Karlskoga Municipality

Karlskoga Municipality () 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 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 +Population of Karlskoga by country of birth in 2022Country of BirthPopulation25,246Non-Sweden5,032815756338332251247163152136121Others1,721Total30,278 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.

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

Riksdag elections Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight1973 91.6 24,449 7.0 55.3 19.4 7.0 1.3 9.4 62.3 35.91976 92.6 25,049 5.2 53.9 18.2 10.0 1.0 11.1 59.1 39.31979 91.4 24,703 6.4 54.2 12.4 9.9 1.1 15.4 60.6 37.71982 92.6 24,965 6.0 57.6 9.5 4.9 1.7 18.9 63.6 33.31985 91.1 24,487 6.1 56.7 1.0 6.9 12.5 16.8 62.7 36.21988 86.8 22,951 7.3 55.5 2.8 6.1 11.4 2.2 14.3 65.7 31.81991 87.1 22,473 5.3 49.9 1.8 4.0 8.8 5.7 17.5 6.8 55.2 36.01994 86.3 21,815 7.4 56.5 3.4 3.7 5.8 2.9 18.3 1.6 67.2 30.71998 81.0 19,766 14.8 47.2 2.9 2.2 3.4 9.2 17.3 64.9 32.12002 79.6 18,738 8.9 54.6 2.9 2.8 9.6 6.6 11.3 1.2 66.4 30.42006 81.5 18,917 6.4 49.4 3.2 4.2 4.7 5.3 19.8 3.0 58.9 34.12010 84.3 19,567 5.3 46.3 5.4 3.1 5.3 4.8 23.2 4.7 57.0 36.42014 85.7 19,877 5.0 44.7 4.8 3.4 3.3 3.6 18.7 14.4 54.4 29.02018 87.1 19,899 7.2 37.5 2.8 6.0 4.0 4.8 18.0 18.3 53.5 45.12022 84.3 19,604 5.0 37.4 2.6 4.0 3.0 3.9 18.9 23.7 49.1 49.6

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities Karlskoga is twinned with:

Aalborg, Denmark Fredrikstad, Norway Wheaton, Illinois, United States Húsavík, Iceland Narva, Estonia Olaine, Latvia Riihimäki, Finland Sanremo, Italy

Suspended twin towns

Ivangorod, Russia (suspended in 2022)

Partnership and friendship Karlskoga also cooperates with:

Birmingham, England Bremen, Germany Irvine, Scotland Jordanów, Poland Łódź, Poland Lüchow-Dannenberg, Germany Rheinfelden, Germany Strathclyde, Scotland Unter Franken, Germany Vale of Glamorgan, Wales Vitry-le-François, France Watford, England

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