Ludvika Municipality

Ludvika Municipality (Ludvika kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.

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Municipality
Ludvika Railway Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°08′N 15°11′E
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Ludvika
Area [1]
• Total	1,647.81 km2 (636.22 sq mi)
• Land	1,490.42 km2 (575.45 sq mi)
• Water	157.39 km2 (60.77 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[2]
• Total	26,634
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2085
Website	www.ludvika.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

Localities

Figures as of 2004.^[3]

1. Ludvika 13,724
2. Grängesberg 3,356
3. Sunnansjö 758
4. Saxdalen 752
5. Fredriksberg 741
6. Nyhammar 682
7. Sörvik 540
8. Blötberget 529
9. Persbo/Gräsberg 459
10. Gonäs 432
11. Landforsen/Håksberg 438
12. Grangärde 374

• Other/countryside 2,967

Economy

These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:^[4]

1. Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400
2. County medical facilities 600
3. Spendrups brewery 285
4. VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
5. RSV Tax Office 110
6. Samhall-gruppen 80
7. GIA Industri AB 75
8. Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
9. Connex Sverige AB 70
10. Seco Tools AB 70
11. ISS Cleaning 60

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ludvika Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[5]

In total there were 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[5] 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % 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
			%	%
Björkås-Stallbacken	1,971	1,542	42.0	56.7	76	87	13	24,444	20
Blötberget-Gonäs	1,144	884	41.9	57.1	78	90	10	25,559	28
Fredriksberg	753	599	65.0	32.8	74	83	17	20,190	24
Högberget	1,597	1,070	52.6	46.4	77	70	30	26,692	47
Knutsbo	1,858	1,338	48.8	50.5	90	82	18	31,600	56
Kyrkbyn-Nyhammar	1,783	1,430	47.9	50.4	80	90	10	23,048	26
Lorentsberga	1,765	1,334	51.3	47.9	86	83	17	28,276	42
Ludvika gård	2,065	1,319	55.4	43.0	64	59	41	19,595	31
Ludvika Ulrika	2,266	1,664	49.0	50.3	73	71	29	22,487	35
Magneten	1,397	989	48.0	51.2	77	66	34	26,360	40
Marnäs	2,065	1,601	52.4	46.3	69	68	32	21,042	32
Näset	2,188	1,393	61.1	36.7	53	49	51	16,501	25
Sunnansjö-Saxdalen	1,929	1,561	40.0	58.6	81	92	8	23,389	26
Sörvik-Håksberg	2,072	1,610	43.8	54.9	88	90	10	29,261	40
Öraberget	1,588	1,276	46.2	50.9	76	84	16	22,523	17
Source: SVT[5]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[6]	89.0	21,040	9.3	56.6		20.5	5.1	1.2	6.8			65.8	32.4
1976[7]	90.4	22,021	7.8	57.4		19.5	6.3	0.9	7.7			65.2	33.5
1979[8]	90.1	21,727	8.7	59.1		13.2	6.3	1.1	10.9			67.7	30.5
1982[9]	91.1	21,687	8.2	61.7	1.7	11.1	3.5	1.0	12.6			70.0	27.2
1985[10]	89.3	20,718	8.9	59.5	1.7	8.5	9.3		12.0			68.4	29.8
1988[11]	84.9	19,133	9.4	57.4	5.4	8.3	7.7	2.2	9.5			72.1	25.5
1991[12]	85.0	18,880	6.7	53.5	2.6	6.2	6.1	5.2	12.1		6.6	60.1	29.5
1994[13]	86.1	18,636	9.5	60.1	4.8	4.9	4.6	2.4	12.1		1.0	74.4	24.0
1998[14]	80.4	16,620	20.8	46.7	3.6	2.7	2.7	8.5	13.1			71.1	27.0
2002[15]	77.5	15,521	13.2	53.9	3.9	4.6	7.7	5.9	8.9	1.1		71.0	27.1
2006[16]	79.2	15,656	10.0	49.2	3.2	6.1	4.4	4.0	16.6	2.9		62.4	31.1
2010[17]	82.7	16,552	8.2	45.1	5.1	3.9	5.0	3.3	20.7	7.6		58.4	32.9
2014[18]	85.5	16,841	7.6	40.6	4.6	4.1	3.1	2.4	15.4	20.0		52.9	25.0
2018[19]	87.1	16,868	8.3	35.4	2.9	6.6	3.5	4.5	14.1	23.2		53.1	45.3
2022[20]	84.3	16,327	6.2	35.2	2.8	4.6	2.9	4.7	14.1	28.1		48.8	49.8

Twin Towns & Sister cities

Ludvika has three twin towns:

• Bad Honnef, Germany
• Imatra, Finland ^[21]
• Kontiolahti, Finland

Sports

Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The soccer teams "Östansbo IS" (ÖIS), "Ludvika FK" (LFK, male) and "IFK Ludvika" (female) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include ping-pong teams as well as other sports.