Orsa Municipality

Orsa Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Orsa.

Orsa is one of a few municipalities in Sweden which has not been amalgamated, but retains its area from the time it was instituted as a municipal entity in 1863.

Geography

The town of Orsa is located on the north-eastern shore of the Template:Convert large Lake Orsa (Orsasjön). Through a southern water passage it is connected with one of Sweden's largest lakes: Siljan.

By the shores of Orsasjön the Orsa Camping was inaugurated in 1932. With a kilometer long sandy beach, it has received several awards for its quality and beauty, and is by some referred to as the Dalarna Riviera.

Nature sights include the Grönklitt mountain, that previously housed a notable bear park and skiing hill. The bear park was an enclosed area where not only bears but also wolves, lynx, siberian tigers and wolverines reside, and was the biggest bear park in northern Europe.

Localities

Orsa (seat)
Skattungbyn

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Orsa Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=OrsaVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 5,489 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=OrsaVal2022/> 42.3 % voted for the left coalition and 55.7 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

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%

Orsa M

1,694

1,363

43.7

54.7

73

77

23

19,471

26

Orsa S

1,678

1,346

37.6

60.9

85

94

6

25,971

32

Orsa V

964

777

38.0

60.7

84

94

6

24,635

25

Orsa Ö

1,770

1,346

47.3

50.5

78

81

19

22,484

27

Skattungbyn-Kallmora

808

657

46.9

49.0

80

90

10

20,600

34

Source: SVT<ref name=OrsaVal2022/>

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	86.2	4,407	6.2	37.3		40.4	5.0	1.3	8.8			43.6	56.0
1976<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	87.6	4,744	4.5	37.8		38.3	7.7	1.9	9.7			42.4	55.6
1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	85.6	4,759	5.4	40.4		29.0	6.9	1.9	15.5			45.8	51.3
1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	86.8	4,866	5.1	44.2	2.7	21.8	4.4	2.6	19.1			49.3	45.4
1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	85.3	4,826	5.7	42.4	3.0	19.4	12.6		16.9			48.1	48.9
1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	80.1	4,473	5.7	40.9	7.8	18.5	11.2	3.4	12.3			54.4	42.1
1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	83.0	4,624	5.4	35.2	4.7	14.4	7.4	7.8	14.3		10.3	40.5	43.8
1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	82.4	4,520	8.7	43.9	8.6	12.5	4.5	5.2	14.6		1.5	61.2	36.7
1998<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	78.8	4,225	17.5	33.7	6.1	7.3	2.9	15.2	14.9			57.3	40.3
2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	76.3	4,015	10.2	36.9	6.0	13.6	9.1	8.2	10.3	2.8		53.1	41.3
2006<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	80.3	4,253	6.9	34.8	5.1	15.6	4.2	5.5	21.0	3.2		46.9	46.3
2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	82.5	4,424	6.2	36.1	6.6	10.2	4.6	4.7	21.3	9.0		48.9	40.7
2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	84.8	4,607	5.7	33.1	5.0	10.7	2.8	3.2	14.5	20.8		43.7	31.1
2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	86.7	4,601	8.1	27.9	3.0	11.0	2.6	7.2	11.5	26.6		49.9	47.9
2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	84.7	4,598	5.3	26.8	3.7	6.5	2.8	6.6	13.4	32.9		42.3	55.7

Notable natives

Gustaf de Laval, 19th century inventor
Orsa Spelmän, musicians/fiddlers
Gunnar Myrdal, economist, politician, and Nobel laureate
Kalle Moraeus, musician, TV personality
Melker Jernberg, Melker Jernberg became president of Volvo Construction Equipment and member of the Volvo Group executive board on January 1, 2018

References

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External links

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Orsa Municipality – Official site
Walk of Orsa Famous personalities from Orsa (official site)

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