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Karlskoga Municipality

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Karlskoga Municipality Karlskoga kommun
Municipality
Karlskoga Town Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°20′N 14°31′E / 59.333°N 14.517°E / 59.333; 14.517
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Karlskoga
Government
• Chairman of the municipal board	Tony Ring (M)^[1]
Area ^[2]
• Total	510.38 km² (197.06 sq mi)
• Land	468.23 km² (180.78 sq mi)
• Water	42.15 km² (16.27 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[3]
• Total	30,261
• Density	59/km² (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland and Närke
Municipal code	1883
Website	www.karlskoga.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Karlskoga Municipality (Karlskoga kommun) is a municipalityinÖrebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the cityofKarlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg.

Karlskoga was formed as rural municipality when the first Swedish local government acts came into force in 1863. In 1925 the southern part was detached, forming Degerfors Municipality. In 1940 the whole municipality, including its non-urban areas, got the title of a city. These titles were abolished in 1971.

Demographics[edit]

This is a demographic table based on Karlskoga Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 30,389 residents, including 23,534 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Aggerud

1,874

1,357

45.7

53.1

29,483

Bofors

1,736

1,314

52.5

46.3

28,385

Bohult

1,822

1,458

50.8

47.6

20,750

Bregården

1,870

1,519

47.5

50.9

28,564

Bråten

1,872

1,365

52.4

47.1

28,826

Ekeby

1,678

1,409

50.1

48.2

22,735

Granbergsdal

1,620

1,303

41.0

58.0

28,297

Häsängen

1,763

1,395

41.4

57.7

28,584

Karlberg

1,736

1,331

45.7

53.3

26,599

Karls-Åby

1,723

1,433

49.2

50.1

29,147

Landa

1,984

1,234

56.2

40.7

15,723

Rävåsen

1,641

1,445

52.7

46.5

24,072

Sandmo

1,579

1,344

53.9

44.9

19,825

Sandviken

1,694

1,325

56.4

42.2

21,209

Skranta

2,069

1,428

47.8

50.5

24,039

Stråningstorp

1,861

1,340

51.3

47.2

25,502

Österleden

1,867

1,534

46.4

52.7

25,831

Source: SVT^[4]

Riksdag elections[edit]

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[5]	91.6	24,449	7.0	55.3		19.4	7.0	1.3	9.4			62.3	35.9
1976^[6]	92.6	25,049	5.2	53.9		18.2	10.0	1.0	11.1			59.1	39.3
1979^[7]	91.4	24,703	6.4	54.2		12.4	9.9	1.1	15.4			60.6	37.7
1982^[8]	92.6	24,965	6.0	57.6		9.5	4.9	1.7	18.9			63.6	33.3
1985^[9]	91.1	24,487	6.1	56.7	1.0	6.9	12.5		16.8			62.7	36.2
1988^[10]	86.8	22,951	7.3	55.5	2.8	6.1	11.4	2.2	14.3			65.7	31.8
1991^[11]	87.1	22,473	5.3	49.9	1.8	4.0	8.8	5.7	17.5		6.8	55.2	36.0
1994^[12]	86.3	21,815	7.4	56.5	3.4	3.7	5.8	2.9	18.3		1.6	67.2	30.7
1998^[13]	81.0	19,766	14.8	47.2	2.9	2.2	3.4	9.2	17.3			64.9	32.1
2002^[14]	79.6	18,738	8.9	54.6	2.9	2.8	9.6	6.6	11.3	1.2		66.4	30.4
2006^[15]	81.5	18,917	6.4	49.4	3.2	4.2	4.7	5.3	19.8	3.0		58.9	34.1
2010^[16]	84.3	19,567	5.3	46.3	5.4	3.1	5.3	4.8	23.2	4.7		57.0	36.4
2014^[17]	85.7	19,877	5.0	44.7	4.8	3.4	3.3	3.6	18.7	14.4		54.4	29.0
2018^[18]	87.1	19,899	7.2	37.5	2.8	6.0	4.0	4.8	18.0	18.3		53.5	45.1
2022^[19]	84.3	19,604	5.0	37.4	2.6	4.0	3.0	3.9	18.9	23.7		49.1	49.6