Torsby Municipality

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 Torsby kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°08′N 13°00′E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Torsby
Area [1]
• 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

Torsby

Population centers in the municipality include:

• Ambjörby
• Oleby
• Östmark
• Stöllet
• Sysslebäck
• Torsby (seat)

Transportation

Torsby 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

Sven-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

This 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

Riksdag

These 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

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 Torsby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
4. "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
5. "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
6. "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
7. "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 186)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
8. "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
9. "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
10. "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
11. "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
12. "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
13. "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
14. "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
15. "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
16. "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
17. "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

External links

• Torsby Municipality - Official site
• Branäs alpine skiing