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Borlänge Municipality

Borlänge kommun
Sveatorget in Borlänge in 2005
Sveatorget in Borlänge in 2005
Coat of arms of Borlänge Municipality
Coat of arms
Borlänge Municipality in Dalarna County.png
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)
 • 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.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
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
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