Smedjebacken Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken.
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 % % Hagge-Harnäs 1,625 1,286 42.3 56.9 86 92 8 27,956 32Morgårdshammar-Gubbo 1,843 1,524 54.7 44.3 81 89 11 24,327 25Smedjebacken C 1,373 1,070 58.4 40.4 74 77 23 20,311 24Smedjebacken N 1,857 1,400 52.4 46.3 79 82 18 24,760 28Smedjebacken S 1,532 1,185 49.4 49.3 80 82 18 23,742 22Söderbärke-Malingsbo 2,072 1,691 40.3 58.0 83 90 10 25,141 30Sörbo-Vad 622 493 37.6 62.1 85 87 13 26,566 24Source: SVT
Riksdag elections Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight1973 91.7 8,275 5.7 61.4 21.2 5.3 1.0 5.0 67.3 31.61976 92.5 8,731 5.3 60.3 21.3 5.7 1.0 6.3 65.5 33.31979 92.9 8,856 5.2 61.3 16.4 6.0 1.1 9.1 66.5 31.51982 92.8 8,926 5.6 63.4 1.2 14.7 3.4 0.8 10.7 69.0 28.81985 91.1 8,842 6.5 61.7 1.4 11.7 8.2 10.4 68.2 30.31988 85.8 8,281 7.5 60.8 3.9 11.3 6.8 1.7 7.7 72.2 25.91991 85.6 8,324 6.3 52.6 2.7 9.2 5.4 4.6 11.3 7.1 59.0 30.41994 87.3 8,275 8.6 60.4 4.5 8.0 3.7 1.7 11.6 1.0 73.4 25.01998 82.1 7,401 19.2 47.9 4.0 4.8 2.2 6.9 13.6 71.1 27.42002 77.8 6,693 11.5 55.1 3.7 6.6 6.9 5.1 9.4 0.5 70.3 28.02006 81.6 6,839 7.6 53.7 2.9 7.3 3.2 3.5 16.1 2.2 64.2 30.12010 85.2 7,200 6.7 50.9 4.1 5.1 3.4 2.7 19.7 6.4 61.7 30.82014 87.4 7,391 6.7 44.1 3.6 5.4 1.9 2.1 15.0 18.5 54.4 24.42018 88.1 7,440 7.6 39.0 2.1 6.3 2.5 4.5 13.9 22.9 55.0 43.82022 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
References
External links
Smedjebacken Municipality – Official site