Robertsfors Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Robertsfors Municipality Robertsfors kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Västerbotten County
Seat	Robertsfors
Area
• Total	2,388.05 km2 (922.03 sq mi)
• Land	1,301.79 km2 (502.62 sq mi)
• Water	1,086.26 km2 (419.41 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	6,859
• Density	2.87222/km2 (7.4390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västerbotten
Municipal code	2409
Website	www.robertsfors.se

Robertsfors Municipality (Swedish: Robertsfors kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Robertsfors.

History

In 1759 the small village Edfastmark became Robertsfors Bruk. It was the Irishman John Jennings and his brother-in-law, the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who founded the new ironworks which also got its name, Robertsfors, from Robert Finlay.

Localities

The world's largest cheese slicer in Ånäset.

There are three localities (or urban areas) in Robertsfors Municipality:

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Robertsfors 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 6,781 residents, including 5,172 Swedish citizens of voting age. 63.1% voted for the left coalition and 35.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notable natives

• Carl Olof Rosenius, revivalist preacher
• Frida Hyvönen, artist
• Maud Olofsson, politician
• Sahara Hotnights, rock group