Söderhamn Municipality
Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden
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Söderhamn Municipality (Swedish: Söderhamns kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is located in Söderhamn.
Söderhamn Municipality
Söderhamns kommun | |
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Railway station in Söderhamn | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 61°18′N 17°05′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Gävleborg County |
| Seat | Söderhamn |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,281.32 km2 (880.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,060.77 km2 (409.57 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,220.55 km2 (471.26 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 24,435 |
| • Density | 23.035/km2 (59.661/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Hälsingland |
| Municipal code | 2182 |
| Website | www.soderhamn.se |
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Söderhamn was amalgamated with two rural municipalities and parts of a third.
Localities
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Söderhamn 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 25,406 residents, including 19,646 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 46.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Bergvik-Skog | 2,258 | 1,860 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 79 | 91 | 9 | 22,499 | 26 |
| Ljusne | 2,429 | 1,798 | 56.0 | 42.9 | 67 | 79 | 21 | 20,455 | 19 |
| Marma-Mo | 1,778 | 1,390 | 48.0 | 50.3 | 79 | 94 | 6 | 24,001 | 29 |
| Norrala-Trönö | 1,738 | 1,431 | 50.2 | 47.8 | 82 | 96 | 4 | 24,829 | 30 |
| Sandarne | 1,967 | 1,609 | 52.3 | 46.3 | 75 | 91 | 9 | 23,857 | 22 |
| Stugsund | 1,406 | 1,038 | 51.5 | 47.6 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 26,820 | 33 |
| Söderala | 1,861 | 1,427 | 47.8 | 51.5 | 82 | 91 | 9 | 24,957 | 23 |
| Söderhamn C-V | 2,030 | 1,617 | 54.4 | 44.1 | 74 | 72 | 28 | 21,173 | 28 |
| Söderhamn Klossdammen | 1,502 | 1,289 | 54.7 | 44.6 | 89 | 93 | 7 | 26,729 | 41 |
| Söderhamn Norrberget | 2,661 | 1,636 | 57.7 | 40.4 | 61 | 57 | 43 | 17,589 | 22 |
| Söderhamn Norrtull | 2,375 | 1,856 | 58.4 | 40.2 | 71 | 71 | 29 | 19,125 | 25 |
| Söderhamn Ö-Broberg | 1,556 | 1,163 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 88 | 90 | 10 | 29,024 | 45 |
| Vågbro | 1,845 | 1,532 | 45.6 | 53.7 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 27,312 | 32 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
