Säffle Municipality (''Säffle kommun'') 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 ...

Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Viken and Innlandet to the west. Prince ...

in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the

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Säffle Säffle () is a locality and the seat of Säffle Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 9,150 inhabitants in 2016. In 1951 the town of Säffle was officially awarded City status, the last place for this to occur in Sweden. This was abolish ...

. Säffle was the last local government unit in Sweden to get the title of a city, in 1951. In 1952 the system with different types of municipalities was made obsolete, but it formally existed until 1971. The present municipality was created in that year, when the city was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality covers a

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in Lake Vänern ( Värmlandsnäs), and has a large

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Värmlandsnäs

Värmlandsnäs, also called Näset, is a big and important part of the municipality. The area which reaches out into the middle of Lake Vänern as a big

is very significant to the economy by the produce of

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. The area supplies more than 200,000 people with pork. Näset also has an

on the east side. The boat people talk very well of Millesvik Archipelago (''Millesviks skärgård''), which also has a lot of old

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s and other ancient monuments. From Ekenäs

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you can take the tourist boat to Lurö, a small

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in Lake Vänern. At Lurö you can dine and stay over night. Many people who visit Värmlandsnäs in the summer wants to take a swim in Lake Vänern. The opportunities are plenty and good. At Ekenäs you will find a very nice bathing place. From this place you can almost walk all the way out to Lurö. Other popular bathing places are Ekôrn and the bathing place at Örud near Örö harbor (''Örö hamn'').

Localities

, pop. 9,500 (seat) *

Värmlandsbro Värmlandsbro is a locality situated in Säffle 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 ...

, 630 * Svanskog, ca 600 *

Nysäter Nysäter, or Värmlands Nysäter, is a village in Värmland County, Sweden, located north of the city of Säffle. It belongs to Gillberga Parish. The first inhabitants came to the place now called Nysäter 2000–1500 years ago. The sand ridge is ...

, ca 200 *Hulta

Government and politics

The municipal commissioner of Säffle Municipality is Daniel Bäckström and he was elected in 2006. He represents the Centre Party. Distribution of the 41 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election: *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

12 * Centre Party 12 *

Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liber ...

6 *Sjukvårdspartiet i Värmland 6 *

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply ...

2 *

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...

1 * Liberal People's Party 1 * Christian Democrats 1 Results of the

2010 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt, governing centre-right coalition the The Alliance (Sweden), Alliance, c ...

in Säffle: *

33.6% *

27.4% * Centre Party 12.1% *

6.4% * Christian Democrats 5.9% * Liberal People's Party 5.6% *

4.4% * Left Party 3.9%

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Säffle Municipality is twinned with:

References

External links

Säffle Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Saffle Municipality Municipalities of Värmland County iu:ᓴᕝᓕ