Torsby Municipality
Torsby kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Torsby Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°08′N 13°00′E / 60.133°N 13.000°E / 60.133; 13.000
CountrySweden
CountyVärmland County
SeatTorsby
Area
[1]
 • Total4,357.44 km2 (1,682.42 sq mi)
 • Land4,162.19 km2 (1,607.03 sq mi)
 • Water195.25 km2 (75.39 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total11,472
 • Density2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland
Municipal code1737
Websitewww.torsby.se

Torsby Municipality (Torsby kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby.

The name Torsby means Thor's village.

The present municipality consists of eight original local government entities (as of 1863): Dalby, Fryksände, Lekvattnet, Norra Finnskoga, Norra Ny, Nyskoga, Södra Finnskoga, Vitsand and Östmark. In 1952 they were grouped into four larger units and in 1974 they were all united.

There is much Finnish heritage in Torsby Municipality.

Localities

Torsby

Population centers in the municipality include:

Transportation

Torsby is the end station on the Fryksdal branchline from Karlstad via Kil. There is a small airport with scheduled flights to Stockholm, whilst the nearest international airport is Gardermoen in Norway. The 1,690-kilometre-long (1,050 mi) road, E45, passes through the municipality.

Sport

Sven-Göran Eriksson and Marcus Berg have their roots in Torsby.

The municipality has a number of skiing centres for both alpine skiing (Hovfjället and Branäs) and cross-country skiing (Mattila and Långberget). A cross-country ski tunnel, which is also the world's longest, opened on June 16, 2006.

Stjerneskolan, a senior high school, specializes in cross-country skiing and biathlon. The most famous former pupil is Gunde Svan. Carl Johan Bergman, who was born in Ekshärad, also studied there for a year.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Torsby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

In total there were 11,448 inhabitants, with 8,766 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.9 % voted for the left coalition and 53.9 % for the right coalition.

Elections

Riksdag

These are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973[4] 90.6 11,724 8.9 45.6 0.0 28.6 5.5 0.8 9.7 0.0 0.0
1976[5] 90.7 11,376 7.7 44.9 0.0 28.5 6.2 0.7 11.7 0.0 0.0
1979[6] 90.9 11,169 8.0 47.9 0.0 24.5 4.9 0.6 13.6 0.0 0.0
1982[7] 91.0 11,096 7.1 50.6 1.5 20.4 3.3 0.9 16.2 0.0 0.0
1985[8] 88.0 10,545 7.0 49.7 1.3 17.6 7.8 0.0 16.5 0.0 0.0
1988[9] 84.8 9,945 7.0 50.6 4.2 16.8 6.5 1.5 13.3 0.0 0.0
1991[10] 84.6 9,811 6.3 45.5 2.3 14.7 4.7 4.2 17.0 0.0 5.2
1994[11] 86.4 9,873 8.6 52.1 3.6 11.3 2.9 2.3 17.8 0.0 0.7
1998[12] 80.5 8,798 17.2 42.1 3.3 8.4 2.1 6.7 19.4 0.0 0.0
2002[13] 76.6 7,975 11.6 43.6 2.8 12.6 5.9 5.4 15.6 1.2 0.0
2006[14] 78.5 7,842 8.3 44.7 2.5 11.7 3.2 3.9 21.3 2.9 0.0
2010[15] 79.8 7,766 7.2 44.3 2.8 8.8 3.5 3.1 24.3 4.2 0.0
2014[16] 81.3 7,599 5.8 43.5 2.7 8.9 2.5 2.8 17.3 14.4 0.0
2018[17] 83.7 7,509 6.5 35.5 1.9 11.2 3.1 5.2 13.9 21.4 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 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 90.6 11,724 54.5 43.8 0.0 1.7 98.3
1976 90.7 11,376 52.6 46.4 0.0 1.0 99.0
1979 90.9 11,169 55.9 43.0 0.0 1.1 98.9
1982 91.0 11,096 57.7 39.9 0.0 2.4 97.6
1985 88.0 10,545 56.7 41.9 0.0 1.4 98.6
1988 84.8 9,945 61.8 36.6 0.0 1.6 98.4
1991 84.6 9,811 51.8 40.6 0.0 7.8 97.6
1994 86.4 9,873 64.3 34.3 0.0 1.4 98.6
1998 80.5 8,798 62.6 36.6 0.0 0.8 99.2
2002 76.6 7,975 58.0 39.5 0.0 2.5 97.5
2006 78.5 7,842 55.5 40.1 0.0 4.4 95.6
2010 79.8 7,766 54.3 39.7 4.2 1.8 98.2
2014 81.3 7,599 52.0 31.5 14.4 2.1 97.9
2018 83.7 7,509 43.9 33.4 21.4 1.3 98.7

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Torsby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 186)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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