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Gällivare Municipality

Gällivare Municipality (Swedish: Gällivare kommun, Finnish: Jällivaaran kunta, Norwegian: Gällivare kommune, Northern Sami: Jiellevárri gielda or Váhčira gielda) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. Gällivare Lapland Airport is the only airport in the region able to accommodate commercial fixed-wing aircraft; as such, it is a popular destination for hikers wishing to visit the Sarek and Padjelanta national parks.

Localities and settlements

The Sami Church in Gällivare.

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Gällivare Municipality:

# Locality Population
1 Gällivare 8,480
2 Malmberget 6,017
3 Koskullskulle 899
4 Hakkas 383
5 Ullatti 230
6 Tjautjas/Čavččas 216

The municipal seat in bold

Other settlements

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gällivare Municipality's electoral districts in the sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

Electoral districts for the 2022 Swedish general election reported a population of 17,434 residents, including 13,652 Swedish citizens of voting age. 53.0% voted for the left coalition and 45.8% for the right coalition. Median income is high compared to other municipalities in the region, primarily due to a large mining industry in the area. Indicators are in percentage form with the exception of population totals and income.

Elections

Riksdag

"Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND NP/SP
1973 86.6 14,719 20.7 48.8 0.0 13.5 3.6 0.7 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 87.0 15,619 17.8 51.5 0.0 14.0 4.8 0.8 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979 87.0 15,699 15.7 53.9 0.0 9.1 4.7 0.9 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982 87.7 16,008 16.5 58.0 0.8 7.2 1.9 1.2 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985 85.4 15,443 18.1 56.6 0.6 5.7 6.0 0.0 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988 79.6 14,065 16.8 57.0 3.6 4.9 5.2 1.4 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 79.2 13,510 15.6 55.5 2.2 4.0 5.0 3.2 11.0 0.0 2.4 0.0
1994 83.4 14,213 17.4 60.3 3.3 2.5 3.0 1.6 9.9 0.0 0.4 0.0
1998 77.1 12,507 33.5 43.2 3.2 1.7 1.9 4.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 75.5 11,484 16.6 41.9 4.8 1.8 3.9 3.4 7.0 0.8 0.0 18.3
2006 76.9 11,420 17.8 52.8 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.8 11.9 2.4 0.0 2.2
2010 80.6 12,000 13.6 55.9 3.8 1.7 2.3 2.4 14.2 5.0 0.0 0.0
2014 82.2 12,108 11.6 50.5 4.2 1.8 1.4 2.3 10.8 15.2 0.0 0.0

Blocs

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 86.6 14,719 69.5 27.7 0.0 2.8 97.2
1976 87.0 15,619 69.3 28.3 0.0 2.4 97.6
1979 87.0 15,699 69.6 25.3 0.0 5.1 94.9
1982 87.7 16,008 74.5 21.5 0.0 4.0 96.0
1985 85.4 15,443 74.7 23.6 0.0 1.7 98.3
1988 79.6 14,065 77.4 19.2 0.0 3.4 96.6
1991 79.2 13,510 71.1 23.2 0.0 5.7 96.7
1994 83.4 14,213 81.0 17.0 0.0 2.0 98.0
1998 77.1 12,507 79.9 18.8 0.0 1.3 98.7
2002 75.5 11,484 63.3 16.1 0.0 21.6 79.4
2006 76.9 11,420 73.5 19.7 0.0 6.8 93.2
2010 80.6 12,000 73.3 20.6 5.0 1.1 98.9
2014 82.2 12,108 66.3 16.3 15.2 2.2 97.8

Sister cities

Gällivare Municipality has four sister cities: