Editing Arjeplog Municipality

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'''Arjeplog Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Arjeplogs kommun}}, {{langx|se|Arjepluovvi gielda}}; {{langx|sje|Árjepluove komuvdna}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Norrbotten County]] in northern Sweden. Its [[administrative centre|seat]] is located in [[Arjeplog]].

The area, which now is Arjeplog Municipality,  used to be a single [[parish]] (Swedish: ''socken''), which was made into a municipality when the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863. It has not been amalgamated with any other entity. In terms of geographical area, Arjeplog is one of Sweden's largest, but it is also the country's least densely populated municipality. The vast majority of the populace live in Arjeplog, which is one of Sweden's smallest municipal seats.

==History==
People lived in the area of today's municipality as early as 10,000 years ago, following the end of the [[last glacial period|last ice age]]. For a long time it was only populated by a fishing and hunting people, the [[Sami people]], who have their own language and breed [[reindeer]] in northern Sweden, and today have special rights as a Swedish [[minority group]].

The population in today's municipality was only a few hundred people in the 17th and 18th century, most of them Sami, and the rest of Sweden did not know much of them. Not until 1640 did [[Queen regnant|Queen]] [[Christina of Sweden]] order a church to be built in order to [[Christianization|Christianize]] the Sami people in Arjeplog. The church was inaugurated in 1642. At first the deceased were buried under the earthen floor in the church, but eventually the stench became unbearable and the procedure had to end.

===Silver===
The interest in Arjeplog had been sparked when [[silver]] was found in the area in the 1620s, and a mining industry was established there 1635–1659. It has been estimated that the amount of silver mined was 36 kilograms per year.

In August 1659, the Danes and Norwegians &ndash; who were in the [[Denmark–Norway]] union &ndash; attacked and burned down the mining village. The mining industry was then stalled for 120 years.

It was once again taken up in 1719, probably as a means of supporting the war of King [[Charles XII of Sweden]]. The mining was upheld until 1810, when the low profits, harsh climate and the long distances led to its closure. There are still remains from that time in the village [[Adolfström]].

There are also several names in the area such as ''Silvervägen'' ("Silver Road") and ''Silversundet'' ("Silver Strait") reminding of its silver history. When a Sami [[museum]] was built in the town of Arjeplog in 1965, it was appropriately named ''Silvermuseet'' ("The Silver Museum"). It is filled with Sami photos and [[artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]].

==Geography==
Arjeplog Municipality is Sweden's fourth largest municipality, but the fourth least populated. It is located by the [[shore]]s of [[Hornavan|Lake Hornavan]], Sweden's deepest lake and one of its largest. The municipality is popular because of the scenery of Lake Hornavan, but also of its other untouched nature.

Arjeplog Municipality consists of a terrain dominated by the [[Scandinavian Mountains]] and many water areas. It boasts an unparalleled 8,000 lakes and [[stream]]s, with three main rivers, namely [[Pite River]], [[Skellefte River]] and [[Lais River]]. Skellefte River attaches south from Lake Hornavan and extends southeast to [[Skellefteå]] and the [[Gulf of Bothnia]] on the east coast.

About 80 kilometres north of the town [[Arjeplog]] one finds the [[national park]]s [[Padjelanta]] and [[Sarek National Park|Sarek]], both being situated in the western parts of [[Jokkmokk Municipality]].

Arjeplog Municipality also has 13 [[nature reserve]]s, mostly mountain [[moorland]], where [[endangered species|endangered plants]] grow. Mountain [[Galtispouda]], with a height of 800 metres, is both a popular place of outlook, a nature reserve, and in the winter a popular place for [[skiing]].

===Localities===
[[Image:Arjeplog kyrka-2006-07-2006.JPG|thumb|Arjeplog church]]
There is only one [[urban areas in Sweden|locality]] (or urban area) in Arjeplog Municipality:<ref>[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01A/Tatorternami0810tab1en.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005]</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Arjeplog]]''' || align="right" | 1,947
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Arjeplog Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=ArjeplogVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2506-arjeplog.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Arjeplog i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=30 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 2,705 inhabitants, with 2,126 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=ArjeplogVal2022/> 53.6% voted for the left coalition and 45.6% for the right coalition. The slight difference of results between the sole Arjeplog district and overall results was because of postal votes being counted separately. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
!
! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |Arjeplog
| 2,705
| 2,126
| 53.5
| 45.9
| 83
| 88
| 12
| 23,823
| 27
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=ArjeplogVal2022/>
|}

==Elections==

===[[Swedish Riksdag|Riksdag]]===
These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag since the 1972 municipal reform. [[Norrbotten Party]] also contested the [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]] election but due to the party's small size at a nationwide level [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] did not publish the party's results at a municipal level. The same applies to the [[Sweden Democrats]] between 1988 and 1998. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! [[Left Party (Sweden)|V]]
! [[Social Democrats (Sweden)|S]]
! [[Green Party (Sweden)|MP]]
! [[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]]
! [[Liberals (Sweden)|L]]
! [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|KD]]
! [[Moderate Party|M]]
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! [[New Democracy (Sweden)|ND]]
! [[Norrbotten Party|NP]]/[[Sjukvårdspartiet|SP]]
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 86.6
| 2,706
| 22.9
| 45.9
| 0.0
| 19.6
| 5.1
| 2.3
| 3.7
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 87.4
| 2,751
| 17.1
| 48.2
| 0.0
| 20.9
| 6.5
| 2.1
| 4.5
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 86.6
| 2,717
| 17.1
| 48.1
| 0.0
| 15.8
| 7.1
| 2.3
| 7.5
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 189)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 86.2
| 2,668
| 15.6
| 51.1
| 1.0
| 15.5
| 3.0
| 2.8
| 10.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 83.9
| 2,613
| 16.1
| 50.1
| 0.8
| 14.3
| 9.0
| 0.0
| 9.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 82.4
| 2,449
| 16.6
| 48.9
| 5.0
| 12.7
| 8.1
| 2.8
| 5.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 82.6
| 2,383
| 11.0
| 48.9
| 2.2
| 11.8
| 5.6
| 5.5
| 9.8
| 0.0
| 5.1
| 0.0
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 83.6
| 2,361
| 13.8
| 55.9
| 5.0
| 8.3
| 3.9
| 2.9
| 8.7
| 0.0
| 0.2
| 0.0
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/Grupp/Hitta_statistik/Historisk_statistik/_Dokument/Valstatistiken/Valstatistik%20Allmanna%20valen%201998%20Del%201%20Riksdagen.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 79.0
| 2,166
| 24.6
| 44.2
| 3.9
| 6.0
| 2.7
| 7.6
| 7.5
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/25R/2506/2506.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 77.0
| 1,981
| 14.8
| 45.7
| 4.5
| 9.2
| 5.4
| 5.6
| 3.8
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 10.2
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/25/06/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 78.3
| 1,955
| 14.5
| 45.0
| 3.2
| 10.3
| 6.1
| 4.8
| 10.7
| 1.7
| 0.0
| 1.7
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/06/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 79.4
| 1,973
| 11.7
| 46.7
| 4.6
| 5.8
| 5.9
| 4.9
| 14.5
| 4.9
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/06/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=28 August 2017}}</ref>
| 80.3
| 1,851
| 12.0
| 44.2
| 3.5
| 6.9
| 3.3
| 3.5
| 9.8
| 14.8
| 0.0
| 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! Left
! Right
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! Other
! Elected
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]
| 86.6
| 2,706
| '''68.8'''
| 28.4
| 0.0
| 2.8
| 97.2
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]
| 87.4
| 2,751
| 65.3
| '''31.9'''
| 0.0
| 2.8
| 97.2
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]
| 86.6
| 2,717
| 65.2
| '''30.4'''
| 0.0
| 4.4
| 95.6
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]
| 86.2
| 2,668
| '''66.7'''
| 28.6
| 0.0
| 4.7
| 95.3
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]
| 83.9
| 2,613
| '''66.2'''
| 32.7
| 0.0
| 1.0
| 99.0
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]
| 82.4
| 2,449
| '''70.5'''
| 26.2
| 0.0
| 3.3
| 96.7
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]
| 82.6
| 2,383
| 59.9
| '''32.7'''
| 0.0
| 7.4
| 97.7
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]
| 83.6
| 2,361
| '''74.7'''
| 23.8
| 0.0
| 1.5
| 98.5
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]
| 79.0
| 2,166
| '''72.7'''
| 23.8
| 0.0
| 3.5
| 96.5
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]
| 77.0
| 1,981
| '''65.0'''
| 24.0
| 0.0
| 11.0
| 89.0
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]
| 78.3
| 1,955
| 62.7
| '''31.9'''
| 0.0
| 5.4
| 94.6
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]
| 79.4
| 1,973
| 63.0
| '''31.1'''
| 4.9
| 1.0
| 99.0
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]
| 80.3
| 1,851
| '''59.7'''
| 23.5
| 14.8
| 2.0
| 98.0
|}

==Sister city==
Arjeplog Municipality has two [[town twinning|sister cities]]:

*[[File:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] [[Umba, Russia]]
*[[File:Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] [[Salla]], [[Finland]]

==See also==
*[[Nasa silver mine]]
*[[Hornavanskolan]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Commons category|Arjeplog Municipality}}
*[http://www.arjeplog.se Arjeplog Municipality] - Official site {{in lang|sv}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070129052038/http://www.arjeplogkartan.com/index.php Arjeplog map]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081029185602/http://www.silvermuseet.arjeplog.se/silver/index.php?lang=en The Silver Museum]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Arjeplog Municipality
 | N  = [[Jokkmokk Municipality]]
 | E  = [[Arvidsjaur Municipality]]
 | S  = [[Sorsele Municipality]] ([[Västerbotten County|Västerbotten]])
 | SW = {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Rana Municipality]]
 | W  = {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Saltdal Municipality]]
 | NW = {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Fauske Municipality]]
}}
{{Norrbotten County}}

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