Hammarö Municipality

Hammarö Municipality Hammarö kommun
Municipality
Hammarö City Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates:59°20′N13°26′E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Skoghall
Area
• Total	464.16 km2(179.21 sq mi)
• Land	59.59 km2(23.01 sq mi)
• Water	404.57 km2(156.21 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	16,940
• Density	36/km2(95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2(CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1761
Website	www.hammaro.se

Hammarö Municipality(Hammarö kommun) is amunicipalityinVärmland Countyin west centralSweden.Its seat is located in the town ofSkoghall.

The municipality was created from Hammaröparishin 1863, and its territory has not been affected by the great municipal reforms of 1952 and 1971. With a land area of only 56.9 square kilometres (22.0 sq mi) it is Sweden's 12th smallest, as well as the smallest inVärmland County.

Geography

The municipality consists of theislandsHammarön and Vidön and the adjacentarchipelago.The nameHammarö,orHammarön(the name of the island itself), refers tohammare,a rocky area where deciduous trees grow. The island itself is 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi) large, the third largest island ofLake Vänern,and located off the shore ofVärmland,separated by theKlarälvenriver delta.

FromSkoghallit is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to thecityofKarlstad.Karlstad Municipalityis the only municipality with bridge connections to Hammarö.

Localities

• Skoghall
• Vidöåsen

While the vast majority of Hammarö's inhabitants live in a single urban area going by theStatistics Swedendesignation of Skoghall, this urban area is split in two postal areas: Skoghall (western part) and Hammarö (eastern part). The name Skoghall is seldom used for the urban area in its entirety.

_{Skoghall city center}

Skoghall City Center is a commercial and recreational hub located in Skoghall, a suburban district situated within the municipality of Hammarö in Värmland County, Sweden. Renowned for its blend of retail outlets and leisure amenities, Skoghall City Center serves as a focal point for both locals and visitors alike.

Economy

100 years ago the largest employers were all in thefishingsectors. Today, the companyStora EnsoSkoghall, manufacturingcardboard boxes,has 950 employees. Second isAkzo NobelBase Chemicals with 150, manufacturing chemical products.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hammarö Municipality's electoral districts in the2022 Swedish general electionsourced fromSVT's election platform, in turn taken fromSCBofficial statistics.

In total there were 16,749 residents, including 12,337 Swedish citizens of voting age.51.8% voted for the left coalition and 47.2% 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 % % Gunnarskär 1,843 1,311 55.3 44.1 90 95 5 31,813 56 Haga 1,918 1,591 56.3 42.6 81 89 11 24,758 39 Hallersrud 1,560 1,086 48.2 51.5 90 95 5 34,053 60 Hammar 1,860 1,320 52.1 47.4 90 94 6 32,332 67 Klöverud 2,033 1,486 53.0 46.4 89 93 7 32,554 60 Lövnäs 2,089 1,464 46.8 52.4 91 93 7 36,065 70 Mörmon 1,785 1,423 59.5 38.2 76 85 15 22,809 37 Skoghall 1,771 1,389 56.4 42.0 72 83 17 22,278 37 Ö Bärstad-Rud 1,890 1,267 40.7 58.4 90 92 8 33,975 66 Source:SVT

Elections

Riksdag

These are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of theSweden Democratswere not published bySCBbetween 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	93.8	7,877	5.5	60.1	0.0	17.5	7.6	0.3	8.4	0.0
1976	94.0	7,400	4.4	57.4	0.0	16.9	9.2	0.3	11.2	0.0
1979	93.8	7,840	5.2	56.7	0.0	11.3	8.2	0.2	17.2	0.0
1982	94.5	8,593	5.1	58.0	1.4	8.6	5.7	1.0	21.1	0.0
1985	93.2	8,579	5.6	55.7	1.6	4.9	13.1	0.0	18.9	0.0
1988	89.8	8,596	6.1	55.0	4.3	6.7	11.3	0.9	15.6	0.0
1991	89.9	8,625	4.2	47.5	2.8	4.8	9.4	4.6	19.8	0.0	6.3
1994	89.9	9,106	6.7	53.3	3.8	3.7	6.2	2.5	20.5	0.0	0.9
1998	85.2	8,643	13.7	43.7	4.1	2.0	3.8	10.0	21.4	0.0
2002	83.8	8,671	8.2	46.4	3.6	3.9	13.3	7.6	14.1	1.3
2006	85.9	9,078	5.7	41.9	4.0	5.6	7.0	6.6	25.0	2.3
2010	88.9	9,898	5.0	35.1	5.8	4.5	7.4	5.6	31.5	3.9
2014	90.0	10,274	4.6	37.7	6.1	5.1	5.3	4.8	25.8	8.3
2018	91.0	10,916	5.7	34.1	4.1	8.8	6.6	6.6	20.0	13.2

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. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	93.8	7,877	65.6	33.5	0.0	0.9	99.1
1976	94.0	7,400	61.8	37.3	0.0	0.9	99.1
1979	93.8	7,840	62.9	36.7	0.0	0.4	99.6
1982	94.5	8,593	63.1	35.4	0.0	1.5	98.5
1985	93.2	8,579	61.3	36.9	0.0	1.8	98.2
1988	89.8	8,596	65.4	33.6	0.0	1.0	99.0
1991	89.9	8,625	51.7	38.6	0.0	9.7	96.6
1994	89.9	9,106	63.8	32.9	0.0	3.3	96.7
1998	85.2	8,643	61.5	37.2	0.0	1.3	98.7
2002	83.8	8,671	58.2	38.9	0.0	2.9	97.1
2006	85.9	9,078	51.6	44.2	0.0	4.2	95.8
2010	88.9	9,898	45.9	49.0	3.9	1.2	98.8
2014	90.0	10,274	48.4	41.0	8.3	2.3	97.7

Sister cities

• Enebakk,Norway
• Poel,Germany
• Małkinia Górna,Poland

External links

• Hammarö Municipality– Official site