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Torsby Municipality

Coordinates:60°08′N13°00′E/ 60.133°N 13.000°E/60.133; 13.000
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Torsby Municipality
Torsby kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Torsby Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates:60°08′N13°00′E/ 60.133°N 13.000°E/60.133; 13.000
CountrySweden
CountyVärmland County
SeatTorsby
Area
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• 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 2023)[2]
• Total11,387
• 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 amunicipalityinVärmland Countyin west centralSweden,borderingNorway.Its seat is located in the town ofTorsby.

The nameTorsbymeansThor'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 andÖstmark.In 1952 they were grouped into four larger units and in 1974 they were all united.

There is muchFinnishheritage in Torsby Municipality.

Localities

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Torsby

Population centers in the municipality include:

Transportation

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Torsbyis the end station on the Fryksdal branchline fromKarlstadviaKil.There is a smallairportwith scheduled flights toStockholm,whilst the nearest international airport isGardermoeninNorway.The 1,690-kilometre-long (1,050 mi) road,E45,passes through the municipality.

Sport

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Sven-Göran ErikssonandMarcus Berghave their roots inTorsby.

The municipality has a number ofskiingcentres for bothalpine skiing(Hovfjället and Branäs) andcross-country skiing(Mattila and Långberget). A cross-countryski tunnel,which is also the world's longest, opened on June 16, 2006.

Stjerneskolan, a seniorhigh school,specializes in cross-country skiing andbiathlon.The most famous former pupil isGunde Svan.Carl Johan Bergman,who was born inEkshärad,also studied there for a year.

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Torsby Municipality's electoral districts in the2022 Swedish general electionsourced fromSVT's election platform, in turn taken fromSCBofficial statistics.[3]

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. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

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Riksdag

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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[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

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  1. ^"Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014"(in Swedish).Statistics Sweden.2014-01-01. Archived fromthe original(Microsoft Excel)on 2016-09-27.Retrieved2014-04-18.
  2. ^"Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023"(in Swedish).Statistics Sweden.February 22, 2024.RetrievedFebruary 22,2024.
  3. ^abc"Valresultat 2022 för Torsby i riksdagsvalet"(in Swedish).SVT.11 September 2022.Retrieved30 December2023.
  4. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  5. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  6. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  7. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 186)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  8. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 187)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  9. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  10. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  11. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 43)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  12. ^"Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)"(PDF)(in Swedish). SCB.Retrieved28 August2017.
  13. ^"Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2002"(in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.Retrieved28 August2017.
  14. ^"Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2006"(in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.Retrieved28 August2017.
  15. ^"Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2010"(in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.Retrieved28 August2017.
  16. ^"Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2014"(in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.Retrieved28 August2017.
  17. ^"Valresultat Riksdag Torsby kommun 2018"(in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.Retrieved5 January2019.
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