Borlänge Municipality

Borlänge Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km². The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Borlänge Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=BorlängeVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 52,132 residents, including 38,802 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=BorlängeVal2022/> 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.5% for the right coalition.

Location Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | % % Bergslagsbyn 2,172 1,675 47.8 50.9 84 84 16 26,632 36 Bullermyren 2,081 1,188 65.5 30.3 49 32 68 14,293 23 Centrum-Mjälga 1,475 1,112 45.0 53.8 79 81 19 26,571 36 Centrum N 1,559 1,336 51.9 46.3 78 77 23 24,246 39 Domnarvet V 1,973 1,470 49.2 49.1 86 89 11 29,443 42 Domnarvet Ö 1,983 1,540 49.0 50.2 82 84 16 26,105 33 Färjegårdarna-Årby 2,114 1,602 48.7 50.1 88 89 11 27,702 44 Gylle-Åselby 2,298 1,813 42.3 56.7 87 92 8 27,754 34 Gylletäppan 1,760 1,461 45.6 53.1 86 86 14 26,385 35 Hagalund N 1,972 1,436 51.5 45.7 64 56 44 19,297 29 Hagalund V 1,990 1,654 49.1 49.6 78 77 23 23,631 35 Hagalund Ö 1,154 1,178 54.1 44.7 79 70 30 22,299 34 Hushagen-Forssa 1,696 1,492 54.3 44.1 80 86 14 24,745 36 Jakobsgårdarna 2,094 1,353 60.5 36.4 63 47 53 19,460 27 Kvarnsveden S 1,281 1,000 52.0 47.1 85 89 11 27,240 39 Kvarnsveden V 2,139 1,670 48.8 49.9 83 90 10 26,487 38 Kvarnsveden Ö 1,338 1,087 47.1 51.7 85 88 12 26,692 38 Kyrkbygden-S Tuna 2,097 1,677 38.7 59.9 87 94 6 26,181 33 Mats Knuts-Nygårdarna 1,986 1,343 49.5 49.2 86 86 14 28,409 47 Norr Amsberg 1,537 1,207 39.9 58.7 85 88 12 28,104 34 Ornäs 1,801 1,382 44.4 54.8 85 93 7 29,557 38 Skräddarbacken 1,864 1,403 47.7 50.9 84 89 11 27,742 43 Tjärna Allé 2,408 1,058 86.1 11.8 36 11 89 9,044 21 Tjärna Ängar-Paradiset 2,071 1,304 58.9 39.3 61 45 55 19,437 31 Tjärna Ängar-Ö Tjärna 2,113 1,272 56.1 42.9 67 49 51 21,664 27 Torsång 1,705 1,312 39.9 59.4 93 95 5 31,805 48 V Tuna-Idkerberget 1,716 1,405 34.8 63.4 85 93 7 26,120 24 Östermalm 1,755 1,372 46.1 52.6 78 69 31 23,971 35 Source: SVT<ref name=BorlängeVal2022/>

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	91.1	28,033	4.7	53.4		28.1	5.2	1.6	6.5			58.1	39.8
1976<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	91.9	30,166	4.2	52.9		25.3	8.1	1.3	7.9			57.1	41.3
1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	90.2	30,045	5.5	54.2		18.4	7.5	1.3	12.3			59.7	38.2
1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	91.5	31,434	5.5	57.2	1.8	14.6	3.9	1.3	15.5			62.6	34.0
1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	89.3	30,769	5.9	54.2	2.4	11.1	10.9		14.5			60.1	36.5
1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	84.6	29,220	6.7	52.1	6.0	10.5	10.6	2.5	10.7			64.8	31.8
1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	85.4	29,639	5.3	47.3	3.2	8.0	7.7	5.9	15.2		6.4	52.6	36.7
1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	86.2	30,506	7.5	55.5	5.7	6.3	5.6	3.0	14.5		1.0	68.7	29.4
1998<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	80.6	28,150	15.2	44.7	5.4	4.1	3.3	9.2	15.0			65.3	31.5
2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	78.2	27,313	10.0	48.6	5.2	6.2	9.5	6.2	10.4	1.8		63.7	32.3
2006<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	80.7	28,333	7.1	45.5	4.4	7.3	5.7	4.4	18.8	3.5		57.0	36.2
2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	84.9	30,756	6.6	39.6	6.0	5.4	5.0	3.5	23.2	9.2		52.2	37.1
2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	86.2	31,740	6.2	37.3	5.6	5.1	3.7	3.2	18.0	17.7		49.0	30.0
2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	87.3	32,460	7.6	32.7	3.9	7.4	4.4	5.1	17.1	20.3		51.6	46.9

Education

• Dalarna University College
• Soltorgsgymnasiet

Notable natives

• Jussi Björling, tenor
• Lars Frölander, swimmer
• Mando Diao, rock band
• Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
• Per Fosshaug, bandy player
• Dozer, stoner rock band
• Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman
• Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player
• Sator, rock band
• Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li)
• Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion
• Per Johansson, swimmer

External links

• Borlänge Template:Webarchive - Official site