Kristinehamn Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kristinehamn.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Kristinehamn was merged with parts of the two dissolved rural municipalities Visnum and Väse.

Localities Kristinehamn (seat) Björneborg Bäckhammar Ölme

Sites of interest The medieval island of Saxholmen, situated in the beautiful archipelago of Kristinehamn. There have been several archaeological excavations on the island during the past few years. There is a myth that once the cruel and hateful Saxe av Sachsen lived on the island with his wife and servants. His wife took off with her lover. Östervik chapel is a unique small church which has a fascinating history and architecture. Folk museum, the red-painted houses made of wood, the rushing of the water, and the bleating of the sheep make altogether a wonderful atmosphere and give you a memorable visit. Lundbomsgården is a middle-class home from the 19th century, the mill from the early 17th century. Värmlands Säby manor house has typical 18th century qualities with beautiful tiled stoves and painted tapestries. There is also a unique hedge maze consisting of 1,747 bushes.

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Kristinehamn 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 24,083 residents, including 18,945 Swedish citizens of voting age. 51.2% voted for the left coalition and 47.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Björneborg 1,198 880 53.6 45.1 64 74 26 20,654 20Djurgården 1,623 1,246 51.0 47.4 81 86 14 24,962 38Enserud 1,191 993 56.3 42.4 66 78 22 18,782 28Fältet 1,391 1,062 50.7 48.6 80 85 15 26,136 40Innerstaden 1,787 1,294 66.6 32.5 54 55 45 16,351 26Kristinehamn NÖ 1,492 1,253 50.2 48.3 77 88 12 23,973 36Kristinehamn N 1,404 1,112 48.9 50.5 84 91 9 27,645 38Kristinehamn S 1,995 1,617 43.6 55.9 77 89 11 22,223 29Kristinehamn Ö 2,273 1,744 52.8 46.7 84 88 12 26,637 39Kurlanda 1,622 1,263 46.8 52.7 74 86 14 23,601 28Stenstaliden 1,991 1,583 54.6 43.7 70 82 18 20,884 33Strand 1,469 1,072 46.9 51.6 79 89 11 26,228 39Södermalm 1,949 1,503 55.8 42.7 66 71 29 19,830 29Ölme 1,464 1,200 46.7 52.8 83 94 6 27,258 38Ö Vålösundet 1,234 1,123 48.0 51.1 75 86 14 22,243 38Source: SVT

Elections These are the results of the elections in the municipality since the first election after the municipal reform, being held in 1973. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1988 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.

Riksdag Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND 1973 91.6 18,158 5.3 49.7 0.0 21.9 10.0 1.3 11.6 0.0 0.0 1976 92.5 18,977 4.2 47.7 0.0 22.7 10.9 1.2 13.1 0.0 0.0 1979 90.8 18,498 5.0 49.6 0.0 16.4 11.0 1.1 16.7 0.0 0.0 1982 91.8 18,487 4.9 53.2 1.1 13.3 6.2 1.4 19.8 0.0 0.0 1985 89.6 18,125 5.3 51.8 1.1 10.9 13.5 0.0 17.3 0.0 0.0 1988 85.3 17,040 6.1 50.5 4.3 10.5 12.7 2.1 13.7 0.0 0.0 1991 86.3 17,061 4.7 45.0 2.5 7.8 9.0 6.2 16.1 0.0 8.3 1994 87.2 17,156 7.3 52.5 4.3 6.8 7.0 3.2 17.5 0.0 1.0 1998 81.8 15,677 15.5 42.7 3.9 5.0 4.5 10.1 16.6 0.0 0.0 2002 81.2 14,888 9.5 42.0 4.2 8.6 12.2 8.3 12.0 1.4 0.0 2006 81.9 15,131 7.3 43.6 3.6 8.6 6.4 5.5 20.6 2.5 0.0 2010 84.6 15,925 6.3 40.6 5.5 6.1 6.1 4.4 25.4 4.5 0.0 2014 86.2 16,173 5.6 41.2 5.1 6.3 4.8 3.8 19.3 11.4 0.0 2018 86.8 16,088 7.6 34.1 3.0 8.8 5.5 5.9 16.0 18.0 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 91.6 18,158 55.0 43.5 0.0 1.5 98.5 1976 92.5 18,977 51.9 46.7 0.0 1.4 98.6 1979 90.8 18,498 54.6 44.1 0.0 1.3 98.7 1982 91.8 18,487 58.1 39.3 0.0 2.6 97.4 1985 89.6 18,125 57.1 41.7 0.0 1.2 98.8 1988 85.3 17,040 60.9 36.9 0.0 2.2 97.8 1991 86.3 17,061 49.7 39.1 0.0 11.2 97.1 1994 87.2 17,156 64.1 34.5 0.0 1.4 98.6 1998 81.8 15,677 62.1 36.2 0.0 1.7 98.3 2002 81.2 14,888 55.7 41.1 0.0 3.2 96.8 2006 81.9 15,131 54.5 41.1 0.0 4.4 95.6 2010 84.6 15,925 52.4 42.0 4.5 1.1 98.9 2014 86.2 16,173 51.9 34.2 11.4 2.5 97.5 2018 86.8 16,088 44.7 36.1 18.0 1.3 98.7

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

Brodnica, Poland (since 2003) Elva, Estonia (since 1992) Farsund, Norway (since 1945) Rautavaara, Finland (since 1971) Seinäjoki, Finland (since 1945) Skagen, Denmark

References

External links

Kristinehamn Municipality - Official site Kristinehamn Information Service Article Kristinehamn - From Nordisk familjebok