Torsby Municipality (Torsby kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby.
Torsby Municipality
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| Coordinates: 60°08′N 13°00′E / 60.133°N 13.000°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Värmland County |
| Seat | Torsby |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,357.44 km2 (1,682.42 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,162.19 km2 (1,607.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 195.25 km2 (75.39 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 11,387 |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Värmland |
| Municipal code | 1737 |
| Website | www.torsby.se |
The name Torsby means Thor's village.
The present municipality consists of eight original local government entities (as of 1863): Dalby, Fryksände, Lekvattnet, Norra Finnskoga, Norra Ny, Nyskoga, Södra Finnskoga, Vitsand and Östmark. In 1952 they were grouped into four larger units and in 1974 they were all united.
There is much Finnish heritage in Torsby Municipality.
Localities
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Population centers in the municipality include:
Transportation
editTorsby is the end station on the Fryksdal branchline from Karlstad via Kil. There is a small airport with scheduled flights to Stockholm, whilst the nearest international airport is Gardermoen in Norway. The 1,690-kilometre-long (1,050 mi) road, E45, passes through the municipality.
Sport
editSven-Göran Eriksson and Marcus Berg have their roots in Torsby.
The municipality has a number of skiing centres for both alpine skiing (Hovfjället and Branäs) and cross-country skiing (Mattila and Långberget). A cross-country ski tunnel, which is also the world's longest, opened on June 16, 2006.
Stjerneskolan, a senior high school, specializes in cross-country skiing and biathlon. The most famous former pupil is Gunde Svan. Carl Johan Bergman, who was born in Ekshärad, also studied there for a year.
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Torsby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 11,448 inhabitants, with 8,766 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.9% voted for the left coalition and 53.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Likenäs | 634 | 521 | 52.5 | 45.3 | 80 | 93 | 7 | 23,432 | 24 |
| Oleby | 1,288 | 981 | 42.8 | 56.6 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 27,395 | 31 |
| Stöllet | 908 | 694 | 41.9 | 56.5 | 69 | 82 | 18 | 19,017 | 20 |
| Svenneby | 1,823 | 1,377 | 44.5 | 54.8 | 77 | 86 | 14 | 24,864 | 26 |
| Sysslebäck | 1,025 | 789 | 47.0 | 51.9 | 72 | 78 | 22 | 21,290 | 16 |
| Torsby N | 2,320 | 1,706 | 47.4 | 51.3 | 79 | 81 | 19 | 24,329 | 27 |
| Torsby S | 1,597 | 1,270 | 47.8 | 50.9 | 79 | 86 | 14 | 23,269 | 30 |
| Vitsand | 769 | 598 | 39.0 | 59.7 | 74 | 84 | 16 | 21,785 | 23 |
| Östmark | 1,084 | 830 | 40.5 | 58.6 | 74 | 87 | 13 | 22,037 | 22 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Elections
editThese are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.
| Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | ND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[4] | 90.6 | 11,724 | 8.9 | 45.6 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1976[5] | 90.7 | 11,376 | 7.7 | 44.9 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1979[6] | 90.9 | 11,169 | 8.0 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 24.5 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1982[7] | 91.0 | 11,096 | 7.1 | 50.6 | 1.5 | 20.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 16.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1985[8] | 88.0 | 10,545 | 7.0 | 49.7 | 1.3 | 17.6 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1988[9] | 84.8 | 9,945 | 7.0 | 50.6 | 4.2 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1991[10] | 84.6 | 9,811 | 6.3 | 45.5 | 2.3 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| 1994[11] | 86.4 | 9,873 | 8.6 | 52.1 | 3.6 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 17.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| 1998[12] | 80.5 | 8,798 | 17.2 | 42.1 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002[13] | 76.6 | 7,975 | 11.6 | 43.6 | 2.8 | 12.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 15.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| 2006[14] | 78.5 | 7,842 | 8.3 | 44.7 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 21.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| 2010[15] | 79.8 | 7,766 | 7.2 | 44.3 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 24.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| 2014[16] | 81.3 | 7,599 | 5.8 | 43.5 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 17.3 | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| 2018[17] | 83.7 | 7,509 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 1.9 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 21.4 | 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 | 90.6 | 11,724 | 54.5 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 98.3 |
| 1976 | 90.7 | 11,376 | 52.6 | 46.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 99.0 |
| 1979 | 90.9 | 11,169 | 55.9 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 98.9 |
| 1982 | 91.0 | 11,096 | 57.7 | 39.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 97.6 |
| 1985 | 88.0 | 10,545 | 56.7 | 41.9 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 98.6 |
| 1988 | 84.8 | 9,945 | 61.8 | 36.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| 1991 | 84.6 | 9,811 | 51.8 | 40.6 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 97.6 |
| 1994 | 86.4 | 9,873 | 64.3 | 34.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 98.6 |
| 1998 | 80.5 | 8,798 | 62.6 | 36.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 99.2 |
| 2002 | 76.6 | 7,975 | 58.0 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 97.5 |
| 2006 | 78.5 | 7,842 | 55.5 | 40.1 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 95.6 |
| 2010 | 79.8 | 7,766 | 54.3 | 39.7 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 98.2 |
| 2014 | 81.3 | 7,599 | 52.0 | 31.5 | 14.4 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| 2018 | 83.7 | 7,509 | 43.9 | 33.4 | 21.4 | 1.3 | 98.7 |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Torsby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 186)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
External links
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- Torsby Municipality - Official site
- Branäs alpine skiing