Torsby Municipality (Torsby kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby.
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| Coordinates: 60°08′N 13°00′E / 60.133°N 13.000°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Värmland County |
| Seat | Torsby |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,357.44 km2 (1,682.42 sq mi) |
| • Land | 4,162.19 km2 (1,607.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 195.25 km2 (75.39 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 11,387 |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Värmland |
| Municipal code | 1737 |
| Website | www.torsby.se |
The name Torsby means Thor's village.
The present municipality consists of eight original local government entities (as of 1863): Dalby, Fryksände, Lekvattnet, Norra Finnskoga, Norra Ny, Nyskoga, Södra Finnskoga, Vitsand and Östmark. In 1952 they were grouped into four larger units and in 1974 they were all united.
There is much Finnish heritage in Torsby Municipality.
Localities
Population centers in the municipality include:
Transportation
Torsby is the end station on the Fryksdal branchline from Karlstad via Kil. There is a small airport with scheduled flights to Stockholm, whilst the nearest international airport is Gardermoen in Norway. The 1,690-kilometre-long (1,050 mi) road, E45, passes through the municipality.
Sport
Sven-Göran Eriksson and Marcus Berg have their roots in Torsby.
The municipality has a number of skiing centres for both alpine skiing (Hovfjället and Branäs) and cross-country skiing (Mattila and Långberget). A cross-country ski tunnel, which is also the world's longest, opened on June 16, 2006.
Stjerneskolan, a senior high school, specializes in cross-country skiing and biathlon. The most famous former pupil is Gunde Svan. Carl Johan Bergman, who was born in Ekshärad, also studied there for a year.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Torsby 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 11,448 inhabitants, with 8,766 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.9% voted for the left coalition and 53.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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 the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.
| Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | ND |
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| 1973[4] | 90.6 | 11,724 | 8.9 | 45.6 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1976[5] | 90.7 | 11,376 | 7.7 | 44.9 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1979[6] | 90.9 | 11,169 | 8.0 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 24.5 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1982[7] | 91.0 | 11,096 | 7.1 | 50.6 | 1.5 | 20.4 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 16.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1985[8] | 88.0 | 10,545 | 7.0 | 49.7 | 1.3 | 17.6 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1988[9] | 84.8 | 9,945 | 7.0 | 50.6 | 4.2 | 16.8 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1991[10] | 84.6 | 9,811 | 6.3 | 45.5 | 2.3 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| 1994[11] | 86.4 | 9,873 | 8.6 | 52.1 | 3.6 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 17.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| 1998[12] | 80.5 | 8,798 | 17.2 | 42.1 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002[13] | 76.6 | 7,975 | 11.6 | 43.6 | 2.8 | 12.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 15.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| 2006[14] | 78.5 | 7,842 | 8.3 | 44.7 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 21.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| 2010[15] | 79.8 | 7,766 | 7.2 | 44.3 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 24.3 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| 2014[16] | 81.3 | 7,599 | 5.8 | 43.5 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 17.3 | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| 2018[17] | 83.7 | 7,509 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 1.9 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 21.4 | 0.0 |
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.
| Year | Turnout | Votes | Left | Right | SD | Other | Elected |
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| 1973 | 90.6 | 11,724 | 54.5 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 98.3 |
| 1976 | 90.7 | 11,376 | 52.6 | 46.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 99.0 |
| 1979 | 90.9 | 11,169 | 55.9 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 98.9 |
| 1982 | 91.0 | 11,096 | 57.7 | 39.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 97.6 |
| 1985 | 88.0 | 10,545 | 56.7 | 41.9 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 98.6 |
| 1988 | 84.8 | 9,945 | 61.8 | 36.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 98.4 |
| 1991 | 84.6 | 9,811 | 51.8 | 40.6 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 97.6 |
| 1994 | 86.4 | 9,873 | 64.3 | 34.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 98.6 |
| 1998 | 80.5 | 8,798 | 62.6 | 36.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 99.2 |
| 2002 | 76.6 | 7,975 | 58.0 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 97.5 |
| 2006 | 78.5 | 7,842 | 55.5 | 40.1 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 95.6 |
| 2010 | 79.8 | 7,766 | 54.3 | 39.7 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 98.2 |
| 2014 | 81.3 | 7,599 | 52.0 | 31.5 | 14.4 | 2.1 | 97.9 |
| 2018 | 83.7 | 7,509 | 43.9 | 33.4 | 21.4 | 1.3 | 98.7 |
References
External links
- Torsby Municipality - Official site
- Branäs alpine skiing