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Filipstad Municipality
Filipstad Municipality (''Filipstads kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the rural municipalities of Kroppa, Rämmen and Värmlandsberg. Localities With at least 200 inhabitants: *Filipstad, 6,300 inhabitants (seat) * Lesjöfors, 1,247 inhabitants *Nykroppa, 1,020 inhabitants * Persberg, 350 inhabitants * Nordmark, 250 inhabitants Demographics 2022 This is a demographic table based on Filipstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden ( sv, Sveriges kommuner) are its lower-level local government entities. There are 290 municipalities which are responsible for a large proportion of local services, including schools, emergency services and physical planning. Foundation The Local Government Act of 1991 specifies several responsibilities for the municipalities, and provides outlines for local government, such as the process for electing the municipal assembly. It also regulates a process (''laglighetsprövning'', "legality trial") through which any citizen can appeal the decisions of a local government to a county court. Municipal government in Sweden is similar to city commission government and cabinet-style council government. A legislative municipal assembly ''( kommunfullmäktige)'' of between 31 and 101 members (always an odd number) is elected from party-list proportional representation at municipal elections, held every four years in conjunction with the national general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persberg
Persberg is a locality situated in Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... with 313 inhabitants in 2010. References Populated places in Värmland County Populated places in Filipstad Municipality {{Värmland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlstad Municipality
Karlstad Municipality (''Karlstads kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad. The present municipality was established in 1971 when the former City of Karlstad was amalgamated with a number of surrounding rural municipalities. Localities * Alster * Blombacka * Karlstad (seat) * Killstad *Molkom *Skattkärr * Skåre * Slängserud * Vallargärdet *Väse Politics Municipalities are responsible for government-mandated duties, and elections for the Municipal council are held every four years, parallel to the general elections. The inhabitants of Karlstad have a tendency to vote close to the national results at the general elections, making it the generally accepted Bellwether town of Sweden. Elections Riksdag These are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storfors Municipality
Storfors Municipality (''Storfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Storfors, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants. The first local government unit named Storfors was created in 1950 when a market town (''köping'') by that name was detached from Kroppa. (The rest of Kroppa is since 1971 in Filipstad Municipality.) In 1967 Ullvättern was amalgamated with Storfors, making up the present municipal territory. Storfors is one of Sweden's least populated municipalities. The nearest city is Karlstad, approximately 50 kilometers to the west. Several small lakes and streams offer fishing opportunities. The countryside is also suitable for other outdoor activities, including walking and hiking Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Örebro County
Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or ''län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of Bergslagen, where mining and metallurgic industry have been important since the Middle Ages, and the southern Mälardalen of lakes and farms. Province Sweden's counties are primarily administrative units, whereas the provinces of Sweden usually fit cultural and historical boundaries. Örebro County consists of the province of Närke, the western half of Västmanland and minor parts of eastern Värmland and northeastern Västergötland. Örebro County is named after its capital city, Örebro, which in 2010 was the sixth largest city of Sweden. Official 2010 numbers sourced in the localities section indicate that 38% of the county population is living in the city of Örebro alone. Örebro itself contains just as many in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hällefors Municipality
Hällefors Municipality (''Hällefors kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hällefors. 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 * Hammarn *Hällefors (seat) *Grythyttan Riksdag elections History The area has traditionally been a mining district. Industry 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. It produced iron and steel, mechanical wood pulp, sulfite and sulfate pulp, sawn timber, joinery and box boar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvika Municipality
Ludvika Municipality (''Ludvika kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika. In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity. Localities Figures as of 2004. #Ludvika 13,724 #Grängesberg 3,356 #Sunnansjö 758 # Saxdalen 752 #Fredriksberg 741 #Nyhammar 682 # Sörvik 540 # Blötberget 529 # Persbo/Gräsberg 459 # Gonäs 432 # Landforsen/Håksberg 438 # Grangärde 374 * Other/countryside 2,967 Economy Largest employers in Ludvika: # Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400 # County medical facilities 600 # Spendrups brewery 285 # VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220 # RSV Tax Office 110 # Samhall-gruppen 80 # GIA Industri AB 75 # Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75 # Connex Sverige AB 70 # Seco Tools AB 70 # ISS Cleaning 60 Riksdag elections Twin Towns & Sister cities Ludvika has three twin towns: *B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalarna County
Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden ( Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to the west. It was formerly known as ''Kopparberg County'' ( sv, Kopparbergs län) until the name was changed to that of the provincial region on 1 January 1997. The province of Dalarna is slightly larger than the county, as the westernmost part of Ljusdal Municipality belongs to it. The term Dalarna County is mainly used for administrative purposes; it is further divided into municipalities (kommuner). Dalarna County encompasses nearly all of the cultural and historical province of Dalarna (literally, "the valleys"). For the most part sparsely populated and with extensive tracts of wilderness, Dalarna County is almost as large as Belgium in terms of land area. History In older times, Dalarna was periodically p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vansbro Municipality
Vansbro Municipality (''Vansbro kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vansbro. During the local government reform of 1971 ''Järna'', ''Nås'' and ''Äppelbo'' were amalgamated to form the new Vansbro Municipality. The name was taken from the locality Vansbro, which also became the municipal seat. The coat of arms show the sign of iron, an axe (symbolizing wood industries) and a sword. Localities *Vansbro, pop. 2,100 * Järna, pop. 1,500 * Nås, pop. 465 * Äppelbo, pop. 261 History Many of the parishes and towns of today can be traced several centuries back. Around Järna has been found ovens from the Viking Age or older, showing that the town had been used in the processing of iron for a long time, and probably leading to its name (''Järn'' means iron in Swedish). Nås parish was mentioned in 1479, Järna parish in 1417, Äppelbo as Äppelboda parish 1417. Äppelbo (literally "Apple Village") was in the 169 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Kronor
The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the official currency of the Kingdom of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it but, especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value. In English, the currency is sometimes referred to as the Swedish crown, as means " crown" in Swedish. The Swedish krona was the ninth-most traded currency in the world by value in April 2016. One krona is subdivided into 100 ''öre'' (singular; plural ''öre'' or ''ören'', where the former is always used after a cardinal number, hence "50 öre", but otherwise the latter is often preferred in contemporary speech). However, all öre coins were discontinued from 30 September 2010. Goods can still be priced in ''öre'', but all sums are rounded to the nearest krona when paying with cash. The word ''öre'' is ultimately derived from the Latin word for gold (''aurum''). History T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Swedish national public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation. Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, '' Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, representing the political parties in the Riksdag and appointed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistiska Centralbyrån
Statistics Sweden ( sv, Statistiska centralbyrån ; SCB) is the Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Finance and responsible for producing official statistics for decision-making, debate and research. The agency's responsibilities include: * developing, producing and disseminating statistics; * active participation in international statistical cooperation; * coordination and support of the Swedish system for official statistics, which includes 26 authorities responsible for official statistics in their areas of expertise. National statistics in Sweden date back to 1686 when the parishes of the Church of Sweden were ordered to start keeping records on the population. SCB's predecessor, the ''Tabellverket'' ("office for tabulation"), was set up in 1749, and the current name was adopted in 1858. Subjects Statistics Sweden produces statistics in several different subject areas: , the agency had approximately 1,350 employees. The offices of the agency are loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
