Hagfors Municipality

Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden

Hagfors Municipality Hagfors kommun
Municipality
Hagfors town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°02′N 13°39′E / 60.033°N 13.650°E / 60.033; 13.650
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Hagfors
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,000.15 km² (772.26 sq mi)
• Land	1,824.17 km² (704.32 sq mi)
• Water	175.98 km² (67.95 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	11,536
• Density	5.8/km² (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1783
Website	www.hagfors.se

Hagfors Municipality (Hagfors kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors.

The present municipality was created in 1974, when the City of Hagfors (itself instituted as a municipal entity in 1950 as one of the last cities in Sweden) was amalgamated with three rural municipalities.

Being sparsely populated, Hagfors Municipality has natural areas that offer good fishing, canoeing and wildlife.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hagfors 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 11,543 inhabitants, with 8,852 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 54.7% voted for the left coalition and 44.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Ekshärad-Västanberg

2,201

1,705

43.7

55.1

22,192

Hagfors C

1,955

1,681

61.9

37.0

21,851

Hagfors N

2,060

1,466

56.4

43.1

23,206

Hagfors Ö

1,746

1,349

58.1

40.8

23,169

Råda-Höje

1,825

1,335

53.0

45.5

21,398

Sunnemo-Uddeholm

1,756

1,316

57.0

41.6

24,987

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Hagfors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.