Kalmar Municipality
Municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden
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Kalmar Municipality (Swedish: Kalmar kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern Sweden. The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat.
Kalmar Municipality
Kalmar kommun | |
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Kalmar City Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°40′N 16°22′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Kalmar County |
| Seat | Kalmar |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,250.96 km2 (483.00 sq mi) |
| • Land | 956.9 km2 (369.5 sq mi) |
| • Water | 294.06 km2 (113.54 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 72,657 |
| • Density | 75.93/km2 (196.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0880 |
| Website | www.kalmar.se |
| Density is calculated using land area only. | |
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Kalmar was amalgamated with five surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality consists of fifteen original local government units.
Localities
There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kalmar Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2019. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalmar | 41,110 |
| 2 | Lindsdal | 5,958 |
| 3 | Smedby | 3,658 |
| 4 | Ljungbyholm | 1,809 |
| 5 | Rinkabyholm | 1,659 |
| 6 | Trekanten | 1,608 |
| 7 | Rockneby | 960 |
| 8 | Läckeby | 943 |
| 9 | Hagby | 831 |
| 10 | Påryd | 685 |
| 11 | Drag | 550 |
| 12 | Vassmolösa | 534 |
| 13 | Dunö | 430 |
| 14 | Tvärskog | 394 |
| 15 | Åmunnen | 343 |
| 16 | Halltorp | 286 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Kalmar 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 54,430 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 48.4 % voted for the left coalition and 50.5 % 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Berga | 2,120 | 1,611 | 47.8 | 51.7 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 32,411 | 64 |
| Berga C | 2,098 | 1,644 | 52.9 | 45.6 | 74 | 68 | 32 | 20,807 | 33 |
| Bergavik | 1,629 | 1,216 | 46.7 | 52.2 | 87 | 84 | 16 | 30,744 | 58 |
| Björkenäs | 1,289 | 1,035 | 49.0 | 50.6 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 27,948 | 63 |
| Djurängen V | 1,543 | 1,260 | 55.6 | 42.8 | 70 | 71 | 29 | 21,565 | 43 |
| Djurängen Ö | 1,933 | 1,794 | 49.1 | 49.6 | 77 | 78 | 22 | 22,566 | 46 |
| Drag-Revsudden | 1,429 | 1,079 | 41.6 | 57.8 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 29,606 | 52 |
| Falkenberg | 1,843 | 1,500 | 57.9 | 40.8 | 71 | 76 | 24 | 21,466 | 52 |
| Funkabo | 1,804 | 1,301 | 58.4 | 40.2 | 70 | 64 | 36 | 20,046 | 39 |
| Gamla stan | 1,796 | 1,546 | 47.7 | 51.4 | 81 | 90 | 10 | 27,873 | 57 |
| Getinge-Tallhagen | 1,246 | 960 | 49.8 | 49.5 | 75 | 87 | 13 | 28,844 | 67 |
| Hagby Vassmolösa S | 1,941 | 1,521 | 47.6 | 51.2 | 87 | 91 | 9 | 25,734 | 41 |
| Halltorp-Voxtorp | 1,022 | 794 | 39.8 | 59.2 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 24,952 | 40 |
| Kalmarsundsparken | 1,467 | 1,230 | 47.0 | 52.5 | 88 | 92 | 8 | 32,806 | 67 |
| Kvarnholmen | 1,991 | 1,805 | 47.2 | 51.7 | 82 | 87 | 13 | 27,507 | 52 |
| Lindsdal NO | 1,523 | 1,106 | 51.3 | 47.5 | 84 | 87 | 13 | 25,649 | 42 |
| Lindsdal NV-Förlösa | 1,648 | 1,271 | 40.4 | 58.7 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 29,298 | 47 |
| Lindsdal SO-Fjölebro | 1,964 | 1,322 | 47.1 | 52.2 | 91 | 87 | 13 | 29,275 | 54 |
| Lindsdal SV-Kläckeberga | 1,537 | 1,109 | 48.2 | 50.4 | 83 | 80 | 20 | 26,515 | 45 |
| Ljungbyholm-Vassmolösa | 2,503 | 1,836 | 43.5 | 55.5 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 28,125 | 47 |
| Läckeby | 1,771 | 1,300 | 42.7 | 56.8 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 28,176 | 41 |
| Malmen S | 1,201 | 956 | 48.7 | 50.4 | 71 | 80 | 20 | 23,397 | 55 |
| Malmen V | 1,882 | 1,552 | 53.2 | 45.8 | 72 | 82 | 18 | 24,281 | 53 |
| Malmen-Norrgårdsgärdet | 1,843 | 1,768 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 80 | 88 | 12 | 25,870 | 52 |
| Norrgårdsgärdet V | 1,134 | 1,002 | 47.0 | 51.6 | 81 | 84 | 16 | 24,955 | 46 |
| Norrliden V | 2,020 | 1,227 | 66.1 | 31.1 | 65 | 38 | 62 | 18,201 | 29 |
| Norrliden Ö | 2,030 | 1,195 | 67.8 | 29.3 | 59 | 38 | 62 | 16,211 | 29 |
| Oxhagen | 1,851 | 1,329 | 60.7 | 37.8 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 19,015 | 34 |
| Påryd | 922 | 732 | 44.3 | 54.3 | 76 | 84 | 16 | 20,757 | 25 |
| Rinkabyholm S-Hossmo | 2,179 | 1,486 | 41.7 | 57.1 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 32,119 | 61 |
| Rockneby | 1,453 | 1,115 | 40.7 | 57.8 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 26,592 | 34 |
| Sandås-Stensberg | 2,008 | 1,606 | 46.6 | 52.0 | 81 | 86 | 14 | 25,794 | 53 |
| Skälby | 1,269 | 1,009 | 53.8 | 44.7 | 64 | 79 | 21 | 16,704 | 51 |
| Smedby S-Rinkabyholm N | 1,807 | 1,280 | 43.8 | 55.9 | 88 | 90 | 10 | 30,348 | 54 |
| Smedby V | 1,540 | 1,076 | 56.6 | 41.5 | 69 | 60 | 40 | 21,191 | 33 |
| Smedby Ö | 1,729 | 1,194 | 50.9 | 47.3 | 82 | 79 | 21 | 26,328 | 39 |
| Snurrom | 1,219 | 781 | 43.5 | 55.1 | 77 | 72 | 28 | 22,536 | 35 |
| Tegelviken-Johannesborg | 1,678 | 1,317 | 50.6 | 48.5 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 29,154 | 56 |
| Trekanten | 2,310 | 1,649 | 38.0 | 60.6 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 27,836 | 40 |
| Tvärskog | 1,168 | 855 | 46.2 | 52.9 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 26,174 | 34 |
| Vimpeltorpet | 2,468 | 1,712 | 45.2 | 54.3 | 86 | 78 | 22 | 30,102 | 55 |
| Ängö-Varvsholmen | 1,437 | 1,349 | 36.4 | 62.7 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 30,709 | 56 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Kalmar is twinned with:
Gdańsk, Poland (since 1991)[4]
Kaliningrad, Russia
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Savonlinna, Finland
Samsun, Turkey
Panevėžys, Lithuania
