Hagfors Municipality

Hagfors Municipality (Hagfors kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors.

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Municipality
Hagfors town hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°02′N 13°39′E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Hagfors
Area [1]
• Total	2,000.15 km2 (772.26 sq mi)
• Land	1,824.17 km2 (704.32 sq mi)
• Water	175.98 km2 (67.95 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	11,536
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1783
Website	www.hagfors.se

The present municipality was created in 1974, when the City of Hagfors (itself instituted as a municipal entity in 1950 as one of the last cities in Sweden) was amalgamated with three rural municipalities.

Being sparsely populated, Hagfors Municipality has natural areas that offer good fishing, canoeing and wildlife.

Localities

• Bergsäng
• Edebäck
• Ekshärad
• Geijersholm
• Hagfors (seat)
• Mjönäs
• Råda
• Sunnemo
• Uddeholm

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hagfors 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 11,543 inhabitants, with 8,852 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 54.7% voted for the left coalition and 44.1% 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
			%	%
Ekshärad-Västanberg	2,201	1,705	43.7	55.1	78	85	15	22,192	24
Hagfors C	1,955	1,681	61.9	37.0	74	85	15	21,851	21
Hagfors N	2,060	1,466	56.4	43.1	76	81	19	23,206	24
Hagfors Ö	1,746	1,349	58.1	40.8	75	80	20	23,169	23
Råda-Höje	1,825	1,335	53.0	45.5	75	80	20	21,398	23
Sunnemo-Uddeholm	1,756	1,316	57.0	41.6	81	86	14	24,987	30
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 Hagfors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Hagfors Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Hagfors Municipality - Official site
• Uddeholm Tooling AB Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine