Gävle Municipality

Gävle Municipality (Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle.

Gävle Municipality Gävle kommun
Municipality
Gävle Firestation
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°40′N 17°10′E
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Gävle
Area
• Total	3,199.84 km2 (1,235.47 sq mi)
• Land	1,613.37 km2 (622.93 sq mi)
• Water	1,586.47 km2 (612.54 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	103,532
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Gästrikland
Municipal code	2180
Website	www.gavle.se

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Gävle was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. All of them were original entities, instituted as municipalities by the local government acts of 1862. The area had not been affected by the national subdivision reform in 1952.

Geography

Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar continental climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of −5 °C (23 °F) in January and 17 °C (63 °F) in July. Yearly rainfall is around 600 mm (24 in).

Localities

Data from 2000.

Town	Population	Area (km²)
Gävle	92,681	41.58
Valbo	6,984	8.14
Forsbacka	1,716	1.71
Hedesunda	1,071	1.67
Norrsundet	1,044	1.89
Bergby	834	1.91
Forsby	617	0.87
Hamrångefjärden	558	1.57
Furuvik	472	0.96
Åbyggeby	457	0.87
Lund	380	1.14
Björke	362	0.58
Trödje	321	0.67
Bönan	273	0.65
Totra	255	0.76
Berg	231	0.51
Hagsta	206	0.74

Economy

Major employers in Gävle:

1. Gävle Municipality 8,000
2. County Council 8,000
3. Stora Enso 1,200
4. Ericsson 1,100
5. BillerudKorsnäs 1,100
6. Lantmäteriet 900

Whisky

Mackmyra Whisky in Valbo, a suburb of Gävle, is the only whisky distillery in Sweden. Malt whisky is produced since 1999.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gävle 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 78,868 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 48.9% voted for the left coalition and 49.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Andersberg C 2,576 1,324 74.7 20.5 49 25 75 12,443 19 Andersberg N 1,720 1,276 53.3 44.3 73 67 33 24,148 40 Andersberg-Sälgsjön 1,859 1,476 49.6 49.6 81 81 19 27,276 40 Bergby-Axmar 1,683 1,416 42.9 55.6 82 93 7 23,236 25 Björke-Trödje 2,124 1,708 37.4 61.6 88 94 6 29,602 37 Bomhus C 1,629 1,155 48.9 50.6 89 87 13 30,616 49 Bomhus N 1,796 1,381 42.7 56.1 82 85 15 27,566 38 Bomhus SO 1,861 1,370 51.1 47.5 82 85 15 25,202 33 Bomhus SV 2,010 1,434 49.0 49.9 85 85 15 28,901 41 Bomhus V 2,108 1,482 50.9 48.0 71 74 26 20,459 35 Bomhus Ö 2,018 1,553 42.9 56.7 89 90 10 30,638 40 Brynäs C 1,999 1,732 55.6 42.2 72 76 24 21,964 35 Brynäs S 2,024 1,619 55.7 42.4 72 67 33 22,721 39 Brynäs V 1,800 1,339 56.9 40.9 71 62 38 21,588 35 Brynäs Ö 2,075 1,546 55.8 41.6 68 60 40 20,873 31 Forsbacka 1,892 1,545 46.4 53.1 78 87 13 25,011 32 Fridhem 1,716 1,226 50.8 48.0 92 90 10 34,474 68 Furuvik-Ytterharnäs 1,367 1,016 39.8 59.6 87 92 8 29,847 42 Gävle Strand 1,696 1,563 45.2 53.8 80 79 21 31,057 47 Hagaström C 2,162 1,572 50.8 48.2 90 93 7 32,233 60 Hedesunda N 1,324 1,057 34.9 64.0 82 92 8 23,444 24 Hedesunda S 1,381 1,119 39.9 58.5 87 94 6 25,984 31 Hemlingby 2,249 1,709 42.7 56.6 90 92 8 33,071 56 Hemsta 1,671 1,484 54.2 44.5 78 81 19 24,991 43 Hille 2,319 1,718 45.1 54.2 89 95 5 30,366 48 Nordost 2,029 1,363 64.4 33.6 58 33 67 15,621 25 Norr 1,304 1,128 47.0 52.1 83 81 19 26,267 49 Norrlandet-Utvalnäs 2,317 1,766 37.0 62.6 88 92 8 35,076 35 Norrsundet-Hamrångef. 1,655 1,334 49.3 49.8 73 89 11 21,631 22 Norrtull-Lexe 2,103 1,805 51.5 47.9 84 88 12 29,883 56 Olsbacka 1,569 1,168 50.1 49.3 85 87 13 30,740 57 Stigslund 2,209 1,780 47.9 51.4 85 89 11 27,352 46 Strömsbro 2,391 1,930 45.2 54.3 88 93 7 31,506 56 Sätra C 2,120 1,551 60.5 37.7 63 60 40 17,831 36 Sätra NO 2,201 1,520 61.3 35.3 70 56 44 20,414 38 Sätra NV 2,200 1,596 53.2 45.1 83 74 26 29,093 52 Sätra V 2,280 1,558 52.1 46.2 80 73 27 25,727 43 Sätra Ö 2,902 1,539 60.9 35.0 54 32 68 11,899 34 Söder V 2,123 1,881 49.6 48.8 79 80 20 25,261 42 Söder Ö 2,155 1,846 49.3 48.0 79 79 21 24,303 42 Södertull 1,867 1,710 49.0 49.8 78 85 15 24,406 45 Sörby 2,432 1,770 54.1 43.6 76 72 28 23,291 44 Valbo C 2,123 1,601 45.5 53.1 83 90 10 26,306 34 Valbo N 2,081 1,683 46.5 52.3 77 86 14 22,290 32 Valbo V 2,174 1,631 44.0 55.7 90 95 5 31,360 44 Valbo Ö-Hagaström 2,518 1,907 42.7 56.7 90 93 7 31,798 45 Vallbacken 2,054 1,753 52.7 46.0 80 85 15 26,492 52 Villastaden 2,215 1,812 42.4 57.1 66 86 14 24,501 65 Väster N 1,813 1,666 48.5 49.8 83 85 15 27,724 52 Väster S 1,448 1,314 49.0 50.2 81 81 19 24,479 41 Åbyggeby 2,162 1,555 39.7 59.8 91 95 5 31,767 44 Öster-Alderholmen 1,432 881 65.5 30.7 59 36 64 16,442 29 Source: SVT

Politics

The municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) has 65 members, elected for a four-year period. The last election was held in September 2022. Eight parties are represented in the assembly. The largest party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has 21 seats. The current chairman of the municipal assembly is the liberal Per-Åke Fredriksson, with the current chairman of the municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) is Åsa Wiklund Lång.

Education

The University College of Gävle currently enrolls 12,500 students.

It offers courses of study at six departments: Business Administration, Education and Psychology, Caring Sciences and Sociology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Natural and Computer Sciences and Technology, and Built Environment.

Some courses are given in English taught both to visiting students from foreign partner institutions and to Swedish students.

International relations

Town twinning

The municipality's is twinned with:

• Buffalo City, South Africa
• Álftanes, Iceland
• Gjøvik, Norway
• Næstved Municipality, Denmark
• Rauma, Finland
• Jūrmala, Latvia
• Galva, Illinois, United States

See also

• Municipalities of Sweden
• List of Swedish municipalities
• International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (1995)
• Gävleborg County Administrative Board
• List of Gävleborg Governors

References

Notes

External links

• Gävle - Official site
• National Atlas of Sweden - Statistics