Söderhamn Municipality

Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden

Söderhamn Municipality Söderhamns kommun
Municipality
Railway station in Söderhamn
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 61°18′N 17°05′E / 61.300°N 17.083°E / 61.300; 17.083
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Söderhamn
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,281.32 km² (880.82 sq mi)
• Land	1,060.77 km² (409.57 sq mi)
• Water	1,220.55 km² (471.26 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	24,858
• Density	11/km² (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Hälsingland
Municipal code	2182
Website	www.soderhamn.se

Söderhamn Municipality (Söderhamns kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is located in Söderhamn.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Söderhamn was amalgamated with two rural municipalities and parts of a third.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Söderhamn 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 25,406 residents, including 19,646 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 46.9% 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

Bergvik-Skog

2,258

1,860

49.1

48.8

22,499

Ljusne

2,429

1,798

56.0

42.9

20,455

Marma-Mo

1,778

1,390

48.0

50.3

24,001

Norrala-Trönö

1,738

1,431

50.2

47.8

24,829

Sandarne

1,967

1,609

52.3

46.3

23,857

Stugsund

1,406

1,038

51.5

47.6

26,820

Söderala

1,861

1,427

47.8

51.5

24,957

Söderhamn C-V

2,030

1,617

54.4

44.1

21,173

Söderhamn Klossdammen

1,502

1,289

54.7

44.6

26,729

Söderhamn Norrberget

2,661

1,636

57.7

40.4

17,589

Söderhamn Norrtull

2,375

1,856

58.4

40.2

19,125

Söderhamn Ö-Broberg

1,556

1,163

49.7

29,024

Vågbro

1,845

1,532

45.6

53.7

27,312

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:^[4]

Kunda, Estonia
Jakobstad, Finland
Os, Hordaland, Norway
Szczecinek, Poland

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 Söderhamn i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Vänorter". soderhamn.se. Retrieved 26 April 2014.