Karlskoga Municipality

For the locality and municipal seat, see Karlskoga.

Karlskoga Municipality (Karlskoga kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg.

Karlskoga Municipality Karlskoga kommun
Municipality
Karlskoga Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°20′N 14°31′E
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Karlskoga
Government
• Chairman of the municipal board	Tony Ring (M)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	510.38 km2 (197.06 sq mi)
• Land	468.23 km2 (180.78 sq mi)
• Water	42.15 km2 (16.27 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[3]
• Total	30,180
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland and Närke
Municipal code	1883
Website	www.karlskoga.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Karlskoga was formed as rural municipality when the first Swedish local government acts came into force in 1863. In 1925 the southern part was detached, forming Degerfors Municipality. In 1940 the whole municipality, including its non-urban areas, got the title of a city. These titles were abolished in 1971.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlskoga Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 30,389 residents, including 23,534 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.6% 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
			%	%
Aggerud	1,874	1,357	45.7	53.1	85	83	17	29,483	39
Bofors	1,736	1,314	52.5	46.3	84	82	18	28,385	36
Bohult	1,822	1,458	50.8	47.6	72	72	28	20,750	32
Bregården	1,870	1,519	47.5	50.9	83	82	18	28,564	47
Bråten	1,872	1,365	52.4	47.1	88	89	11	28,826	38
Ekeby	1,678	1,409	50.1	48.2	76	74	26	22,735	26
Granbergsdal	1,620	1,303	41.0	58.0	85	92	8	28,297	24
Häsängen	1,763	1,395	41.4	57.7	86	87	13	28,584	28
Karlberg	1,736	1,331	45.7	53.3	82	85	15	26,599	30
Karls-Åby	1,723	1,433	49.2	50.1	85	90	10	29,147	46
Landa	1,984	1,234	56.2	40.7	51	45	55	15,723	25
Rävåsen	1,641	1,445	52.7	46.5	83	85	15	24,072	29
Sandmo	1,579	1,344	53.9	44.9	75	77	23	19,825	29
Sandviken	1,694	1,325	56.4	42.2	70	64	36	21,209	32
Skranta	2,069	1,428	47.8	50.5	72	66	34	24,039	34
Stråningstorp	1,861	1,340	51.3	47.2	78	75	25	25,502	33
Österleden	1,867	1,534	46.4	52.7	82	83	17	25,831	33
Source: SVT[4]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[5]	91.6	24,449	7.0	55.3		19.4	7.0	1.3	9.4			62.3	35.9
1976[6]	92.6	25,049	5.2	53.9		18.2	10.0	1.0	11.1			59.1	39.3
1979[7]	91.4	24,703	6.4	54.2		12.4	9.9	1.1	15.4			60.6	37.7
1982[8]	92.6	24,965	6.0	57.6		9.5	4.9	1.7	18.9			63.6	33.3
1985[9]	91.1	24,487	6.1	56.7	1.0	6.9	12.5		16.8			62.7	36.2
1988[10]	86.8	22,951	7.3	55.5	2.8	6.1	11.4	2.2	14.3			65.7	31.8
1991[11]	87.1	22,473	5.3	49.9	1.8	4.0	8.8	5.7	17.5		6.8	55.2	36.0
1994[12]	86.3	21,815	7.4	56.5	3.4	3.7	5.8	2.9	18.3		1.6	67.2	30.7
1998[13]	81.0	19,766	14.8	47.2	2.9	2.2	3.4	9.2	17.3			64.9	32.1
2002[14]	79.6	18,738	8.9	54.6	2.9	2.8	9.6	6.6	11.3	1.2		66.4	30.4
2006[15]	81.5	18,917	6.4	49.4	3.2	4.2	4.7	5.3	19.8	3.0		58.9	34.1
2010[16]	84.3	19,567	5.3	46.3	5.4	3.1	5.3	4.8	23.2	4.7		57.0	36.4
2014[17]	85.7	19,877	5.0	44.7	4.8	3.4	3.3	3.6	18.7	14.4		54.4	29.0
2018[18]	87.1	19,899	7.2	37.5	2.8	6.0	4.0	4.8	18.0	18.3		53.5	45.1
2022[19]	84.3	19,604	5.0	37.4	2.6	4.0	3.0	3.9	18.9	23.7		49.1	49.6

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Karlskoga is twinned with:^[20]

• Aalborg, Denmark
• Fredrikstad, Norway
• Húsavík, Iceland
• Ivangorod, Russia (until 2022)
• Narva, Estonia
• Olaine, Latvia
• Riihimäki, Finland
• Sanremo, Italy
• Wheaton, United States

See also

• Karlskoga Mountain District