1	15.0	18.5		54.4	24.4
2018^[17]	88.1	7,440	7.6	39.0	2.1	6.3	2.5	4.5	13.9	22.9		55.0	43.8
2022^[18]	86.4	7,368	5.3	36.3	2.4	4.1	1.9	4.1	14.1	30.5		48.2	50.6

Notable natives

Jussi Björling, tenor
Lars Frölander, swimmer
Mando Diao, rock band
Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
Per Fosshaug, bandy player
Dozer, stoner rock band
Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman
Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player
Sator, rock band
Nadja Brandt, writer and also appeared as an extra in Twilight
Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li)
Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion
Per Johansson, swimmer

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 Smedjebacken 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.
^ "Smedjebacken - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Smedjebacken - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Smedjebacken - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Smedjebacken - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Smedjebacken - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Smedjebacken - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.