Lekeberg Municipality

Lekeberg Municipality (Lekebergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Fjugesta, with around 2,000 inhabitants.

Lekeberg Municipality Lekebergs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°10′N 14°52′E
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Fjugesta
Area [1]
• Total	481.63 km2 (185.96 sq mi)
• Land	463.16 km2 (178.83 sq mi)
• Water	18.47 km2 (7.13 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	8,606
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Närke
Municipal code	1814
Website	www.lekeberg.se

Lekeberg was first formed as a municipality in connection with the local government reform of 1952 by the amalgamation of five smaller units. In 1967 two more parishes were added. The next reform of 1971 placed the area within Örebro Municipality. It was re-established in 1995 within its 1967 borders.

Geography

Mostly woods and farm lands, with Garphyttan National Park, established in 1909, located within the municipality.

The largest industry sector is farming. Many farmers have further specialized on hog and chicken farming.

Other industries are small companies within wood and carpentry industries, as well as craftswork and other small enterprises.

Localities

Over 200 inhabitants:

• Fjugesta (seat)
• Gropen
• Hidinge
• Lanna
• Mullhyttan

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lekeberg 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 8,596 residents, including 6,359 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[3] 41.8% voted for the left coalition and 56.6% 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
			%	%
Hidinge	2,209	1,532	42.1	57.2	91	92	8	31,819	53
Knista N & Ö	1,636	1,217	46.2	52.2	78	85	15	21,690	28
Knista V	1,394	1,047	44.6	54.2	80	89	11	24,515	26
Kräcklinge	1,530	1,167	36.7	61.2	87	95	5	26,944	31
Kvistbro V	1,032	817	39.6	58.0	84	92	8	24,082	31
Kvistbro Ö	795	579	40.8	56.1	89	94	6	26,674	30
Source: SVT[3]

Elections

Riksdag

From the 1994 election onwards the municipality was in existence due to the split with Örebro Municipality. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1994 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.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1994[4]	87.2	4,517	5.0	39.3	5.3	18.1	5.3	8.3	16.8	0.0	1.4
1998[5]	80.3	4,264	10.7	32.7	4.4	14.0	3.7	15.9	16.7	0.0	0.0
2002[6]	81.8	4,347	6.5	36.5	3.7	18.0	8.9	11.8	11.2	2.4	0.0
2006[7]	83.6	4,519	4.1	34.8	3.6	17.2	4.9	10.0	18.9	4.7	0.0
2010[8]	86.4	4,761	4.5	30.7	5.3	12.9	4.4	8.9	24.8	7.5	0.0
2014[9]	88.4	4,939	4.3	30.0	4.3	13.4	3.1	6.8	16.9	18.2	0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1994 to 2006. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1994	87.2	4,517	49.6	48.5	0.0	1.9	98.1
1998	80.3	4,264	47.8	50.3	0.0	1.9	98.1
2002	81.8	4,347	46.7	49.9	0.0	3.5	96.5
2006	83.6	4,519	42.5	51.0	0.0	6.5	93.5
2010	86.4	4,761	40.5	51.0	7.5	1.0	99.0
2014	88.4	4,939	38.6	40.2	18.2	3.0	97.0

Sights

The monastery ruin of Riseberga was the home of nuns of the Cistercian order in the medieval age. It burnt down in 1546, and remaining stones were used in the building of a local church some hundreds years later.

The amphitheatre of Riseberga is Sweden's largest of that kind, with 1,216 seats.

Twin towns

Lekeberg's twin town with the year of its establishing:

1. (1996) Dundaga, Latvia ^[10]

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 Lekeberg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
4. "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 44)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
5. "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
6. "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
7. "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
8. "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
9. "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
10. "Vänorter - Lekeberg kommun". Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

External links

• Lekeberg Municipality - Official site