Svenljunga Municipality () is a

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Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

in western

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Svenljunga Svenljunga is a locality and the seat of Svenljunga Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It ...

. The present municipality was created in 1971 when five municipal units (or parts thereof) were amalgamated. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 14. Through the municipality the river Ätran flows in a scenic valley. It flows through the town of

, where an old bridge crosses it. This was the hometown of the great-great-great grandfather of

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actress. In the 18th-century, the village of Mårdaklev in Svenljunga Municipality was the home of a trio of sibling textile artists: Sven Erlandsson, Katarina Erlandsdotter and Lisa Erlandsdotter.

Demographics

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

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 10,857 residents, including 8,140 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.6% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

References

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Svenljunga Municipality
- Official site {{Authority control Municipalities of Västra Götaland County