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Leksand Municipality

Leksands kommun
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Coat of arms of Leksand Municipality
Coat of arms
Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County.png
Country Sweden
County Dalarna County
Seat Leksand
Area
 • Total 1,419.1139 km2 (547.9229 sq mi)
 • Land 1,225.8739 km2 (473.3126 sq mi)
 • Water 193.24 km2 (74.61 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 15,292
 • Density 10.7757/km2 (27.9090/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Dalarna
Municipal code 2029
Website www.leksand.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Leksand Municipality (Leksands kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.

In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875).

Geography

Leksandsbron
Bridge over Österdal River

The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.

The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich Dalarna. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.

Localities

Norsgatan
Norsgatan
  • Alvik
  • Djura
  • Häradsbygden
  • Insjön
  • Leksand (seat)
  • Siljansnäs
  • Tällberg
  • Västanvik

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Leksand 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 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Economy

Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong:

  • Clas Ohlson (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön)
  • Leksandsbröd (Swedish crispbread)
  • Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory)
  • Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan)
  • Leksands IF (Sport organization)
  • Ejendals

In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973 89.5 8,329 1.9 36.5 40.0 8.8 2.9 9.7 38.4 58.4
1976 90.7 8,977 2.0 35.2 38.3 10.0 2.7 11.7 37.2 60.0
1979 89.7 7,202 2.5 35.6 30.9 8.9 2.9 18.5 38.1 58.4
1982 90.3 9,522 2.5 37.6 1.9 27.7 5.4 3.5 21.3 40.2 54.5
1985 88.8 9,561 2.9 36.8 1.7 25.3 13.2 19.9 39.8 58.5
1988 85.3 9,172 3.5 35.5 6.2 21.4 11.1 7.4 14.7 45.3 47.2
1991 85.7 9,690 3.1 31.9 3.4 15.1 8.2 11.8 18.2 7.4 35.0 53.3
1994 86.3 9,994 5.4 38.6 7.6 13.0 5.9 7.7 20.2 0.9 51.6 46.8
1998 82.3 9,584 11.7 30.8 6.1 8.9 2.8 18.1 19.3 48.6 49.2
2002 80.5 9,428 7.7 34.9 4.8 14.1 10.2 13.1 12.5 0.8 47.4 49.9
2006 82.9 9,834 4.8 31.3 4.9 13.6 5.0 10.5 16.6 2.9 41.0 54.6
2010 85.0 10,245 4.2 28.9 6.5 9.4 5.3 8.8 31.4 4.0 39.6 54.9
2014 87.5 10,584 4.9 29.4 5.8 10.0 3.8 7.4 23.7 11.8 40.1 44.9
2018 89.5 10,944 7.0 26.1 3.7 12.9 3.6 9.5 19.6 16.2 49.7 48.9

Notability

One of Sweden's most popular ice hockey teams is Leksands IF. NHL goalkeeper Johan Hedberg hails from Leksand. In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand. Along with Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.

Twin towns – sister cities

Leksand is twinned with:

  • Canada Aurora, Canada
  • United States Brainerd, United States
  • Denmark Hørsholm, Denmark
  • Estonia Karksi-Nuia (Mulgi), Estonia
  • Norway Lillehammer, Norway
  • Finland Oulainen, Finland
  • Japan Tōbetsu, Japan
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