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Hällefors Municipality

Hällefors Municipality (Hällefors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hällefors.

Hällefors Municipality
Hällefors kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Hällefors Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°46′N 14°31′E / 59.767°N 14.517°E / 59.767; 14.517
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
SeatHällefors
Area
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 • Total
1,151.25 km2 (444.50 sq mi)
 • Land984.95 km2 (380.29 sq mi)
 • Water166.3 km2 (64.2 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total
6,495
 • Density5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästmanland
Municipal code1863
Websitewww.hallefors.se

The amalgamations connected with the 1971 municipal reform took place already in 1967 when "old" Hällefors was amalgamated with Grythyttan and the parish of Hjulsjö, which 1965-1966 temporarily had been in Nora Municipality.

The municipality has a beautiful nature with many different activities. Hiking on trails or in nature reserves, fishing or canoeing in more than 400 lakes and waterways or biking on roads through deep forests.

Localities

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Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Hällefors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 6,826 inhabitants, with 5,010 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 51.0% voted for the left coalition and 47.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

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Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[4] 91.0 7,062 8.9 64.4 15.4 4.9 1.2 4.9 73.3 25.2
1976[5] 92.2 7,235 7.7 64.5 15.7 5.4 1.5 5.0 72.2 26.1
1979[6] 91.0 7,035 7.8 65.4 11.6 6.0 1.3 7.3 73.1 25.0
1982[7] 91.4 7,023 8.3 65.9 1.1 10.4 3.2 1.7 9.3 74.2 22.9
1985[8] 88.9 6,712 7.4 66.4 7.2 7.8 9.6 73.8 24.7
1988[9] 84.0 6,076 9.2 63.7 4.6 6.9 6.7 1.3 7.6 77.5 21.2
1991[10] 83.4 5,892 7.0 59.0 2.4 6.4 5.0 4.2 10.6 5.1 65.9 26.3
1994[11] 85.2 5,759 9.0 64.5 4.4 5.4 4.0 1.9 9.9 0.6 78.0 21.2
1998[12] 79.9 5,022 17.6 54.6 3.9 3.4 3.3 5.6 10.7 76.2 23.0
2002[13] 75.7 4,478 9.8 62.6 3.0 6.2 6.2 4.3 6.9 0.7 75.4 23.6
2006[14] 79.2 4,540 8.6 57.5 2.7 7.6 2.7 3.0 12.6 3.5 68.8 25.8
2010[15] 82.7 4,556 7.2 51.2 4.5 4.7 3.6 2.5 17.8 7.2 62.9 28.7
2014[16] 82.5 4,398 6.6 47.2 3.1 4.7 2.2 2.1 12.9 18.0 57.0 21.8
2018[17] 84.1 4,289 9.0 39.7 1.8 6.0 2.1 3.4 11.9 24.7 56.6 42.0
2022[18] 81.6 4,016 5.9 38.3 2.6 4.2 2.1 3.1 13.0 29.5 51.0 47.8

History

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The area has traditionally been a mining district.

Industry

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Hällefors used to be the seat of Hellefors Bruks AB, which in the early 20th century was one of the largest manufacturing companies in central Sweden.[19] It produced iron and steel, mechanical wood pulp, sulfite and sulfate pulp, sawn timber, joinery and box boards. It mined, for its own requirements and for sale, ore from its own iron ore fields. At a large number of its own power stations, situated on Svartälven and its tributaries, the company produced electrical energy which was widely distributed to its own works and outside customers. The company also grew timber on a large scale, and an extensive private railway system runs right through the company's forests which cover several hundred thousand acres in Hällefors and surrounding municipalities. The general management of the company was at Hällefors, where the company operated ironworks, a wood-grinding mill, a sawmill, a box factory and joinery works.

The small town Loka is located in Hällefors Municipality. They are bottling mineral water from their well, that once housed a thermal bath. The water is sold in almost any store in Sweden, including Systembolaget.

Twin towns

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Hällefors four twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1978) Pohja (Pojo), Finland  
  2. (1992) Lüchow, Germany  
  3. (2001) Orkdal, Norway  
  4. (2003) Jelgava, Latvia  

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Hällefors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  5. ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. ^ "Hällefors - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. ^ "Hällefors - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. ^ "Hällefors - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ^ "Hällefors - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. ^ "Hällefors - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  18. ^ "Hällefors - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  19. ^ Iron and Steel in Sweden (1920): Hellefors Bruks Aktiebolag
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