Härjedalen Municipality

Härjedalen Municipality (Swedish: Härjedalens kommun, Southern Sami: Herjedaelien tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg.

Härjedalen Municipality Härjedalens kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Jämtland County
Seat	Sveg
Area [1]
• Total	11,859.62 km^2 (4,579.02 sq mi)
• Land	11,286.1 km^2 (4,357.6 sq mi)
• Water	573.52 km^2 (221.44 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	10,090
• Density	0.85/km^2 (2.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Härjedalen, Hälsingland and Dalarna
Municipal code	2361
Website	www.herjedalen.se

The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen.

The municipality was created in 1974 and is one of two in Sweden with the name of a province (Gotland Municipality is the other). It consists of nine original local government entities (as of 1863).

Geography

With a total area of 11,935 km², it is Sweden's fifth largest. However, it is largely wilderness, and the municipality is sparsely inhabited. For comparison, the municipality covers as much territory as Uppsala County and Stockholm County combined, but those two counties have over 2,000,000 inhabitants.

Localities

Sveg railway station.

Ljusnan River

There are eight localities (or urban areas) in Härjedalen Municipality:[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Sveg	2,633
2	Funäsdalen	798
3	Hede	763
4	Ytterhogdal	603
5	Vemdalen	547
6	Ulvkälla	445
7	Lillhärdal	365
8	Norr-Hede	293

The municipal seat in bold

Riksdag

This table lists the national results since the 1972 Swedish municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats from 1988 to 1998 were not published by the SCB at a municipal level due to the party's small size nationally at the time.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1973[4]	85.8	8,298	5.4	55.6	0.0	25.3	6.1	1.1	5.4	0.0	0.0
1976[5]	87.3	8,768	4.6	56.5	0.0	26.2	5.7	1.1	5.6	0.0	0.0
1979[6]	86.6	8,799	5.3	58.2	0.0	21.9	5.2	1.0	8.1	0.0	0.0
1982[7]	87.3	8,828	5.3	59.1	1.1	18.5	3.5	1.1	11.3	0.0	0.0
1985[8]	85.7	8,671	4.6	58.9	1.4	15.5	7.3	0.0	12.3	0.0	0.0
1988[9]	81.1	8,007	6.1	56.8	4.9	14.1	7.5	1.3	9.1	0.0	0.0
1991[10]	83.0	8,059	4.9	51.2	2.7	12.8	5.5	3.0	12.1	0.0	6.2
1994[11]	82.9	8,024	7.2	58.1	5.0	10.9	3.9	1.7	11.8	0.0	0.7
1998[12]	77.4	7,129	17.0	46.8	3.9	8.1	2.8	6.7	12.8	0.0	0.0
2002[13]	74.8	6,650	12.1	50.2	3.6	11.5	6.0	4.6	9.7	0.3	0.0
2006[14]	77.6	6,613	8.2	45.7	2.3	12.9	4.7	3.8	17.2	2.7	0.0
2010[15]	80.6	6,739	6.0	44.6	3.8	9.4	3.8	2.3	22.2	7.0	0.0
2014[16]	82.8	6,765	5.2	42.9	3.0	10.5	2.1	1.9	17.2	15.2	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. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	85.8	8,298	61.0	36.8	0.0	2.2	97.8
1976	87.3	8,768	60.1	37.5	0.0	2.4	97.6
1979	86.6	8,799	63.5	35.2	0.0	1.3	98.7
1982	87.3	8,828	64.4	33.3	0.0	2.3	97.7
1985	85.7	8,671	63.5	35.1	0.0	1.4	98.6
1988	81.1	8,007	67.8	30.7	0.0	1.5	98.5
1991	83.0	8,059	56.1	33.4	0.0	10.5	95.7
1994	82.9	8,024	70.3	26.6	0.0	3.1	96.9
1998	77.4	7,129	67.7	30.4	0.0	1.9	98.1
2002	74.8	6,650	65.9	31.8	0.0	2.3	97.7
2006	77.6	6,613	56.2	38.6	0.0	5.2	94.8
2010	80.6	6,739	54.4	37.7	7.0	0.9	99.1
2014	82.8	6,765	51.1	31.7	15.2	2.0	98.0

Notable natives

• Henning Mankell, author
• Anna Carin Zidek, sportsperson
• Marcus Högström, ice hockey professional

References

1. "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.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
3. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
4. "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
5. "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 162)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
6. "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
7. "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 188)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
8. "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
9. "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
10. "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
11. "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 45)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
12. "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 42)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
13. "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
14. "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
15. "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
16. "Valresultat Riksdag Härjedalens kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

External links

• Härjedalen Municipality - Official site