Svenljunga Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Svenljunga Municipality Svenljunga kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°30′N 13°07′E / 57.500°N 13.117°E / 57.500; 13.117
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Svenljunga
Area ^[1]
• Total	987.15 km² (381.14 sq mi)
• Land	919.76 km² (355.12 sq mi)
• Water	67.39 km² (26.02 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	10,759
• Density	11/km² (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1465
Website	www.svenljunga.se

Svenljunga Municipality (Svenljunga kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Svenljunga.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when five municipal units (or parts thereof) were amalgamated. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 14.

Through the municipality the river Ätran flows in a scenic valley. It flows through the town of Svenljunga, where an old bridge crosses it.

This was the hometown of the great-great-great grandfather of Emma Stone, American actress. In the 18th-century, the village of Mårdaklev in Svenljunga Municipality was the home of a trio of sibling textile artists: Sven Erlandsson, Katarina Erlandsdotter and Lisa Erlandsdotter.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Svenljunga 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 10,857 residents, including 8,140 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 38.6% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% 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

Hillared

1,300

985

39.8

59.2

27,132

Högvad

1,623

1,231

36.6

62.3

22,772

Kindaholm

1,498

1,152

40.8

57.6

22,245

Sexdrega

1,265

989

39.2

59.7

25,519

Svenljunga S

1,588

1,160

38.6

60.5

22,596

Svenljunga V

1,788

1,249

37.4

62.1

23,234

Svenljunga Ö

1,795

1,374

36.6

62.3

24,735

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 Svenljunga i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.