Tjörn Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Tjörn Municipality Tjörns kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°00′N 11°33′E / 58.000°N 11.550°E / 58.000; 11.550
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Skärhamn
Area ^[1]
• Total	845.94 km² (326.62 sq mi)
• Land	167.36 km² (64.62 sq mi)
• Water	678.58 km² (262.00 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	16,146
• Density	19/km² (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1419
Website	www.tjorn.se

Tjörn Municipality (Tjörns kommun) is a municipality that covers the island of Tjörn in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skärhamn.

Tjörn is the sixth largest Swedish island. It is located in the province of Bohuslän.

The former municipal entities on the island and adjacent islets were united to form Tjörn Municipality in 1952.

For centuries the local economy was dominated by fishing and boat building. The largest employers are still the shipping company TransAtlantic (formerly known as B&N) and the shipyards Djupviks varv and Rönnängs varv.

Geography

Tjörn is connected in the east to the town of Stenungsund on the mainland by the Tjörn bridge, and in the north to the island of Orust by the Skåpesund bridge. The municipal seat is Skärhamn. Other communities, many of which are the fishing communities, include Rönnäng, Klädesholmen and Kyrkesund. The island of Mjörn, north-east of Tjörn, has large shell banks.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Tjörn 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 16,293 residents, including 12,792 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 38.6% voted for the left coalition and 60.5% 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

Bleket-Klädesholmen

1,251

1,049

34.2

64.8

29,420

Höviksnäs-Hakenäset

2,087

1,572

44.0

55.3

28,938

Klövedal

1,396

1,175

49.0

49.9

25,791

Kållekärr

1,323

962

42.2

57.3

26,023

Myggenäs

1,523

1,108

38.2

60.5

30,438

Norra Skärhamn

1,654

1,316

36.0

63.0

26,373

Rönnäng

1,989

1,545

31.2

67.9

27,048

Stenkyrka

1,445

1,113

39.8

59.3

28,191

Södra Skärhamn

1,938

1,598

30.9

68.6

28,964

Valla

1,687

1,354

43.6

55.5

29,029

Source: SVT^[3]

Tourism

During the summer, the population swells from 10,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 as vacationers arrive for yachting and swimming. Skärhamn has an ample guest harbour to accommodate yachters travelling along the Swedish west coast. The town of Skärhamn is the location of the Nordic Watercolour Museum (Akvarellmuseet).

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 Tjörn i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.