Strömstad Municipality

Strömstad Municipality (Strömstads kommun) is a municipality in western Sweden

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Strömstad Municipality Strömstads kommun
Municipality
City Hall of Strömstad
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°56′N 11°10′E / 58.933°N 11.167°E / 58.933; 11.167
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Strömstad
Area ^[1]
• Total	951.83 km² (367.50 sq mi)
• Land	467.48 km² (180.50 sq mi)
• Water	484.35 km² (187.01 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	13,476
• Density	14/km² (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1486
Website	www.stromstad.se

Strömstad Municipality (Strömstads kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Strömstad.

The municipality got its present boundaries in 1967, when the City of Strömstad was merged with the two adjacent rural municipalities Tjärnö and Vette. Vette had been created in 1952 out of four older entities.

Geography

Strömstad Municipality is located on the Norwegian border and is known to attract large numbers of shoppers from Norway due to the marked price gap, notably in the tax-burdened alcohol and tobacco, but also groceries such as meat and sugar. There are also many deals on automotive services.

Localities

Kebal
Stare
Skee
Strömstad (seat)

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Strömstad 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 13,248 residents, including 9,106 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 41.4% voted for the left coalition and 57.5% 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

Bojar

1,732

1,137

43.0

56.0

28,210

Centrum N

1,925

1,353

52.9

45.8

21,160

Centrum S

1,934

1,388

46.3

52.2

26,454

Seläter-Hällestrand

1,327

862

39.3

58.9

29,370

Skee-Strömstad Ö

2,051

1,345

36.3

62.3

25,262

Strömstad N

1,418

820

46.8

52.1

24,811

Strömstad S

1,784

1,333

40.2

58.2

26,444

Tjärnö/Koster

1,077

868

49.4

48.5

25,120

Source: SVT^[3]

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 Strömstad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.