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Borlänge Municipality
Borlänge kommun
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Sveatorget in Borlänge in 2005
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Country | Sweden | |
County | Dalarna County | |
Seat | Borlänge | |
Area | ||
• Total | 638.93 km2 (246.69 sq mi) | |
• Land | 586.74 km2 (226.54 sq mi) | |
• Water | 52.19 km2 (20.15 sq mi) | |
Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
Population
(June 30, 2012)
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• Total | 49,119 | |
• Density | 76.8770/km2 (199.110/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
ISO 3166 code | SE | |
Province | Dalarna | |
Municipal code | 2081 | |
Website | www.borlange.se | |
Density is calculated using land area only. |
Borlänge Municipality (Borlänge kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km2. The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Borlänge 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 52,132 residents, including 38,802 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.5% for the right coalition.
Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
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% | % | ||||||||
Bergslagsbyn | 2,172 | 1,675 | 47.8 | 50.9 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 26,632 | 36 |
Bullermyren | 2,081 | 1,188 | 65.5 | 30.3 | 49 | 32 | 68 | 14,293 | 23 |
Centrum-Mjälga | 1,475 | 1,112 | 45.0 | 53.8 | 79 | 81 | 19 | 26,571 | 36 |
Centrum N | 1,559 | 1,336 | 51.9 | 46.3 | 78 | 77 | 23 | 24,246 | 39 |
Domnarvet V | 1,973 | 1,470 | 49.2 | 49.1 | 86 | 89 | 11 | 29,443 | 42 |
Domnarvet Ö | 1,983 | 1,540 | 49.0 | 50.2 | 82 | 84 | 16 | 26,105 | 33 |
Färjegårdarna-Årby | 2,114 | 1,602 | 48.7 | 50.1 | 88 | 89 | 11 | 27,702 | 44 |
Gylle-Åselby | 2,298 | 1,813 | 42.3 | 56.7 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 27,754 | 34 |
Gylletäppan | 1,760 | 1,461 | 45.6 | 53.1 | 86 | 86 | 14 | 26,385 | 35 |
Hagalund N | 1,972 | 1,436 | 51.5 | 45.7 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 19,297 | 29 |
Hagalund V | 1,990 | 1,654 | 49.1 | 49.6 | 78 | 77 | 23 | 23,631 | 35 |
Hagalund Ö | 1,154 | 1,178 | 54.1 | 44.7 | 79 | 70 | 30 | 22,299 | 34 |
Hushagen-Forssa | 1,696 | 1,492 | 54.3 | 44.1 | 80 | 86 | 14 | 24,745 | 36 |
Jakobsgårdarna | 2,094 | 1,353 | 60.5 | 36.4 | 63 | 47 | 53 | 19,460 | 27 |
Kvarnsveden S | 1,281 | 1,000 | 52.0 | 47.1 | 85 | 89 | 11 | 27,240 | 39 |
Kvarnsveden V | 2,139 | 1,670 | 48.8 | 49.9 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 26,487 | 38 |
Kvarnsveden Ö | 1,338 | 1,087 | 47.1 | 51.7 | 85 | 88 | 12 | 26,692 | 38 |
Kyrkbygden-S Tuna | 2,097 | 1,677 | 38.7 | 59.9 | 87 | 94 | 6 | 26,181 | 33 |
Mats Knuts-Nygårdarna | 1,986 | 1,343 | 49.5 | 49.2 | 86 | 86 | 14 | 28,409 | 47 |
Norr Amsberg | 1,537 | 1,207 | 39.9 | 58.7 | 85 | 88 | 12 | 28,104 | 34 |
Ornäs | 1,801 | 1,382 | 44.4 | 54.8 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 29,557 | 38 |
Skräddarbacken | 1,864 | 1,403 | 47.7 | 50.9 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 27,742 | 43 |
Tjärna Allé | 2,408 | 1,058 | 86.1 | 11.8 | 36 | 11 | 89 | 9,044 | 21 |
Tjärna Ängar-Paradiset | 2,071 | 1,304 | 58.9 | 39.3 | 61 | 45 | 55 | 19,437 | 31 |
Tjärna Ängar-Ö Tjärna | 2,113 | 1,272 | 56.1 | 42.9 | 67 | 49 | 51 | 21,664 | 27 |
Torsång | 1,705 | 1,312 | 39.9 | 59.4 | 93 | 95 | 5 | 31,805 | 48 |
V Tuna-Idkerberget | 1,716 | 1,405 | 34.8 | 63.4 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 26,120 | 24 |
Östermalm | 1,755 | 1,372 | 46.1 | 52.6 | 78 | 69 | 31 | 23,971 | 35 |
Source: SVT |
Riksdag elections
Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
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1973 | 91.1 | 28,033 | 4.7 | 53.4 | 28.1 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 58.1 | 39.8 | |||
1976 | 91.9 | 30,166 | 4.2 | 52.9 | 25.3 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 57.1 | 41.3 | |||
1979 | 90.2 | 30,045 | 5.5 | 54.2 | 18.4 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 12.3 | 59.7 | 38.2 | |||
1982 | 91.5 | 31,434 | 5.5 | 57.2 | 1.8 | 14.6 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 62.6 | 34.0 | ||
1985 | 89.3 | 30,769 | 5.9 | 54.2 | 2.4 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 60.1 | 36.5 | |||
1988 | 84.6 | 29,220 | 6.7 | 52.1 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 2.5 | 10.7 | 64.8 | 31.8 | ||
1991 | 85.4 | 29,639 | 5.3 | 47.3 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 15.2 | 6.4 | 52.6 | 36.7 | |
1994 | 86.2 | 30,506 | 7.5 | 55.5 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 68.7 | 29.4 | |
1998 | 80.6 | 28,150 | 15.2 | 44.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 9.2 | 15.0 | 65.3 | 31.5 | ||
2002 | 78.2 | 27,313 | 10.0 | 48.6 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 63.7 | 32.3 | |
2006 | 80.7 | 28,333 | 7.1 | 45.5 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 18.8 | 3.5 | 57.0 | 36.2 | |
2010 | 84.9 | 30,756 | 6.6 | 39.6 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 23.2 | 9.2 | 52.2 | 37.1 | |
2014 | 86.2 | 31,740 | 6.2 | 37.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 49.0 | 30.0 | |
2018 | 87.3 | 32,460 | 7.6 | 32.7 | 3.9 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 17.1 | 20.3 | 51.6 | 46.9 |
Education
- Dalarna University College
- Soltorgsgymnasiet
Notable natives
- Jussi Björling, tenor
- Lars Frölander, swimmer
- Mando Diao, rock band
- Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
- Per Fosshaug, bandy player
- Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman
- Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player
- Sator, rock band
- Nadja Brandt, writer and also appeared as an extra in Twilight
- Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li)
- Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion
- Per Johansson, swimmer