Smedjebacken Municipality
The present municipality was formed in two steps during the last nationwide local government reform in Sweden. In 1967 the market town (köping) Smedjebacken was reunited with Norrbärke from which it had been detached in 1918. In 1974 Söderbärke was added.
The municipality borders to eight other municipalities.
The coat of arms depicts a sailing ship and cogwheels. These are intended to show the old and new industry sectors of the municipality. It was first granted 1947, but has undergone a few redesigns since. In Smedjebacken there is a skiingclub NSKalpin.com which has a live webcamera from the slope. Also close by is Lernbo where the biggest sportsfishing retailer in Europe has its headquarters.
Localities
- Gubbo
- Hagge
- Ludvika (minor part)
- Smedjebacken (seat)
- Söderbärke
- Vad
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Smedjebacken Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 10,924 residents, including 8,649 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.2 % voted for the left coalition and 50.6 % 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Hagge-Harnäs | 1,625 | 1,286 | 42.3 | 56.9 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 27,956 | 32 |
| Morgårdshammar-Gubbo | 1,843 | 1,524 | 54.7 | 44.3 | 81 | 89 | 11 | 24,327 | 25 |
| Smedjebacken C | 1,373 | 1,070 | 58.4 | 40.4 | 74 | 77 | 23 | 20,311 | 24 |
| Smedjebacken N | 1,857 | 1,400 | 52.4 | 46.3 | 79 | 82 | 18 | 24,760 | 28 |
| Smedjebacken S | 1,532 | 1,185 | 49.4 | 49.3 | 80 | 82 | 18 | 23,742 | 22 |
| Söderbärke-Malingsbo | 2,072 | 1,691 | 40.3 | 58.0 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 25,141 | 30 |
| Sörbo-Vad | 622 | 493 | 37.6 | 62.1 | 85 | 87 | 13 | 26,566 | 24 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
Riksdag elections
| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 91.7 | 8,275 | 5.7 | 61.4 | 21.2 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 67.3 | 31.6 | |||
| 1976 | 92.5 | 8,731 | 5.3 | 60.3 | 21.3 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 6.3 | 65.5 | 33.3 | |||
| 1979 | 92.9 | 8,856 | 5.2 | 61.3 | 16.4 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 9.1 | 66.5 | 31.5 | |||
| 1982 | 92.8 | 8,926 | 5.6 | 63.4 | 1.2 | 14.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 10.7 | 69.0 | 28.8 | ||
| 1985 | 91.1 | 8,842 | 6.5 | 61.7 | 1.4 | 11.7 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 68.2 | 30.3 | |||
| 1988 | 85.8 | 8,281 | 7.5 | 60.8 | 3.9 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 72.2 | 25.9 | ||
| 1991 | 85.6 | 8,324 | 6.3 | 52.6 | 2.7 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 7.1 | 59.0 | 30.4 | |
| 1994 | 87.3 | 8,275 | 8.6 | 60.4 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 11.6 | 1.0 | 73.4 | 25.0 | |
| 1998 | 82.1 | 7,401 | 19.2 | 47.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 13.6 | 71.1 | 27.4 | ||
| 2002 | 77.8 | 6,693 | 11.5 | 55.1 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 70.3 | 28.0 | |
| 2006 | 81.6 | 6,839 | 7.6 | 53.7 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 16.1 | 2.2 | 64.2 | 30.1 | |
| 2010 | 85.2 | 7,200 | 6.7 | 50.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 19.7 | 6.4 | 61.7 | 30.8 | |
| 2014 | 87.4 | 7,391 | 6.7 | 44.1 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 15.0 | 18.5 | 54.4 | 24.4 | |
| 2018 | 88.1 | 7,440 | 7.6 | 39.0 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 13.9 | 22.9 | 55.0 | 43.8 | |
| 2022 | 86.4 | 7,368 | 5.3 | 36.3 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 14.1 | 30.5 | 48.2 | 50.6 |
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