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Ludvika Municipality

Ludvika kommun
Ludvika Railway Station
Ludvika Railway Station
Coat of arms of Ludvika Municipality
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Ludvika Municipality in Dalarna County.png
Country Sweden
County Dalarna County
Seat Ludvika
Area
 • Total 1,657.04 km2 (639.79 sq mi)
 • Land 1,498.93 km2 (578.74 sq mi)
 • Water 158.11 km2 (61.05 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 25,821
 • Density 15.5826/km2 (40.3588/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Dalarna
Municipal code 2085
Website www.ludvika.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Ludvika Municipality (Ludvika kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.

In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

Localities

Figures as of 2004.

  1. Ludvika 13,724
  2. Grängesberg 3,356
  3. Sunnansjö 758
  4. Saxdalen 752
  5. Fredriksberg 741
  6. Nyhammar 682
  7. Sörvik 540
  8. Blötberget 529
  9. Persbo/Gräsberg 459
  10. Gonäs 432
  11. Landforsen/Håksberg 438
  12. Grangärde 374
  • Other/countryside 2,967

Economy

These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:

  1. Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400
  2. County medical facilities 600
  3. Spendrups brewery 285
  4. VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
  5. RSV Tax Office 110
  6. Samhall-gruppen 80
  7. GIA Industri AB 75
  8. Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
  9. Connex Sverige AB 70
  10. Seco Tools AB 70
  11. ISS Cleaning 60

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ludvika 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 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973 89.0 21,040 9.3 56.6 20.5 5.1 1.2 6.8 65.8 32.4
1976 90.4 22,021 7.8 57.4 19.5 6.3 0.9 7.7 65.2 33.5
1979 90.1 21,727 8.7 59.1 13.2 6.3 1.1 10.9 67.7 30.5
1982 91.1 21,687 8.2 61.7 1.7 11.1 3.5 1.0 12.6 70.0 27.2
1985 89.3 20,718 8.9 59.5 1.7 8.5 9.3 12.0 68.4 29.8
1988 84.9 19,133 9.4 57.4 5.4 8.3 7.7 2.2 9.5 72.1 25.5
1991 85.0 18,880 6.7 53.5 2.6 6.2 6.1 5.2 12.1 6.6 60.1 29.5
1994 86.1 18,636 9.5 60.1 4.8 4.9 4.6 2.4 12.1 1.0 74.4 24.0
1998 80.4 16,620 20.8 46.7 3.6 2.7 2.7 8.5 13.1 71.1 27.0
2002 77.5 15,521 13.2 53.9 3.9 4.6 7.7 5.9 8.9 1.1 71.0 27.1
2006 79.2 15,656 10.0 49.2 3.2 6.1 4.4 4.0 16.6 2.9 62.4 31.1
2010 82.7 16,552 8.2 45.1 5.1 3.9 5.0 3.3 20.7 7.6 58.4 32.9
2014 85.5 16,841 7.6 40.6 4.6 4.1 3.1 2.4 15.4 20.0 52.9 25.0
2018 87.1 16,868 8.3 35.4 2.9 6.6 3.5 4.5 14.1 23.2 53.1 45.3
2022 84.3 16,327 6.2 35.2 2.8 4.6 2.9 4.7 14.1 28.1 48.8 49.8

Twin Towns & Sister cities

Ludvika has three twin towns:

Sports

Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The soccer teams "Östansbo IS" (ÖIS), "Ludvika FK" (LFK, male) and "IFK Ludvika" (female) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include ping-pong teams as well as other sports.

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