Borlänge Municipality Explained

Borlänge Municipality (Borlänge kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km². The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Borlänge Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[1]

In total there were 52,132 residents, including 38,802 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[1] 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.5% for the right coalition.

Location
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"
Bergslagsbyn	2,172	1,675	47.8	50.9	84	84	16	26,632	36
Bullermyren	2,081	1,188	65.5	30.3	49	32	68	14,293	23
Centrum-Mjälga	1,475	1,112	45.0	53.8	79	81	19	26,571	36
Centrum N	1,559	1,336	51.9	46.3	78	77	23	24,246	39
Domnarvet V	1,973	1,470	49.2	49.1	86	89	11	29,443	42
Domnarvet Ö	1,983	1,540	49.0	50.2	82	84	16	26,105	33
Färjegårdarna-Årby	2,114	1,602	48.7	50.1	88	89	11	27,702	44
Gylle-Åselby	2,298	1,813	42.3	56.7	87	92	8	27,754	34
Gylletäppan	1,760	1,461	45.6	53.1	86	86	14	26,385	35
Hagalund N	1,972	1,436	51.5	45.7	64	56	44	19,297	29
Hagalund V	1,990	1,654	49.1	49.6	78	77	23	23,631	35
Hagalund Ö	1,154	1,178	54.1	44.7	79	70	30	22,299	34
Hushagen-Forssa	1,696	1,492	54.3	44.1	80	86	14	24,745	36
Jakobsgårdarna	2,094	1,353	60.5	36.4	63	47	53	19,460	27
Kvarnsveden S	1,281	1,000	52.0	47.1	85	89	11	27,240	39
Kvarnsveden V	2,139	1,670	48.8	49.9	83	90	10	26,487	38
Kvarnsveden Ö	1,338	1,087	47.1	51.7	85	88	12	26,692	38
Kyrkbygden-S Tuna	2,097	1,677	38.7	59.9	87	94	6	26,181	33
Mats Knuts-Nygårdarna	1,986	1,343	49.5	49.2	86	86	14	28,409	47
Norr Amsberg	1,537	1,207	39.9	58.7	85	88	12	28,104	34
Ornäs	1,801	1,382	44.4	54.8	85	93	7	29,557	38
Skräddarbacken	1,864	1,403	47.7	50.9	84	89	11	27,742	43
Tjärna Allé	2,408	1,058	86.1	11.8	36	11	89	9,044	21
Tjärna Ängar-Paradiset	2,071	1,304	58.9	39.3	61	45	55	19,437	31
Tjärna Ängar-Ö Tjärna	2,113	1,272	56.1	42.9	67	49	51	21,664	27
Torsång	1,705	1,312	39.9	59.4	93	95	5	31,805	48
V Tuna-Idkerberget	1,716	1,405	34.8	63.4	85	93	7	26,120	24
Östermalm	1,755	1,372	46.1	52.6	78	69	31	23,971	35
Source: SVT

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[2]	91.1	28,033	4.7	53.4		28.1	5.2	1.6	6.5			58.1	39.8
1976[3]	91.9	30,166	4.2	52.9		25.3	8.1	1.3	7.9			57.1	41.3
1979[4]	90.2	30,045	5.5	54.2		18.4	7.5	1.3	12.3			59.7	38.2
1982[5]	91.5	31,434	5.5	57.2	1.8	14.6	3.9	1.3	15.5			62.6	34.0
1985[6]	89.3	30,769	5.9	54.2	2.4	11.1	10.9		14.5			60.1	36.5
1988[7]	84.6	29,220	6.7	52.1	6.0	10.5	10.6	2.5	10.7			64.8	31.8
1991[8]	85.4	29,639	5.3	47.3	3.2	8.0	7.7	5.9	15.2		6.4	52.6	36.7
1994[9]	86.2	30,506	7.5	55.5	5.7	6.3	5.6	3.0	14.5		1.0	68.7	29.4
1998[10]	80.6	28,150	15.2	44.7	5.4	4.1	3.3	9.2	15.0			65.3	31.5
2002[11]	78.2	27,313	10.0	48.6	5.2	6.2	9.5	6.2	10.4	1.8		63.7	32.3
2006[12]	80.7	28,333	7.1	45.5	4.4	7.3	5.7	4.4	18.8	3.5		57.0	36.2
2010[13]	84.9	30,756	6.6	39.6	6.0	5.4	5.0	3.5	23.2	9.2		52.2	37.1
2014[14]	86.2	31,740	6.2	37.3	5.6	5.1	3.7	3.2	18.0	17.7		49.0	30.0
2018[15]	87.3	32,460	7.6	32.7	3.9	7.4	4.4	5.1	17.1	20.3		51.6	46.9

Education

• Dalarna University College
• Soltorgsgymnasiet

Notable natives

• Jussi Björling, tenor
• Lars Frölander, swimmer
• Mando Diao, rock band
• Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
• Per Fosshaug, bandy player
• Dozer, stoner rock band
• Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman
• Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player
• Sator, rock band
• Nadja Brandt, writer and also appeared as an extra in Twilight
• Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li)
• Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion
• Per Johansson, swimmer

External links

• Borlänge - Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Borlänge i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 2 February 2024.
2. Web site: Allmänna valen 1973. sv. SCB.
3. Web site: Allmänna valen 1976. sv. SCB.
4. Web site: Allmänna valen 1979. sv. SCB.
5. Web site: Allmänna valen 1982. sv. SCB.
6. Web site: Allmänna valen 1985. sv. SCB.
7. Web site: Allmänna valen 1988. sv. SCB.
8. Web site: Allmänna valen 1991. sv. SCB.
9. Web site: Allmänna valen 1994. sv. SCB.
10. Web site: Allmänna valen 1998. sv. SCB.
11. Web site: Borlänge - summering. sv. Valmyndigheten.
12. Web site: Borlänge - Allmänna val 17 september 2006. sv. Valmyndigheten.
13. Web site: Borlänge - Röster Val 2010. sv. Valmyndigheten.
14. Web site: Borlänge - Röster Val 2014. sv. Valmyndigheten.
15. Web site: Borlänge - Röster Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten.