Leksand Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.
In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875).
Geography
The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.
The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich Dalarna. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.
Localities
Alvik Djura Häradsbygden Insjön Leksand (seat) Siljansnäs Tällberg Västanvik
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Leksand 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 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Edshult-Åkerö-Övermo 2,112 1,623 46.6 52.7 86 92 8 27,059 45Häradsbygden-Heden 1,949 1,585 47.9 51.0 88 95 5 25,129 38Insjön V - Ål-Kilen 1,235 941 40.1 57.7 79 84 16 23,468 27Insjön Ö 1,542 1,184 42.6 55.8 83 89 11 24,351 33Leksand V 2,284 1,753 44.8 54.2 82 84 16 26,457 42Leksand Ö 1,456 1,158 52.3 46.6 86 94 6 25,000 45Leksandsnoret 1,753 1,468 54.6 44.7 76 77 23 20,236 30Siljansnäs 1,858 1,496 46.4 51.8 83 92 8 23,005 41Tällberg 1,806 1,530 46.3 52.8 84 92 8 25,187 40Source: SVT
Economy Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong: Clas Ohlson (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön) Leksandsbröd (Swedish crispbread) Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory) Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan) Leksands IF (Sport organization) Ejendals
In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.
Riksdag elections Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight1973 89.5 8,329 1.9 36.5 40.0 8.8 2.9 9.7 38.4 58.41976 90.7 8,977 2.0 35.2 38.3 10.0 2.7 11.7 37.2 60.01979 89.7 7,202 2.5 35.6 30.9 8.9 2.9 18.5 38.1 58.41982 90.3 9,522 2.5 37.6 1.9 27.7 5.4 3.5 21.3 40.2 54.51985 88.8 9,561 2.9 36.8 1.7 25.3 13.2 19.9 39.8 58.51988 85.3 9,172 3.5 35.5 6.2 21.4 11.1 7.4 14.7 45.3 47.21991 85.7 9,690 3.1 31.9 3.4 15.1 8.2 11.8 18.2 7.4 35.0 53.31994 86.3 9,994 5.4 38.6 7.6 13.0 5.9 7.7 20.2 0.9 51.6 46.81998 82.3 9,584 11.7 30.8 6.1 8.9 2.8 18.1 19.3 48.6 49.22002 80.5 9,428 7.7 34.9 4.8 14.1 10.2 13.1 12.5 0.8 47.4 49.92006 82.9 9,834 4.8 31.3 4.9 13.6 5.0 10.5 16.6 2.9 41.0 54.62010 85.0 10,245 4.2 28.9 6.5 9.4 5.3 8.8 31.4 4.0 39.6 54.92014 87.5 10,584 4.9 29.4 5.8 10.0 3.8 7.4 23.7 11.8 40.1 44.92018 89.5 10,944 7.0 26.1 3.7 12.9 3.6 9.5 19.6 16.2 49.7 48.9
Notability One of Sweden's most popular ice hockey teams is Leksands IF. NHL goalkeeper Johan Hedberg hails from Leksand. In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand. Along with Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.
Twin towns – sister cities
Leksand is twinned with:
Aurora, Canada Brainerd, United States Hørsholm, Denmark Karksi-Nuia (Mulgi), Estonia Lillehammer, Norway Oulainen, Finland Tōbetsu, Japan
References
External links
Official website