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Skellefteå Municipality

Skellefteå kommun
Skellefteå town hall
Skellefteå town hall
Coat of arms of Skellefteå Municipality
Coat of arms
Skellefteå Municipality in Västerbotten County.png
Country Sweden
County Västerbotten County
Seat Skellefteå
Area
 • Total 10,031.98 km2 (3,873.37 sq mi)
 • Land 6,858.73 km2 (2,648.17 sq mi)
 • Water 3,173.25 km2 (1,225.20 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 71,879
 • Density 7.16499/km2 (18.55723/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västerbotten
Municipal code 2482
Website www.skelleftea.se

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

History

Most of the amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967 when the then "City of Skellefteå" was merged with the rural municipality by the same name and also with the municipalities Jörn, Bureå and Byske. The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type with the new local government act in 1971, and in 1974 the municipalities Burträsk and Lövånger were added.

Geography

The municipality borders in the south to Robertsfors Municipality, and clockwise to Umeå, Vindeln, Norsjö, Arvidsjaur and Piteå municipalities. Skellefteå is the largest coastline municipality by area, being roughly 15 percent larger than the second largest, Örnsköldsvik Municipality.

Skellefteå is situated around Skellefte River, a river that runs through the city. There is also a very central mountain, Vitberget, which is popular for skiing in the wintertime, and hiking in the summer.

Localities

There are 20 localities (or urban areas) in Skellefteå Municipality:

# Locality Population
1 Skellefteå 32,425
2 Ursviken 4,054
3 Skelleftehamn 3,120
4 Bureå 2,345
5 Kåge 2,205
6 Bergsbyn 1,818
7 Byske 1,731
8 Burträsk 1,632
9 Boliden 1,515
10 Jörn 877
11 Ersmark 865
12 Lövånger 779
13 Medle 558
14 Kusmark 437
15 Örviken 411
16 Södra Bergsbyn och Stackgrönnan 406
17 Ostvik 392
18 Bygdsiljum 370
19 Drängsmark 353
20 Myckle 343

The municipal seat in bold

Economy

The largest employer in Skellefteå Municipality is the mining company Boliden AB, with about 1,200 employees.

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag for Skellefteå Municipality since the 1972 municipal reform. SCB did not publish the party's results for the Sweden Democrats between 1988 and 1998 because of the party's small size nationally.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973 89.9 45,977 3.8 49.4 0.0 24.8 9.1 3.7 8.6 0.0 0.0
1976 90.7 49,133 3.4 49.8 0.0 24.8 9.7 3.1 8.8 0.0 0.0
1979 90.8 49,788 4.1 51.3 0.0 20.6 10.0 3.3 10.1 0.0 0.0
1982 90.9 50,472 4.1 54.5 0.9 18.6 6.8 3.6 11.3 0.0 0.0
1985 89.8 50,354 4.9 53.1 0.8 17.4 13.7 0.0 9.6 0.0 0.0
1988 86.5 48,522 5.4 52.9 3.5 14.3 10.9 5.0 7.2 0.0 0.0
1991 87.2 49,170 4.8 50.6 2.3 13.1 9.0 8.3 8.9 0.0 2.8
1994 88.0 50,073 7.4 57.1 4.7 9.6 6.9 4.6 8.9 0.0 0.3
1998 83.0 46,467 15.5 48.5 4.0 6.2 4.8 10.2 9.1 0.0 0.0
2002 81.4 44,967 11.4 50.6 3.5 10.2 9.4 8.4 5.0 0.4 0.0
2006 83.3 45,981 8.9 50.3 4.3 10.1 6.0 6.3 11.0 1.4 0.0
2010 85.6 48,020 9.5 49.6 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.4 14.3 2.9 0.0
2014 86.7 48,779 9.3 50.2 5.3 5.8 3.8 4.0 10.7 7.8 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 89.9 45,977 53.2 42.5 0.0 4.3 95.7
1976 90.7 49,133 53.2 43.3 0.0 3.5 96.5
1979 90.8 49,788 55.4 40.7 0.0 3.9 96.1
1982 90.9 50,472 58.6 36.7 0.0 4.7 95.3
1985 89.8 50,354 58.0 39.7 0.0 2.1 97.7
1988 86.5 48,522 61.8 32.4 0.0 5.8 94.2
1991 87.2 49,170 55.4 39.3 0.0 5.3 97.5
1994 88.0 50,073 69.2 30.0 0.0 0.8 99.2
1998 83.0 46,467 68.0 30.3 0.0 1.7 98.3
2002 81.4 44,967 65.5 33.0 0.0 3.5 96.5
2006 83.3 45,981 63.5 33.4 0.0 3.1 96.9
2010 85.6 48,020 64.9 31.4 2.9 0.8 99.2
2014 86.7 48,779 64.8 24.3 7.8 3.1 96.9

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Skellefteå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

There were 73,333 residents, including 56,888 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.

Twin towns – sister cities

Skellefteå is twinned with:

  • Czech Republic Pardubice, Czech Republic
  • Finland Raahe, Finland
  • Norway Rana, Norway
  • China Tongling, China
  • Denmark Vesthimmerland, Denmark

Notable natives

  • Jan Erixon, ice hockey player
  • Andreas Hedlund, musician
  • Stieg Larsson, journalist and author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Joakim Nyström, tennis player
  • Victoria Silvstedt, model
  • Margot Wallström, politician
  • The Wannadies, pop group
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