Askersund Municipality

Askersund Municipality (Askersunds kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Askersund.

Askersund Municipality Askersunds kommun
Municipality
Askersund Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°53′N 14°54′E
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Askersund
Area [1]
• Total	1,019.74 km2 (393.72 sq mi)
• Land	815.99 km2 (315.06 sq mi)
• Water	203.75 km2 (78.67 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[2]
• Total	11,477
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Närke
Municipal code	1882
Website	www.askersund.se

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Askersund was merged with the rural municipalities Hammar and Lerbäck.

Localities

• Askersund (seat)
• Zinkgruvan
• Lerbäck
• Mariedamm
• Åmmeberg
• Åsbro

Twin towns

Askersund's two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

1. (1945) Eura, Finland
2. (1990) Jordanów, Poland

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Askersund 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 11,518 residents, including 9,144 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.8% voted for the left coalition and 53.7% 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
			%	%
Hammar-Olshammar	1,496	1,244	38.0	61.2	83	90	10	25,265	22
Klockarbacken	1,198	933	42.2	55.6	83	88	12	23,035	30
Mariedamm-Lerbäck	1,303	1,006	43.2	55.0	84	91	9	24,647	26
Närlunda	1,965	1,521	48.1	50.2	82	86	14	24,026	24
Sjöängen	1,954	1,620	50.9	47.4	80	85	15	22,259	29
Snavlunda	692	557	51.5	47.5	88	95	5	27,052	32
Åmmeberg-Zinkgruvan	1,241	969	41.2	57.5	83	92	8	28,148	21
Åsbro	1,669	1,294	43.4	55.2	81	90	10	25,061	25
Source: SVT[3]

Elections

These are the results of the elections in the municipality since the first election after the municipal reform, being held in 1973. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1988 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.

Riksdag elections

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[4]	90.1	7,452	2.4	47.7		29.9	7.4	4.0	8.5			50.1	45.8
1976[5]	91.2	7,787	2.2	46.5		31.2	7.3	2.7	10.1			48.7	48.6
1979[6]	90.2	7,820	2.9	47.1		24.1	7.7	2.9	14.5			50.0	46.3
1982[7]	90.9	8,058	2.9	50.8	1.2	21.0	5.0	3.3	15.9			53.7	41.9
1985[8]	89.6	7,936	3.0	50.6	0.9	19.9	10.8		14.6			53.6	45.3
1988[9]	86.9	7,651	4.0	49.8	3.5	16.5	9.2	4.8	12.2			57.5	37.9
1991[10]	86.8	7,769	3.2	43.8	2.3	13.1	6.2	9.5	14.8		6.6	47.0	43.6
1994[11]	87.3	7,957	5.6	52.4	3.9	11.0	5.5	5.4	14.9		0.8	61.9	36.8
1998[12]	81.8	7,273	12.8	42.5	3.6	8.5	3.5	11.5	15.8			58.9	39.3
2002[13]	81.0	7,186	8.5	45.4	3.2	10.5	8.7	9.3	11.1	2.1		57.1	39.6
2006[14]	82.7	7,371	5.4	43.9	3.5	10.9	5.2	7.5	18.6	3.7		52.7	42.2
2010[15]	84.8	7,628	4.6	39.4	4.9	8.1	4.9	6.0	25.6	5.8		48.9	44.6
2014[16]	86.7	7,664	4.4	37.9	4.1	8.5	3.1	4.4	17.4	17.7		46.4	33.4
2018[17]	88.6	7,818	5.5	32.2	2.3	9.2	3.0	6.8	16.5	23.3		49.1	49.5