Ludvika_Municipality
Ludvika Municipality
Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden
Ludvika Municipality (Ludvika kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.
Ludvika Municipality
Ludvika kommun | |
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Ludvika Railway Station | |
| Coordinates: 60°08′N 15°11′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Seat | Ludvika |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,647.81 km2 (636.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,490.42 km2 (575.45 sq mi) |
| • Water | 157.39 km2 (60.77 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 26,402 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Dalarna |
| Municipal code | 2085 |
| Website | www.ludvika.se |
| Density is calculated using land area only. | |
In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.
Figures as of 2004.[3]
- Ludvika 13,724
- Grängesberg 3,356
- Sunnansjö 758
- Saxdalen 752
- Fredriksberg 741
- Nyhammar 682
- Sörvik 540
- Blötberget 529
- Persbo/Gräsberg 459
- Gonäs 432
- Landforsen/Håksberg 438
- Grangärde 374
- Other/countryside 2,967
These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:[4]
- Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400
- County medical facilities 600
- Spendrups brewery 285
- VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
- RSV Tax Office 110
- Samhall-gruppen 80
- GIA Industri AB 75
- Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
- Connex Sverige AB 70
- Seco Tools AB 70
- ISS Cleaning 60
This is a demographic table based on Ludvika Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[5]
In total there were 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[5] 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Björkås-Stallbacken | 1,971 | 1,542 | 42.0 | 56.7 | 76 | 87 | 13 | 24,444 | 20 |
| Blötberget-Gonäs | 1,144 | 884 | 41.9 | 57.1 | 78 | 90 | 10 | 25,559 | 28 |
| Fredriksberg | 753 | 599 | 65.0 | 32.8 | 74 | 83 | 17 | 20,190 | 24 |
| Högberget | 1,597 | 1,070 | 52.6 | 46.4 | 77 | 70 | 30 | 26,692 | 47 |
| Knutsbo | 1,858 | 1,338 | 48.8 | 50.5 | 90 | 82 | 18 | 31,600 | 56 |
| Kyrkbyn-Nyhammar | 1,783 | 1,430 | 47.9 | 50.4 | 80 | 90 | 10 | 23,048 | 26 |
| Lorentsberga | 1,765 | 1,334 | 51.3 | 47.9 | 86 | 83 | 17 | 28,276 | 42 |
| Ludvika gård | 2,065 | 1,319 | 55.4 | 43.0 | 64 | 59 | 41 | 19,595 | 31 |
| Ludvika Ulrika | 2,266 | 1,664 | 49.0 | 50.3 | 73 | 71 | 29 | 22,487 | 35 |
| Magneten | 1,397 | 989 | 48.0 | 51.2 | 77 | 66 | 34 | 26,360 | 40 |
| Marnäs | 2,065 | 1,601 | 52.4 | 46.3 | 69 | 68 | 32 | 21,042 | 32 |
| Näset | 2,188 | 1,393 | 61.1 | 36.7 | 53 | 49 | 51 | 16,501 | 25 |
| Sunnansjö-Saxdalen | 1,929 | 1,561 | 40.0 | 58.6 | 81 | 92 | 8 | 23,389 | 26 |
| Sörvik-Håksberg | 2,072 | 1,610 | 43.8 | 54.9 | 88 | 90 | 10 | 29,261 | 40 |
| Öraberget | 1,588 | 1,276 | 46.2 | 50.9 | 76 | 84 | 16 | 22,523 | 17 |
| Source: SVT[5] | |||||||||
Riksdag elections
| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[6] | 89.0 | 21,040 | 9.3 | 56.6 | 20.5 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 65.8 | 32.4 | |||
| 1976[7] | 90.4 | 22,021 | 7.8 | 57.4 | 19.5 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 65.2 | 33.5 | |||
| 1979[8] | 90.1 | 21,727 | 8.7 | 59.1 | 13.2 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 67.7 | 30.5 | |||
| 1982[9] | 91.1 | 21,687 | 8.2 | 61.7 | 1.7 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 12.6 | 70.0 | 27.2 | ||
| 1985[10] | 89.3 | 20,718 | 8.9 | 59.5 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 68.4 | 29.8 | |||
| 1988[11] | 84.9 | 19,133 | 9.4 | 57.4 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 9.5 | 72.1 | 25.5 | ||
| 1991[12] | 85.0 | 18,880 | 6.7 | 53.5 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 12.1 | 6.6 | 60.1 | 29.5 | |
| 1994[13] | 86.1 | 18,636 | 9.5 | 60.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 12.1 | 1.0 | 74.4 | 24.0 | |
| 1998[14] | 80.4 | 16,620 | 20.8 | 46.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 13.1 | 71.1 | 27.0 | ||
| 2002[15] | 77.5 | 15,521 | 13.2 | 53.9 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 71.0 | 27.1 | |
| 2006[16] | 79.2 | 15,656 | 10.0 | 49.2 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 16.6 | 2.9 | 62.4 | 31.1 | |
| 2010[17] | 82.7 | 16,552 | 8.2 | 45.1 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 20.7 | 7.6 | 58.4 | 32.9 | |
| 2014[18] | 85.5 | 16,841 | 7.6 | 40.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 15.4 | 20.0 | 52.9 | 25.0 | |
| 2018[19] | 87.1 | 16,868 | 8.3 | 35.4 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 14.1 | 23.2 | 53.1 | 45.3 | |
| 2022[20] | 84.3 | 16,327 | 6.2 | 35.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 14.1 | 28.1 | 48.8 | 49.8 |
Ludvika has three twin towns:
Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The soccer teams "Östansbo IS" (ÖIS), "Ludvika FK" (LFK, male) and "IFK Ludvika" (female) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include ping-pong teams as well as other sports.
- "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.
- "Korta fakta om folkmängd". www.ludvika.se. Archived from the original on 4 September 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- "Korta fakta om näringsliv". www.ludvika.se. Archived from the original on 8 September 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- "Valresultat 2022 för Ludvika i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 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.
- "Ludvika - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- "Ludvika - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- "Ludvika - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- "Ludvika - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- "Ludvika - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- "City Twins". Imatra. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- Ludvika - Official site