Hallsberg Municipality Hallsbergs kommun | |
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 Hallsberg Railway Station | |
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| Coordinates:59°04′N15°07′E / 59.067°N 15.117°E /59.067; 15.117 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Örebro County |
| Seat | Hallsberg |
| Area | |
• Total | 670.22 km2 (258.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 636.71 km2 (245.84 sq mi) |
| • Water | 33.51 km2 (12.94 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 16,097 |
| • Density | 25.282/km2 (65.479/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Närke |
| Municipal code | 1861 |
| Website | www.hallsberg.se |
Hallsberg Municipality (Swedish:Hallsbergs kommun) is amunicipality inÖrebro County in centralSweden. Its seat is located in the town ofHallsberg, which is the main railway hub for the central Swedish interior.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when themarket town (köping) of Hallsberg was amalgamated with adjacent municipalities. A series of amalgamations had taken place in the area in 1952, 1963 and 1967.
This is a demographic table based on Hallsberg Municipality's electoral districts in the2022 Swedish general election sourced fromSVT's election platform, in turn taken fromSCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 16,166 residents, including 11,930 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 49.3% voted for the left coalition and 49.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Bo | 432 | 346 | 44.0 | 54.9 | 68 | 86 | 14 | 20,828 | 21 |
| Hässleberg | 2,399 | 1,469 | 58.8 | 39.9 | 67 | 46 | 54 | 18,778 | 24 |
| Kårstahult | 1,251 | 960 | 51.2 | 47.4 | 83 | 76 | 24 | 26,543 | 27 |
| Långängen | 1,507 | 1,158 | 57.2 | 42.0 | 86 | 89 | 11 | 28,763 | 38 |
| Pålsboda | 2,133 | 1,562 | 46.1 | 52.3 | 78 | 79 | 21 | 23,289 | 25 |
| Sköllersta | 1,456 | 1,082 | 44.4 | 54.4 | 86 | 91 | 9 | 26,851 | 35 |
| Svennevad | 507 | 405 | 48.3 | 50.6 | 82 | 88 | 12 | 24,631 | 24 |
| Vadsbron | 1,938 | 1,568 | 49.3 | 49.9 | 80 | 86 | 14 | 23,742 | 28 |
| Vingen | 1,701 | 1,231 | 51.7 | 47.1 | 79 | 76 | 24 | 23,865 | 30 |
| Vretstorp | 1,614 | 1,197 | 40.9 | 57.5 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 24,442 | 22 |
| Östansjö | 1,228 | 952 | 43.9 | 54.3 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,665 | 27 |
| Source:SVT[3] | |||||||||
These are the results of the elections in the municipality since the first election after the municipal reform, being held in 1973. The exact results ofSweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level bySCB from 1988 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.
| Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | ND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[4] | 91.5 | 10,751 | 3.6 | 51.3 | 0.0 | 26.4 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1976[5] | 92.7 | 11,329 | 3.4 | 49.6 | 0.0 | 28.1 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1979[6] | 91.7 | 11,384 | 4.5 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1982[7] | 92.3 | 11,539 | 4.8 | 54.3 | 1.1 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1985[8] | 91.1 | 11,308 | 4.6 | 54.5 | 1.3 | 16.1 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1988[9] | 87.7 | 10,778 | 6.5 | 53.0 | 4.0 | 13.7 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1991[10] | 87.2 | 10,796 | 5.5 | 47.1 | 2.1 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| 1994[11] | 88.4 | 10,820 | 7.1 | 55.3 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 1998[12] | 83.0 | 9,862 | 13.9 | 46.3 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 10.5 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002[13] | 82.3 | 9,635 | 8.3 | 50.4 | 3.4 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| 2006[14] | 84.0 | 9,568 | 6.0 | 49.1 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 14.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| 2010[15] | 86.2 | 9,955 | 5.9 | 44.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 20.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| 2014[16] | 88.3 | 10,280 | 5.1 | 43.6 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 14.6 | 16.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 91.5 | 10,751 | 54.9 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 97.2 |
| 1976 | 92.7 | 11,329 | 53.0 | 45.9 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| 1979 | 91.7 | 11,384 | 55.5 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 97.2 |
| 1982 | 92.3 | 11,539 | 59.1 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 95.5 |
| 1985 | 91.1 | 11,308 | 59.1 | 39.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 98.2 |
| 1988 | 87.7 | 10,778 | 63.5 | 32.8 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 96.3 |
| 1991 | 87.2 | 10,796 | 52.6 | 37.7 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 97.3 |
| 1994 | 88.4 | 10,820 | 66.3 | 31.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 98.2 |
| 1998 | 83.0 | 9,862 | 64.2 | 33.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| 2002 | 82.3 | 9,635 | 62.1 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 96.1 |
| 2006 | 84.0 | 9,568 | 58.6 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 93.6 |
| 2010 | 86.2 | 9,955 | 55.6 | 37.1 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 99.4 |
| 2014 | 88.3 | 10,280 | 53.1 | 28.0 | 16.7 | 2.2 | 97.8 |
Hallsberg's threetwin towns with the year of its establishing:
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