Borlänge Municipality

Borlänge Municipality (Borlänge kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km². The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.

Borlänge Municipality Borlänge kommun
Municipality
Sveatorget in Borlänge in 2005
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°29′N 15°27′E
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Borlänge
Area [1]
• Total	635.81 km2 (245.49 sq mi)
• Land	583.87 km2 (225.43 sq mi)
• Water	51.94 km2 (20.05 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	51,735
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2081
Website	www.borlange.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Borlänge 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 52,132 residents, including 38,802 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.5% for the right coalition.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Bergslagsbyn	2,172	1,675	47.8	50.9	84	84	16	26,632	36
Bullermyren	2,081	1,188	65.5	30.3	49	32	68	14,293	23
Centrum-Mjälga	1,475	1,112	45.0	53.8	79	81	19	26,571	36
Centrum N	1,559	1,336	51.9	46.3	78	77	23	24,246	39
Domnarvet V	1,973	1,470	49.2	49.1	86	89	11	29,443	42
Domnarvet Ö	1,983	1,540	49.0	50.2	82	84	16	26,105	33
Färjegårdarna-Årby	2,114	1,602	48.7	50.1	88	89	11	27,702	44
Gylle-Åselby	2,298	1,813	42.3	56.7	87	92	8	27,754	34
Gylletäppan	1,760	1,461	45.6	53.1	86	86	14	26,385	35
Hagalund N	1,972	1,436	51.5	45.7	64	56	44	19,297	29
Hagalund V	1,990	1,654	49.1	49.6	78	77	23	23,631	35
Hagalund Ö	1,154	1,178	54.1	44.7	79	70	30	22,299	34
Hushagen-Forssa	1,696	1,492	54.3	44.1	80	86	14	24,745	36
Jakobsgårdarna	2,094	1,353	60.5	36.4	63	47	53	19,460	27
Kvarnsveden S	1,281	1,000	52.0	47.1	85	89	11	27,240	39
Kvarnsveden V	2,139	1,670	48.8	49.9	83	90	10	26,487	38
Kvarnsveden Ö	1,338	1,087	47.1	51.7	85	88	12	26,692	38
Kyrkbygden-S Tuna	2,097	1,677	38.7	59.9	87	94	6	26,181	33
Mats Knuts-Nygårdarna	1,986	1,343	49.5	49.2	86	86	14	28,409	47
Norr Amsberg	1,537	1,207	39.9	58.7	85	88	12	28,104	34
Ornäs	1,801	1,382	44.4	54.8	85	93	7	29,557	38
Skräddarbacken	1,864	1,403	47.7	50.9	84	89	11	27,742	43
Tjärna Allé	2,408	1,058	86.1	11.8	36	11	89	9,044	21
Tjärna Ängar-Paradiset	2,071	1,304	58.9	39.3	61	45	55	19,437	31
Tjärna Ängar-Ö Tjärna	2,113	1,272	56.1	42.9	67	49	51	21,664	27
Torsång	1,705	1,312	39.9	59.4	93	95	5	31,805	48
V Tuna-Idkerberget	1,716	1,405	34.8	63.4	85	93	7	26,120	24
Östermalm	1,755	1,372	46.1	52.6	78	69	31	23,971	35
Source: SVT[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[4]	91.1	28,033	4.7	53.4		28.1	5.2	1.6	6.5			58.1	39.8
1976[5]	91.9	30,166	4.2	52.9		25.3	8.1	1.3	7.9			57.1	41.3
1979[6]	90.2	30,045	5.5	54.2		18.4	7.5	1.3	12.3			59.7	38.2
1982[7]	91.5	31,434	5.5	57.2	1.8	14.6	3.9	1.3	15.5			62.6	34.0
1985[8]	89.3	30,769	5.9	54.2	2.4	11.1	10.9		14.5			60.1	36.5
1988[9]	84.6	29,220	6.7	52.1	6.0	10.5	10.6	2.5	10.7			64.8	31.8
1991[10]	85.4	29,639	5.3	47.3	3.2	8.0	7.7	5.9	15.2		6.4	52.6	36.7
1994[11]	86.2	30,506	7.5	55.5	5.7	6.3	5.6	3.0	14.5		1.0	68.7	29.4
1998[12]	80.6	28,150	15.2	44.7	5.4	4.1	3.3	9.2	15.0			65.3	31.5
2002[13]	78.2	27,313	10.0	48.6	5.2	6.2	9.5	6.2	10.4	1.8		63.7	32.3
2006[14]	80.7	28,333	7.1	45.5	4.4	7.3	5.7	4.4	18.8	3.5		57.0	36.2
2010[15]	84.9	30,756	6.6	39.6	6.0	5.4	5.0	3.5	23.2	9.2		52.2	37.1
2014[16]	86.2	31,740	6.2	37.3	5.6	5.1	3.7	3.2	18.0	17.7		49.0	30.0
2018[17]	87.3	32,460	7.6	32.7	3.9	7.4	4.4	5.1	17.1	20.3		51.6	46.9

Education

• Dalarna University College
• Soltorgsgymnasiet

Notable natives

• Jussi Björling, tenor
• Lars Frölander, swimmer
• Mando Diao, rock band
• Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
• Per Fosshaug, bandy player
• Dozer, stoner rock band
• Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman
• Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player
• Sator, rock band
• Nadja Brandt, writer and also appeared as an extra in Twilight
• Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li)
• Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion
• Per Johansson, swimmer

References

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. "Valresultat 2022 för Borlänge i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
4. "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
5. "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
6. "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
7. "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
8. "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
9. "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
10. "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
11. "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
12. "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
13. "Borlänge - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
14. "Borlänge - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
15. "Borlänge - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
16. "Borlänge - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
17. "Borlänge - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.

External links

• Borlänge Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine - Official site