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'''Pajala Municipality''' ({{Langx|sv|Pajala kommun}}; [[Meänkieli]] and [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: ''Pajalan kunta'') is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Norrbotten County]] in northern [[Sweden]], bordering [[Finland]]. Its [[administrative centre|seat]] is located in the locality of [[Pajala]].

In 1884 [[Tärendö]] was detached from Pajala Municipality, forming a municipality of its own. In 1914 Pajala Municipality was once again split when [[Junosuando]] broke away. They were reunited in 1971, when [[Korpilombolo]] was added as well.

[[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Meänkieli dialects|Meänkieli]] have the official status of being [[Minority languages of Sweden|minority languages]] in the municipality.<ref>[http://www.pajala.se/Minoritetssprak/Welcome-to-Pajala/ Welcome to Pajala]</ref>

==History==
[[Image:Pajala prästgård, juli 2004.jpg|thumb|left|Pajala vicar's mansion, ([[Læstadiuspörtet]])]]
Its geographical location infers that Pajala Municipality has always been a natural trading place, where people from Sweden, Finland and the native [[Sami people]] gathered. The annual Pajala [[market (place)|market]] traces its history from the 18th century.

The home of [[Lars Levi Læstadius]], famed botanist and [[Laestadianism|Christian revivalist movement founder]] is located in Pajala. It is the red house to the right; it is now a [[museum]]. The yellow house in the middle was used as the local Lutheran vicar's mansion from 1850 up to present day. 
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==Geography==
The municipality is one of Sweden's largest, geographically, at around 8,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, or roughly the size of the historical [[provinces of Sweden|province]] of [[Södermanland]], which - compared to Pajala Municipality's population of approximately 6,500 - has more than one million inhabitants.

In Pajala is also ''Jupukkamasten'', a {{convert|335|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}} [[guyed mast]] for FM and TV transmission, which together with three other guyed masts of the same height is the tallest structure in Sweden.

===Localities===
There are four [[urban areas in Sweden|localities]] (or urban areas) in Pajala Municipality:<ref>[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01A/Tatorternami0810tab1en.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005]</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Pajala]]''' || align="right" | 1,985
|-
| 2 || [[Korpilombolo]] || align="right" | 548
|-
| 3 || [[Junosuando]] || align="right" | 345
|-
| 4 || [[Kangos]] || align="right" | 278
|}

<small>The municipal seat in [[emphasis (typography)|bold]]</small>

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Pajala 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=PajalaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2521-pajala.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Pajala i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 4,657 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=PajalaVal2022/> 56.0% voted for the left coalition and 42.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! 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" |Junosuando
| 954
| 818
| 50.4
| 47.7
| 79
| 88
| 12
| 21,675
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Korpilombolo
| 1,187
| 854
| 48.2
| 50.6
| 83
| 87
| 13
| 22,130
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Pajala N
| 1,308
| 1,018
| 62.3
| 36.5
| 84
| 83
| 17
| 23,715
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Pajala S
| 1,502
| 1,122
| 60.3
| 38.4
| 82
| 77
| 23
| 22,906
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Tärendö
| 1,015
| 845
| 61.6
| 37.9
| 85
| 90
| 10
| 22,792
| 27
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=PajalaVal2022/>
|}

==Government and politics==

===[[Swedish Riksdag|Riksdag]]===
These are the results since the 1972 municipal reform. [[Norrbotten Party]] participated in 1994 but the results were not published by [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] due to the party's small size at the time.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! [[Left Party (Sweden)|V]]
! [[Social Democrats (Sweden)|S]]
! [[Green Party (Sweden)|MP]]
! [[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]]
! [[Liberals (Sweden)|L]]
! [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|KD]]
! [[Moderate Party|M]]
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! [[New Democracy (Sweden)|ND]]
! [[Norrbotten Party|NP]]/[[Sjukvårdspartiet|SP]]
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 88.4
| 6,065
| 24.2
| 44.6
| 0.0
| 17.6
| 3.2
| 2.3
| 7.7
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 88.7
| 5,978
| 22.4
| 46.7
| 0.0
| 17.1
| 2.8
| 2.1
| 8.2
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 89.0
| 5,877
| 19.6
| 45.9
| 0.0
| 14.0
| 3.2
| 2.5
| 9.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 188)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 88.3
| 5,841
| 19.5
| 50.3
| 0.5
| 11.9
| 1.6
| 2.1
| 10.2
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 190)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 87.4
| 5,791
| 19.6
| 53.0
| 0.4
| 11.6
| 4.9
| 0.0
| 10.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 81.9
| 5,341
| 18.4
| 51.1
| 2.1
| 9.7
| 5.2
| 2.9
| 8.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 32)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 81.8
| 5,192
| 18.6
| 50.1
| 1.3
| 8.4
| 4.4
| 4.8
| 8.1
| 0.0
| 2.8
| 0.0
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 84.8
| 5,394
| 20.3
| 50.4
| 2.1
| 6.1
| 3.4
| 3.3
| 8.2
| 0.0
| 0.3
| 0.0
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/Grupp/Hitta_statistik/Historisk_statistik/_Dokument/Valstatistiken/Valstatistik%20Allmanna%20valen%201998%20Del%201%20Riksdagen.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 80.6
| 4,861
| 30.1
| 42.4
| 2.1
| 4.4
| 1.6
| 7.6
| 9.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/25R/2521/2521.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Pajala kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 77.8
| 4,392
| 19.5
| 35.5
| 2.5
| 4.2
| 2.2
| 7.9
| 5.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 21.6
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/25/21/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Pajala kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 77.1
| 4,049
| 22.8
| 45.9
| 2.1
| 4.8
| 2.3
| 5.6
| 10.0
| 1.4
| 0.0
| 4.2
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/21/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Pajala kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 81.5
| 4,100
| 18.8
| 51.3
| 2.1
| 3.3
| 2.1
| 5.5
| 12.6
| 3.9
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/21/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Pajala kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
| 80.9
| 4,024
| 17.9
| 46.2
| 2.3
| 3.3
| 1.6
| 5.3
| 9.5
| 11.4
| 0.0
| 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. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! Left
! Right
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! Other
! Elected
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]
| 88.4
| 6,065
| '''68.8'''
| 28.5
| 0.0
| 2.7
| 97.3
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]
| 88.7
| 5,978
| 69.1
| '''28.1'''
| 0.0
| 2.8
| 97.2
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]
| 89.0
| 5,877
| 65.5
| '''26.6'''
| 0.0
| 7.9
| 92.1
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]
| 88.3
| 5,841
| '''69.8'''
| 23.7
| 0.0
| 6.5
| 93.5
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]
| 87.4
| 5,791
| '''72.6'''
| 26.9
| 0.0
| 0.5
| 99.5
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]
| 81.9
| 5,341
| '''71.6'''
| 23.0
| 0.0
| 5.4
| 94.6
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]
| 81.8
| 5,192
| 68.7
| '''25.7'''
| 0.0
| 5.6
| 97.2
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]
| 84.8
| 5,394
| '''72.8'''
| 21.0
| 0.0
| 6.2
| 93.8
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]
| 80.6
| 4,861
| '''74.6'''
| 23.0
| 0.0
| 2.4
| 97.6
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]
| 77.8
| 4,392
| '''57.5'''
| 19.3
| 0.0
| 23.2
| 76.8
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]
| 77.1
| 4,049
| 70.8
| '''22.7'''
| 0.0
| 6.5
| 93.5
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]
| 81.5
| 4,100
| 72.2
| '''23.5'''
| 3.9
| 0.4
| 99.6
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]
| 80.9
| 4,024
| '''66.4'''
| 19.7
| 11.4
| 2.5
| 97.5
|}

Distribution of the 33 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

*[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]   18
*[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]]   7
*[[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]]   3
*[[Moderate Party]]   2
*Norrbottens Sjukvårdsparti   2
*[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]   1

Results of the [[2010 Swedish general election]] in Pajala:

*[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]   51.3%
*[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]]   18.8%
*[[Moderate Party]]   12.6%
*[[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]]   5.5%
*[[Sweden Democrats]]   3.9%
*[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]   3.2%
*[[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal People's Party]]   2.1%
*[[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]   2.1%

==Sister cities==
Pajala Municipality has three [[town twinning|sister cities]]:<ref>[http://www.pajala.se/mun/pajala/www.nsf/About/C720EEBA59BA8DC1C12571620020D460?open Official site]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|sv}}</ref>
*[[File:Flag of Norway.svg|20px]] [[Målselv Municipality|Målselv]], [[Norway]]
*[[File:Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] [[Kolari]], [[Finland]]
*[[File:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] [[Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast|Olenegorsk]], [[Russia]]

==See also==
*[[Keräntöjärvi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Pajala Municipality}}
*[http://www.pajala.se/ Pajala Municipality] - Official site
*[http://soltorget.pajala.se/view/index.shtml World's largest sundial in Pajala]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Pajala
 | NE = {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Muonio]]
 | E  = {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Kolari]]
 | SE = {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Pello]]
 | S  = [[Överkalix Municipality|Överkalix]], [[Övertorneå Municipality|Övertorneå]]
 | SW = [[Gällivare Municipality|Gällivare]]
 | W  = [[Kiruna Municipality|Kiruna]]
 | NW = {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Enontekiö]]
}}
{{Norrbotten County}}
{{Localities in Pajala Municipality}}

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