Orsa Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Orsa.

Orsa is one of a few municipalities in Sweden which has not been amalgamated, but retains its area from the time it was instituted as a municipal entity in 1863.

Geography The town of Orsa is located on the north-eastern shore of the large Lake Orsa (Orsasjön). Through a southern water passage it is connected with one of Sweden's largest lakes: Siljan.

By the shores of Orsasjön the Orsa Camping was inaugurated in 1932. With a kilometer long sandy beach, it has received several awards for its quality and beauty, and is by some referred to as the Dalarna Riviera.

Nature sights include the Grönklitt mountain, that previously housed a notable bear park and skiing hill. The bear park was an enclosed area where not only bears but also wolves, lynx, siberian tigers and wolverines reside, and was the biggest bear park in northern Europe.

Localities Orsa (seat) Skattungbyn

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Orsa 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 5,489 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 42.3 % voted for the left coalition and 55.7 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Orsa M 1,694 1,363 43.7 54.7 73 77 23 19,471 26Orsa S 1,678 1,346 37.6 60.9 85 94 6 25,971 32Orsa V 964 777 38.0 60.7 84 94 6 24,635 25Orsa Ö 1,770 1,346 47.3 50.5 78 81 19 22,484 27Skattungbyn-Kallmora 808 657 46.9 49.0 80 90 10 20,600 34Source: SVT

Riksdag elections Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight1973 86.2 4,407 6.2 37.3 40.4 5.0 1.3 8.8 43.6 56.01976 87.6 4,744 4.5 37.8 38.3 7.7 1.9 9.7 42.4 55.61979 85.6 4,759 5.4 40.4 29.0 6.9 1.9 15.5 45.8 51.31982 86.8 4,866 5.1 44.2 2.7 21.8 4.4 2.6 19.1 49.3 45.41985 85.3 4,826 5.7 42.4 3.0 19.4 12.6 16.9 48.1 48.91988 80.1 4,473 5.7 40.9 7.8 18.5 11.2 3.4 12.3 54.4 42.11991 83.0 4,624 5.4 35.2 4.7 14.4 7.4 7.8 14.3 10.3 40.5 43.81994 82.4 4,520 8.7 43.9 8.6 12.5 4.5 5.2 14.6 1.5 61.2 36.71998 78.8 4,225 17.5 33.7 6.1 7.3 2.9 15.2 14.9 57.3 40.32002 76.3 4,015 10.2 36.9 6.0 13.6 9.1 8.2 10.3 2.8 53.1 41.32006 80.3 4,253 6.9 34.8 5.1 15.6 4.2 5.5 21.0 3.2 46.9 46.32010 82.5 4,424 6.2 36.1 6.6 10.2 4.6 4.7 21.3 9.0 48.9 40.7 2014 84.8 4,607 5.7 33.1 5.0 10.7 2.8 3.2 14.5 20.8 43.7 31.12018 86.7 4,601 8.1 27.9 3.0 11.0 2.6 7.2 11.5 26.6 49.9 47.92022 84.7 4,598 5.3 26.8 3.7 6.5 2.8 6.6 13.4 32.9 42.3 55.7

Notable natives Gustaf de Laval, 19th century inventor Orsa Spelmän, musicians/fiddlers Gunnar Myrdal, economist, politician, and Nobel laureate Kalle Moraeus, musician, TV personality Melker Jernberg, Melker Jernberg became president of Volvo Construction Equipment and member of the Volvo Group executive board on January 1, 2018

References

External links

Orsa Municipality – Official site Walk of Orsa Famous personalities from Orsa (official site)