Grums Municipality

Grums Municipality (Grums kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grums, with about 5,200 inhabitants.

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°21′N 13°06′E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Grums
Area [1]
• Total	478.82 km2 (184.87 sq mi)
• Land	386.38 km2 (149.18 sq mi)
• Water	92.44 km2 (35.69 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	9,057
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1764
Website	www.grums.se

As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created in 1971. The market town (köping) Grums (instituted as such in 1948) was amalgamated with Ed and the parish Värmskog from the dissolved Stavnäs Municipality, thus forming Grums Municipality.

Geographically it is situated on the north-west shore of Lake Vänern in the province of Värmland. Transportations are reliable with the European route E18 intersecting the town.

Historically the town was the center of the historical jurisdiction Grums Hundred, with its oldest seal stemming from 1617. The seal showed an accurate image of the local church.

The coat of arms is derived from that of the hundred. It also depicts three saw-blades, symbolizing the forest industry.

The local political party is known as Grums medborgarparti, abbreviated gm. It was founded in 1994, in the wake of the short-lived unconventional party Ny Demokrati. The party was the municipality's third largest in the election of 1994 and 1998.

Localities

• Grums (seat)
• Slottsbron
• Segmon
• Borgvik
• Liljedal

In addition, the village Värmskog, with 65 inhabitants (2000), is known as the birthplace of inventor Lars Magnus Ericsson.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Grums 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 9,080 residents, including 6,952 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% 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
			%	%
Gamla Slottsbron	1,538	1,190	53.2	45.9	80	88	12	25,554	28
Grums C	1,283	969	50.3	49.3	79	87	13	24,004	22
Grums N	1,109	879	42.2	56.3	86	91	9	27,077	30
Grums S	1,037	730	50.8	49.0	73	80	20	22,662	20
Grums V	1,426	1,149	58.6	40.3	71	84	16	20,373	25
Segmon	741	580	50.5	47.9	74	86	14	22,017	22
Slottsbron	1,298	960	45.0	53.7	72	84	16	23,000	21
Värmskog	648	495	37.3	62.0	83	92	8	26,545	39
Source: SVT[3]

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 Grums i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

External links

• Media related to Grums Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Grums Municipality - Official site
• grums.just.nu Archived 2018-03-18 at the Wayback Machine