Älvkarleby Municipality () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Uppsala County in east central

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. Its seat is located in the town of Skutskär. The municipality is one of few in the country which has not been amalgamated since it was created out of a

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when the first local government acts of Sweden were implemented in 1863.

Localities

* Gårdskär * Marma * Skutskär (seat) * Älvkarleby

History

Not until late in the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

(10th century BC) did parts of what is now Älvkarleby begin to rise out of the

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. Remains of settlements from that period has been found in the area. In the Early

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

(6th-12th century) the population began to grow and people supported themselves on farming, hunting, fishing and livestock. The first mention of Älvkarleby is found in documents from the early

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

(13th century). Älvkarleby was the hometown of the author Stig Dagerman.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Älvkarleby Municipality's electoral districts in the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 9,614 residents, including 7,312 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 46.4% voted for the left coalition and 52.2% for the right coalition, a stark reversal from previous elections dominated by the

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. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

These are the election results since the 1972 municipal reform. The results of the

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were not published by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small size nationally so has been denoted as "0.0". Älvkarleby has traditionally seen outright majorities for the

, although in 2010 and 2014 the party fell just short of 50% of ballots cast in the municipality.

Riksdag

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.

References

External links

Älvkarleby Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvkarleby Municipality Municipalities of Uppsala County