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Älvkarleby Municipality

Älvkarleby kommun
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Coat of arms of Älvkarleby Municipality
Coat of arms
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Country Sweden
County Uppsala County
Seat Skutskär
Area
 • Total 615.7747 km2 (237.7519 sq mi)
 • Land 213.3847 km2 (82.3883 sq mi)
 • Water 402.39 km2 (155.36 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 9,060
 • Density 14.713/km2 (38.107/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Uppland
Municipal code 0319
Website www.alvkarleby.se

Älvkarleby Municipality (Älvkarleby kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skutskär.

The municipality is one of few in the country which has not been amalgamated since it was created out of a parish when the first local government acts of Sweden were implemented in 1863.

Localities

  • Gårdskär
  • Marma
  • Skutskär (seat)
  • Älvkarleby

History

Not until late in the Bronze Age (10th century BC) did parts of what is now Älvkarleby begin to rise out of the Baltic Sea. Remains of settlements from that period has been found in the area. In the Early Iron Age (6th-12th century) the population began to grow and people supported themselves on farming, hunting, fishing and livestock. The first mention of Älvkarleby is found in documents from the early Middle Ages (13th century).

Älvkarleby was the hometown of the author Stig Dagerman.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Älvkarleby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 9,614 residents, including 7,312 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 46.4% voted for the left coalition and 52.2% for the right coalition, a stark reversal from previous elections dominated by the Social Democrats. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

These are the election results since the 1972 municipal reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small size nationally so has been denoted as "0.0". Älvkarleby has traditionally seen outright majorities for the Social Democrats, although in 2010 and 2014 the party fell just short of 50% of ballots cast in the municipality.

Riksdag

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973 92.7 6,525 5.2 71.7 0.0 14.1 4.6 0.5 3.8 0.0 0.0
1976 94.0 6,727 4.0 71.6 0.0 13.1 5.8 0.6 4.8 0.0 0.0
1979 92.9 6,666 4.8 71.1 0.0 10.5 6.5 0.6 6.4 0.0 0.0
1982 93.4 6,650 4.6 72.8 0.9 8.6 3.3 0.7 8.9 0.0 0.0
1985 92.1 6,507 4.8 72.5 1.0 5.8 8.1 0.0 7.8 0.0 0.0
1988 88.4 6,096 6.3 68.4 3.2 5.9 8.4 1.1 6.3 0.0 0.0
1991 88.1 6,043 5.1 63.6 1.8 4.1 6.8 3.0 8.5 0.0 6.5
1994 88.7 6,108 6.2 71.6 3.0 2.8 4.8 1.2 8.8 0.0 0.9
1998 81.7 5,460 16.8 56.8 3.3 2.2 3.3 5.6 10.4 0.0 0.0
2002 79.5 5,317 10.0 61.2 3.4 3.1 8.1 4.8 6.7 2.3 0.0
2006 82.5 5,558 7.6 54.7 3.5 4.6 5.0 3.7 14.6 3.8 0.0
2010 84.8 5,874 6.8 49.0 5.2 3.2 5.0 2.5 19.3 7.9 0.0
2014 86.7 6,036 6.2 47.1 3.8 3.1 2.8 2.2 12.8 19.9 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 92.7 6,525 76.9 22.5 0.0 0.6 99.4
1976 94.0 6,727 75.6 23.7 0.0 0.7 99.3
1979 92.9 6,666 75.9 23.4 0.0 0.7 99.3
1982 93.4 6,650 77.4 20.8 0.0 2.0 98.0
1985 92.1 6,507 77.3 21.7 0.0 1.0 99.0
1988 88.4 6,096 77.9 20.6 0.0 1.5 98.5
1991 88.1 6,043 68.7 22.4 0.0 8.9 97.6
1994 88.7 6,108 80.8 17.6 0.0 1.6 98.4
1998 81.7 5,460 76.9 21.5 0.0 1.6 98.4
2002 79.5 5,317 74.6 22.7 0.0 2.7 97.3
2006 82.5 5,558 65.8 27.9 0.0 6.3 93.7
2010 84.8 5,874 61.0 30.0 7.9 1.1 98.9
2014 86.7 6,036 57.1 20.8 19.9 2.2 97.8
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