Degerfors Municipality

Degerfors Municipality (Degerfors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.

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Municipality
Degerfors Municipality Office
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°14′N 14°26′E
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Degerfors
Area [1]
• Total	433.68 km2 (167.44 sq mi)
• Land	383.98 km2 (148.26 sq mi)
• Water	49.7 km2 (19.2 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[2]
• Total	9,278
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland and Närke
Municipal code	1862
Website	www.degerfors.se

The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a market town (köping) in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Degerfors 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 7,456 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[3] 53.6% voted for the left coalition and 45.0% 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
			%	%
Bossåsen	1,373	1,039	49.0	50.1	81	87	13	27,595	25
Bruket	1,480	1,148	52.9	45.9	74	80	20	22,993	24
Jannelund	1,727	1,330	63.7	35.3	59	67	33	17,262	21
Stora Valla	1,574	1,215	59.4	39.3	68	75	25	20,864	20
Strömtorp	1,821	1,488	47.9	50.7	83	86	14	26,813	26
Svartå	605	478	53.3	44.0	74	83	17	22,995	24
Åtorp	939	758	47.8	51.0	84	91	9	25,582	27
Source: SVT[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[4]	94.7	7,533	4.9	63.1		18.7	5.3	2.3	5.2			68.0	29.2
1976[5]	95.0	8,034	4.7	61.9		19.3	5.9	2.1	5.9			66.7	31.0
1979[6]	94.1	8,194	5.7	62.8		14.3	6.6	2.0	8.1			68.5	29.1
1982[7]	94.5	8,292	6.5	65.4	1.0	11.5	3.6	2.0	9.9			72.0	25.0
1985[8]	93.4	8,225	7.4	64.2	1.2	10.1	8.0		9.0			71.6	27.1
1988[9]	90.1	7,767	8.8	63.7	3.4	8.2	6.8	2.5	6.3			75.8	21.3
1991[10]	89.7	7,691	7.4	59.7	2.1	6.4	5.4	4.9	8.6		5.3	67.1	25.3
1994[11]	89.3	7,608	9.9	63.8	3.2	5.9	4.4	2.8	8.8		1.0	76.8	21.8
1998[12]	83.4	6,847	17.7	54.8	3.4	4.5	2.3	7.5	8.7			75.9	23.0
2002[13]	82.3	6,491	13.3	60.8	2.5	5.3	6.0	5.2	5.1	0.9		76.7	21.7
2006[14]	82.3	6,302	11.2	57.6	2.7	5.4	3.2	5.2	9.8	2.9		71.5	23.6
2010[15]	86.1	6,494	10.8	52.7	4.9	4.1	3.1	4.5	13.8	5.4		68.4	25.6
2014[16]	86.4	6,426	8.1	51.2	4.0	4.2	1.9	3.4	10.6	14.4		63.3	20.1
2018[17]	87.1	6,415	10.2	44.1	2.4	5.4	2.4	4.0	10.7	19.9		62.0	36.9
2022[18]	84.9	6,261	7.7	39.6	2.4	3.9	2.3	4.2	12.0	26.6		53.6	45.0

Twin towns

Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

1. (1985) Oedheim, Germany
2. (1990) Ventspils district, Latvia

See also

• Vindeln Municipality, Västerbotten County, which up until 1969 had the same name.