Härjedalen Municipality

Härjedalen Municipality
Härjedalens kommun
Municipality
Härjedalen town hall
Härjedalen town hall
Coat of arms of Härjedalen Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 62°02′N 14°21′E / 62.033°N 14.350°E / 62.033; 14.350
CountrySweden
CountyJämtland County
SeatSveg
Area
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 • Total11,859.62 km2 (4,579.02 sq mi)
 • Land11,286.1 km2 (4,357.6 sq mi)
 • Water573.52 km2 (221.44 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total10,145
 • Density0.86/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceHärjedalen, Hälsingland and Dalarna
Municipal code2361
Websitewww.herjedalen.se

Härjedalen Municipality (Swedish: Härjedalens kommun, Southern Sami: Herjedaelien tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg.

The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen.

The municipality was created in 1974 and is one of two in Sweden with the name of a province (Gotland Municipality is the other). It consists of nine original local government entities (as of 1863).

Geography

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With a total area of 11,935 square kilometres (4,608 sq mi), it is Sweden's fifth largest. However, it is largely wilderness, and the municipality is sparsely inhabited. For comparison, the municipality covers as much territory as Uppsala County and Stockholm County combined, but those two counties have over 2,000,000 inhabitants.

Localities

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Sveg railway station.
Ljusnan River

There are eight localities (or urban areas) in Härjedalen Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Sveg 2,633
2 Funäsdalen 798
3 Hede 763
4 Ytterhogdal 603
5 Vemdalen 547
6 Ulvkälla 445
7 Lillhärdal 365
8 Norr-Hede 293

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Härjedalen 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 8,125 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[4] 50.0% voted for the left coalition and 48.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag

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This table lists the national results since the 1972 Swedish municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats from 1988 to 1998 were not published by the SCB at a municipal level due to the party's small size nationally at the time.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973[5] 85.8 8,298 5.4 55.6 0.0 25.3 6.1 1.1 5.4 0.0 0.0
1976[6] 87.3 8,768 4.6 56.5 0.0 26.2 5.7 1.1 5.6 0.0 0.0
1979[7] 86.6 8,799 5.3 58.2 0.0 21.9 5.2 1.0 8.1 0.0 0.0
1982[8] 87.3 8,828 5.3 59.1 1.1 18.5 3.5 1.1 11.3 0.0 0.0
1985[9] 85.7 8,671 4.6 58.9 1.4 15.5 7.3 0.0 12.3 0.0 0.0
1988[10] 81.1 8,007 6.1 56.8 4.9 14.1 7.5 1.3 9.1 0.0 0.0
1991[11] 83.0 8,059 4.9 51.2 2.7 12.8 5.5 3.0 12.1 0.0 6.2
1994[12] 82.9 8,024 7.2 58.1 5.0 10.9 3.9 1.7 11.8 0.0 0.7
1998[13] 77.4 7,129 17.0 46.8 3.9 8.1 2.8 6.7 12.8 0.0 0.0
2002[14] 74.8 6,650 12.1 50.2 3.6 11.5 6.0 4.6 9.7 0.3 0.0
2006[15] 77.6 6,613 8.2 45.7 2.3 12.9 4.7 3.8 17.2 2.7 0.0
2010[16] 80.6 6,739 6.0 44.6 3.8 9.4 3.8 2.3 22.2 7.0 0.0
2014[17] 82.8 6,765 5.2 42.9 3.0 10.5 2.1 1.9 17.2 15.2 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. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 85.8 8,298 61.0 36.8 0.0 2.2 97.8
1976 87.3 8,768 60.1 37.5 0.0 2.4 97.6
1979 86.6 8,799 63.5 35.2 0.0 1.3 98.7
1982 87.3 8,828 64.4 33.3 0.0 2.3 97.7
1985 85.7 8,671 63.5 35.1 0.0 1.4 98.6
1988 81.1 8,007 67.8 30.7 0.0 1.5 98.5
1991 83.0 8,059 56.1 33.4 0.0 10.5 95.7
1994 82.9 8,024 70.3 26.6 0.0 3.1 96.9
1998 77.4 7,129 67.7 30.4 0.0 1.9 98.1
2002 74.8 6,650 65.9 31.8 0.0 2.3 97.7
2006 77.6 6,613 56.2 38.6 0.0 5.2 94.8
2010 80.6 6,739 54.4 37.7 7.0 0.9 99.1
2014 82.8 6,765 51.1 31.7 15.2 2.0 98.0

Notable natives

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Härjedalen i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 162)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 188)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 45)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 42)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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