Karlskoga Municipality

Karlskoga Municipality
Karlskoga kommun
Municipality
Karlskoga Town Hall
Karlskoga Town Hall
Coat of arms of Karlskoga Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°20′N 14°31′E / 59.333°N 14.517°E / 59.333; 14.517
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
SeatKarlskoga
Government
 • Chairman of the municipal boardTony Ring (M)[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
510.38 km2 (197.06 sq mi)
 • Land468.23 km2 (180.78 sq mi)
 • Water42.15 km2 (16.27 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (30 June 2025)[3]
 • Total
30,134
 • Density64.357/km2 (166.68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland and Närke
Municipal code1883
Websitewww.karlskoga.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Karlskoga Municipality (Swedish: Karlskoga kommun) 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 2022[4][a]
Country of Birth Population
Sweden 25,246
Non-Sweden 5,032
Finland 815
Syria 756
Somalia 338
Vietnam 332
Iraq 251
Afghanistan 247
Bosnia and Herzegovina 163
Norway 152
Turkey 136
Iran 121
Others 1,721
Total 30,278

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.[6]

In total there were 30,389 residents, including 23,534 Swedish citizens of voting age.[6] 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[7] 91.6 24,449 7.0 55.3 19.4 7.0 1.3 9.4 62.3 35.9
1976[8] 92.6 25,049 5.2 53.9 18.2 10.0 1.0 11.1 59.1 39.3
1979[9] 91.4 24,703 6.4 54.2 12.4 9.9 1.1 15.4 60.6 37.7
1982[10] 92.6 24,965 6.0 57.6 9.5 4.9 1.7 18.9 63.6 33.3
1985[11] 91.1 24,487 6.1 56.7 1.0 6.9 12.5 16.8 62.7 36.2
1988[12] 86.8 22,951 7.3 55.5 2.8 6.1 11.4 2.2 14.3 65.7 31.8
1991[13] 87.1 22,473 5.3 49.9 1.8 4.0 8.8 5.7 17.5 6.8 55.2 36.0
1994[14] 86.3 21,815 7.4 56.5 3.4 3.7 5.8 2.9 18.3 1.6 67.2 30.7
1998[15] 81.0 19,766 14.8 47.2 2.9 2.2 3.4 9.2 17.3 64.9 32.1
2002[16] 79.6 18,738 8.9 54.6 2.9 2.8 9.6 6.6 11.3 1.2 66.4 30.4
2006[17] 81.5 18,917 6.4 49.4 3.2 4.2 4.7 5.3 19.8 3.0 58.9 34.1
2010[18] 84.3 19,567 5.3 46.3 5.4 3.1 5.3 4.8 23.2 4.7 57.0 36.4
2014[19] 85.7 19,877 5.0 44.7 4.8 3.4 3.3 3.6 18.7 14.4 54.4 29.0
2018[20] 87.1 19,899 7.2 37.5 2.8 6.0 4.0 4.8 18.0 18.3 53.5 45.1
2022[21] 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:[22]

Suspended twin towns

Partnership and friendship

Karlskoga also cooperates with:[22]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Data applies to Karlskoga Municipality.[5]

References

  1. ↑ ""Nu ska jag träffa så många näringslivsrepresentanter som möjligt"". Svenskt Näringsliv (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 2, 2025" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Folkmängden efter region, födelseland och kön". Statistics Sweden (in Swedish).
  5. ↑ "Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden.
  6. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Karlskoga i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  14. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  15. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  16. ↑ "Karlskoga - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  17. ↑ "Karlskoga - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  18. ↑ "Karlskoga - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  19. ↑ "Karlskoga - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  20. ↑ "Karlskoga - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  21. ↑ "Valresultat 2022 för Karlskoga i riksdagsvalet". valresultat.svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  22. 1 2 "Vänorter och samarbetsländer". karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Karlskoga Municipality. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  23. ↑ "Karlskoga klipper banden med rysk vänort". P4 Örebro (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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