Degerfors Municipality
Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden
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Degerfors Municipality (Swedish: Degerfors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.
Degerfors Municipality
Degerfors kommun | |
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Degerfors Municipality Office | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 59°14′N 14°26′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Örebro County |
| Seat | Degerfors |
| Area | |
• Total | 433.68 km2 (167.44 sq mi) |
| • Land | 383.98 km2 (148.26 sq mi) |
| • Water | 49.7 km2 (19.2 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 9,295 |
| • Density | 24.21/km2 (62.70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Värmland and Närke |
| Municipal code | 1862 |
| Website | www.degerfors.se |
The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a market town (köping) in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Degerfors 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 7,456 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 53.6% voted for the left coalition and 45.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Bossåsen | 1,373 | 1,039 | 49.0 | 50.1 | 81 | 87 | 13 | 27,595 | 25 |
| Bruket | 1,480 | 1,148 | 52.9 | 45.9 | 74 | 80 | 20 | 22,993 | 24 |
| Jannelund | 1,727 | 1,330 | 63.7 | 35.3 | 59 | 67 | 33 | 17,262 | 21 |
| Stora Valla | 1,574 | 1,215 | 59.4 | 39.3 | 68 | 75 | 25 | 20,864 | 20 |
| Strömtorp | 1,821 | 1,488 | 47.9 | 50.7 | 83 | 86 | 14 | 26,813 | 26 |
| Svartå | 605 | 478 | 53.3 | 44.0 | 74 | 83 | 17 | 22,995 | 24 |
| Åtorp | 939 | 758 | 47.8 | 51.0 | 84 | 91 | 9 | 25,582 | 27 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Riksdag elections
| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[4] | 94.7 | 7,533 | 4.9 | 63.1 | 18.7 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 68.0 | 29.2 | |||
| 1976[5] | 95.0 | 8,034 | 4.7 | 61.9 | 19.3 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 66.7 | 31.0 | |||
| 1979[6] | 94.1 | 8,194 | 5.7 | 62.8 | 14.3 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 68.5 | 29.1 | |||
| 1982[7] | 94.5 | 8,292 | 6.5 | 65.4 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 9.9 | 72.0 | 25.0 | ||
| 1985[8] | 93.4 | 8,225 | 7.4 | 64.2 | 1.2 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 71.6 | 27.1 | |||
| 1988[9] | 90.1 | 7,767 | 8.8 | 63.7 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 75.8 | 21.3 | ||
| 1991[10] | 89.7 | 7,691 | 7.4 | 59.7 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 67.1 | 25.3 | |
| 1994[11] | 89.3 | 7,608 | 9.9 | 63.8 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 76.8 | 21.8 | |
| 1998[12] | 83.4 | 6,847 | 17.7 | 54.8 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 75.9 | 23.0 | ||
| 2002[13] | 82.3 | 6,491 | 13.3 | 60.8 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 76.7 | 21.7 | |
| 2006[14] | 82.3 | 6,302 | 11.2 | 57.6 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 71.5 | 23.6 | |
| 2010[15] | 86.1 | 6,494 | 10.8 | 52.7 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 13.8 | 5.4 | 68.4 | 25.6 | |
| 2014[16] | 86.4 | 6,426 | 8.1 | 51.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 14.4 | 63.3 | 20.1 | |
| 2018[17] | 87.1 | 6,415 | 10.2 | 44.1 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 19.9 | 62.0 | 36.9 | |
| 2022[18] | 84.9 | 6,261 | 7.7 | 39.6 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 12.0 | 26.6 | 53.6 | 45.0 |
Twin towns
Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:
- (1985) Oedheim, Germany
- (1990) Ventspils district, Latvia
See also
- Vindeln Municipality, Västerbotten County, which up until 1969 had the same name.
