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'''Falkenberg Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Falkenbergs kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Halland County]] on the [[Sweden|Swedish]] west coast. The town [[Falkenberg]] is the municipal seat.

The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Falkenberg'' was amalgamated with six rural municipalities (themselves formed by the 1952 local government reform) and part of a seventh. There are 24 original entities within the area.

Today, Falkenberg holds a strong position in the food and [[beverage industry]] with companies such as [[Arla Foods]], [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] and SIA Glass having plants in the city. In the inland [[Gekås]], a major department store, draws visitors from all over the country. Falkenberg is also a [[tourist city]], mainly for its many beaches.

==Economy==
The main income for the Municipality is tourism from around Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Holland and Norway.  The food industry is important. Here has [[Carlsberg brewery|Carlsberg Brewery]] a plant with 570 employees and Arla Foods who makes cheese has a factory with 400 employees.  Other important workplaces is the Gekås shoppingcentre in Ullared which has more than 1,100 employees.  The centre is a "Mecka" for low-price shoppers and the company earns more than 
2 700 000 000 (340 500 000 US Dollars) kronor each year.<ref name="datarecord">World News - WN.Com [http://wn.com/Falkenberg_Municipality Falkenberg Municipality] Retrieved 2020-01-18</ref> The shoppingcentre in Wal-Mart style (almost without food)company has 3,800,000 visitors each year which makes it Sweden's most visited place.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Falkenberg Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=FalkenbergVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1382-falkenberg.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Falkenberg i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 46,717 inhabitants, including 35,872 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=FalkenbergVal2022/> 47.7% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
!
! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |1 V Gärdet-Hamnen
| 1,855
| 1,524
| 50.0
| 49.1
| 78
| 78
| 22
| 24,103
| 31
|-
| align="left" |2 Arvidstorp
| 2,249
| 1,729
| 56.2
| 43.0
| 78
| 72
| 28
| 22,520
| 31
|-
| align="left" |3 Herting
| 2,184
| 1,634
| 51.8
| 46.6
| 78
| 69
| 31
| 25,125
| 35
|-
| align="left" |4 V Gärdet-Smedjeholm
| 1,963
| 1,512
| 51.6
| 46.6
| 81
| 75
| 25
| 23,479
| 31
|-
| align="left" |5 Centrum
| 1,798
| 1,645
| 49.8
| 49.4
| 80
| 77
| 23
| 22,586
| 32
|-
| align="left" |6 Ö Gärdet-Vindlien
| 2,103
| 1,646
| 57.0
| 42.6
| 84
| 73
| 27
| 27,270
| 34
|-
| align="left" |7 N Skrea Strand
| 1,485
| 1,224
| 38.7
| 60.9
| 85
| 85
| 15
| 28,104
| 42
|-
| align="left" |8 Hjortsberg
| 1,958
| 1,633
| 50.9
| 48.3
| 78
| 85
| 15
| 23,021
| 38
|-
| align="left" |9 Tånga-Sloalyckan
| 2,098
| 1,515
| 57.2
| 41.7
| 72
| 54
| 46
| 22,152
| 31
|-
| align="left" |10 Falkagård-Stafsinge
| 1,845
| 1,349
| 54.4
| 44.7
| 76
| 61
| 39
| 22,668
| 28
|-
| align="left" |11 Slätten
| 1,616
| 1,257
| 55.9
| 43.6
| 86
| 86
| 14
| 27,856
| 39
|-
| align="left" |12 S Skrea-Strand
| 1,771
| 1,314
| 38.3
| 61.1
| 87
| 91
| 9
| 31,562
| 51
|-
| align="left" |Glommen-Olofsbo
| 1,878
| 1,602
| 44.4
| 54.6
| 85
| 92
| 8
| 25,745
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Köinge-Okome
| 1,094
| 849
| 44.0
| 54.5
| 84
| 86
| 14
| 24,346
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Ljungby
| 1,214
| 937
| 42.9
| 56.8
| 88
| 92
| 8
| 26,417
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Långås-Morup
| 1,339
| 898
| 43.6
| 55.8
| 81
| 81
| 19
| 24,156
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Skogstorp
| 2,287
| 1,663
| 52.4
| 46.4
| 82
| 72
| 28
| 25,295
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Skrea-Ringsegård
| 2,120
| 1,587
| 45.6
| 53.3
| 89
| 92
| 8
| 29,961
| 50
|-
| align="left" |Slöinge
| 1,371
| 985
| 48.2
| 50.3
| 80
| 80
| 20
| 22,584
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Tröingeberg
| 2,398
| 1,730
| 49.2
| 49.8
| 88
| 83
| 17
| 28,257
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Ugglarp-Långasand
| 1,127
| 952
| 44.3
| 54.7
| 85
| 93
| 7
| 27,270
| 48
|-
| align="left" |Ullared
| 1,496
| 1,149
| 40.9
| 57.8
| 80
| 81
| 19
| 22,357
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Vessigebro
| 1,666
| 1,239
| 47.9
| 50.9
| 83
| 87
| 13
| 24,829
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Vinbergs samhälle
| 1,482
| 1,050
| 41.7
| 57.0
| 84
| 84
| 16
| 25,925
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Årstad
| 1,703
| 1,257
| 39.0
| 60.1
| 84
| 85
| 15
| 25,060
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Älvsered
| 1,339
| 1,026
| 35.4
| 63.5
| 82
| 85
| 15
| 21,436
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Ätran-Fegen
| 1,278
| 966
| 39.4
| 59.2
| 81
| 86
| 14
| 22,145
| 24
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=FalkenbergVal2022/>
|}

==Politics==
[[Moderate Party|The Right Party]] was the major party until 1931, when the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]] gained that position. The municipality has, however, been a stronghold for the [[centre-right]], whose parties have led the municipality thereafter, except for the period between 1994-1998 and 2018-. The current mayor is Per Svensson (Socialdemokratic Party) and the deputy mayor is Annelie Andelén (Centre).

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=8|Number of seats in the municipal assembly
|-
!Party
!1998<ref name="val1998">{{Cite web |url=http://www.val.se/val/val_98/slutres/kommun/pmk1382.html |title=Valmyndigheten: Procent och mandatfördelning kommunfullmäktigvalet 1998 |access-date=2008-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610025024/http://www.val.se/val/val_98/slutres/kommun/pmk1382.html |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!2002<ref name="val2006">{{Cite web |url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/K/kommun/13/82/roster.html |title=Valmyndigheten: Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg |access-date=2008-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610025134/http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/K/kommun/13/82/roster.html |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!2006<ref name="val2006" />
!2010
!2014<ref name="val2014">{{Cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/K/kommun/13/82/valda.|title=Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg|access-date=2021-08-18}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
!2018<ref name="val2018">{{Cite web |url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/13/82/valda.html|title=Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg |access-date=2021-08-18}}</ref>
!2022<ref name="val2022">{{Cite web |url = https://resultat.val.se/val2022/kf/13/1382?r=S&t=2|title=Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg |access-date=2024-01-28}}</ref>
|-
|[[Moderata samlingspartiet]] 
|8
|7
|9
|11
|9
|9
|11
|-
|[[Centerpartiet]]
|12
|10
|12
|11
|10
|10
|10
|-
|[[Liberalerna]]
|2
|4
|2
|3
|2
|3
|2
|-
|[[Kristdemokraterna]]
|4
|3
|2
|2
|2
|2
|3
|-
|[[Miljöpartiet de Gröna]]
|2
|2
|2
|2
|2
|1
|2
|-
|[[Socialdemokraterna]]
|15
|16
|18
|17
|18
|18
|20
|-
|[[Vänsterpartiet]]
|2
|2
|2
|2
|2
|2
|3
|-
|[[Aktiv Politik]]
|3
|4
|2
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Sveriges Pensionärers Intresseparti|SPI]]
|3
|3
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Sverigedemokraterna]]
|
|
|2
|3
|6
|6
|10
|}

==Localities==
There are 17 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a ''tätort'', or locality) in Falkenberg Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Falkenberg]]''' || 18,972
|-
| 2 || [[Skogstorp, Falkenberg Municipality|Skogstorp]] || 2,180
|-
| 3 || [[Slöinge]] || 974
|-
| 4 || [[Ullared]] || 820
|-
| 5 || [[Skrea]] || 789
|-
| 6 || [[Vessigebro]] || 774
|-
| 7 || [[Glommen, Falkenberg Municipality|Glommen]] || 687
|-
| 8 || [[Vinberg]] || 598
|-
| 9 || [[Långås]] || 516
|-
| 10 || [[Älvsered]] || 475
|-
| 11 || [[Heberg]] || 463
|-
| 12 || [[Ätran (locality)|Ätran]] || 400
|-
| 13 || [[Ringsegård]] || 383
|-
| 14 || [[Bergagård]] || 265
|-
| 15 || [[Årstad, Falkenberg Municipality|Årstad]] || 258
|-
| 16 || [[Morup]] || 248
|-
| 17 || [[Vinbergs kyrkby]] || 216
|}

== Parks ==

* [[Bengtesgård meadow]], a nature reserve<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bengtesgårds Ängs Naturreservat - Nature reserve near Långås |url=https://www.guidebook-sweden.com/en/guidebook/destination/bengtesgards-aengs-naturreservat-nature-reserve-langas |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=GuidebookSweden |language=en}}</ref>

==International relations==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
The municipality is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.falkenberg.se/kommunen/forvaltningar/kulturochfritid/ungdomochbidrag/vanorter.4.195dd5bfa3247a25d7fff354.html |title=Vänorter - Falkenbergs kommun |access-date=2010-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501143555/http://www.falkenberg.se/kommunen/forvaltningar/kulturochfritid/ungdomochbidrag/vanorter.4.195dd5bfa3247a25d7fff354.html |archive-date=2008-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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* {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Borgarfjörður]], Iceland
* {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Gniezno]], Poland
* {{flagicon|FRO}} [[Leirvík]], Faroe Islands
* {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Pieksämäki]], Finland
* {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Ullensaker]], Norway
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== Notable natives ==
*[[Pär Zetterberg]], football player
*[[Niclas Alexandersson]], football player
*[[Magnus Svensson (footballer)|Magnus Svensson]], football player
*[[Stellan Bengtsson]], former world champion, table tennis
*[[Per-Gunnar Andersson (touring car driver)|Per-Gunnar Andersson]], race driver
*[[Lizzy DeVine]], former lead singer of [[Vains Of Jenna]]
*[[J.P White]], former bassist of Vains Of Jenna
*[[Nicki Kin]], former guitarist of Vains Of Jenna
*[[Jacki Stone]], former drummer Vains Of Jenna

==See also==
* [[Hallands Nyheter]]
* Sport
**[[Falkenbergs FF]], [[association football]]
**[[Falkenbergs VBK]], [[volleyball]]
**[[Falkenbergs BTK]], [[table tennis]]
**[[Falkenbergs Motorbana]] (motorsport racetrack)

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
<references/>

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.falkenberg.se/ Falkenberg Municipality] - Official site
*[http://www.falkenbergsmotorklubb.nu/ Falkenberg racetrack]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Falkenberg
 | N  = [[Mark Municipality|Mark]] ([[Västra Götaland County|Västra Götaland]]), [[Svenljunga Municipality|Svenljunga]] ([[Västra Götaland County|Västra Götaland]])
 | NE = [[Gislaved Municipality|Gislaved]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]])
 | E  = [[Hylte Municipality|Hylte]]
 | S  = [[Halmstad Municipality|Halmstad]]
 | W  = ''[[Kattegat]]''
 | NW = [[Varberg Municipality|Varberg]]
}}
{{Halland County}}
{{Localities in Falkenberg Municipality}}
{{authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Halland County]]