Editing Degerfors Municipality

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| name                    = Degerfors Municipality
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| seat                    = [[Degerfors]]
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| blank_name_sec1         = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
| blank_info_sec1         = [[Värmland]] and [[Närke]]
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'''Degerfors Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Degerfors kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Örebro County]] in central [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Degerfors]].

The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of [[Karlskoga Municipality]], from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a [[market town]] (''[[köping]]'') in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.

== Demographics ==
This is a demographic table based on Degerfors 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=DegerforsVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1862-degerfors.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Degerfors i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=27 November 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 7,456 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=DegerforsVal2022/> 53.6% voted for the left coalition and 45.0% for the right coalition. 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" |Bossåsen
| 1,373
| 1,039
| 49.0
| 50.1
| 81
| 87
| 13
| 27,595
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Bruket
| 1,480
| 1,148
| 52.9
| 45.9
| 74
| 80
| 20
| 22,993
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Jannelund
| 1,727
| 1,330
| 63.7
| 35.3
| 59
| 67
| 33
| 17,262
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Stora Valla
| 1,574
| 1,215
| 59.4
| 39.3
| 68
| 75
| 25
| 20,864
| 20
|-
| align="left" |Strömtorp
| 1,821
| 1,488
| 47.9
| 50.7
| 83
| 86
| 14
| 26,813
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Svartå
| 605
| 478
| 53.3
| 44.0
| 74
| 83
| 17
| 22,995
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Åtorp
| 939
| 758
| 47.8
| 51.0
| 84
| 91
| 9
| 25,582
| 27
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=DegerforsVal2022/>
|}

== [[Riksdag]] elections ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right
!Year
!%
!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 (Sweden)|M]]
![[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
![[New Democracy (Sweden)|NyD]]
!Left
!Right
|-
|align=left|[[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1973|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 94.7
| 7,533
| 4.9
| 63.1
| 
| 18.7
| 5.3
| 2.3
| 5.2
| 
| 
| 68.0
| 29.2
|-
|align=left|[[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1976|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 95.0
| 8,034
| 4.7
| 61.9
| 
| 19.3
| 5.9
| 2.1
| 5.9
| 
| 
| 66.7
| 31.0
|-
|align=left|[[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1979|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 94.1
| 8,194
| 5.7
| 62.8
| 
| 14.3
| 6.6
| 2.0
| 8.1
| 
| 
| 68.5
| 29.1
|-
|align=left|[[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1982|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 94.5
| 8,292
| 6.5
| 65.4
| 1.0
| 11.5
| 3.6
| 2.0
| 9.9
| 
| 
| 72.0
| 25.0
|-
|align=left|[[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1985|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 93.4
| 8,225
| 7.4
| 64.2
| 1.2
| 10.1
| 8.0
| 
| 9.0
| 
| 
| 71.6
| 27.1
|-
|align=left|[[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1988|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 90.1
| 7,767
| 8.8
| 63.7
| 3.4
| 8.2
| 6.8
| 2.5
| 6.3
| 
| 
| 75.8
| 21.3
|-
|align=left|[[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1991|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 89.7
| 7,691
| 7.4
| 59.7
| 2.1
| 6.4
| 5.4
| 4.9
| 8.6
| 
| 5.3
| 67.1
| 25.3
|-
|align=left|[[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1994|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 89.3
| 7,608
| 9.9
| 63.8
| 3.2
| 5.9
| 4.4
| 2.8
| 8.8
| 
| 1.0
| 76.8
| 21.8
|-
|align=left|[[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/historisk%20statistik/SOS%201911-%2FValstatistiken%2FAllm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998%2FValstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1998-Del-1-Riksdagen.pdf|title=Allmänna valen 1998|language=sv|publisher=[[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]]}}</ref>
| 83.4
| 6,847
| 17.7
| 54.8
| 3.4
| 4.5
| 2.3
| 7.5
| 8.7
| 
| 
| 75.9
| 23.0
|-
|align=left|[[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/18R/1862/1862.html|title=Degerfors - summering|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 82.3
| 6,491
| 13.3
| 60.8
| 2.5
| 5.3
| 6.0
| 5.2
| 5.1
| 0.9
| 
| 76.7
| 21.7
|-
|align=left|[[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/18/62/roster.html|title=Degerfors - Allmänna val 17 september 2006|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 82.3
| 6,302
| 11.2
| 57.6
| 2.7
| 5.4
| 3.2
| 5.2
| 9.8
| 2.9
| 
| 71.5
| 23.6
|-
|align=left|[[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/18/62/index.html|title=Degerfors - Röster Val 2010|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 86.1
| 6,494
| 10.8
| 52.7
| 4.9
| 4.1
| 3.1
| 4.5
| 13.8
| 5.4
| 
| 68.4
| 25.6
|-
|align=left|[[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/18/62/index.html|title=Degerfors - Röster Val 2014|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 86.4
| 6,426
| 8.1
| 51.2
| 4.0
| 4.2
| 1.9
| 3.4
| 10.6
| 14.4
| 
| 63.3
| 20.1
|-
|align=left|[[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/18/62/index.html|title=Degerfors - Röster Val 2018|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 87.1
| 6,415
| 10.2
| 44.1
| 2.4
| 5.4
| 2.4
| 4.0
| 10.7
| 19.9
| 
| 62.0
| 36.9
|-
|align=left|[[2022 Swedish general election|2022]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resultat.val.se/val2022/RD/22/1862?r=S|title=Degerfors - Röster Val 2022|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 84.9
| 6,261
| 7.7
| 39.6
| 2.4
| 3.9
| 2.3
| 4.2
| 12.0
| 26.6
| 
| 53.6
| 45.0
|}

==Twin towns==
Degerfors two [[town twinning|twin towns]] with the year of its establishing:

#(1985) [[Oedheim]], [[Germany]] {{flagicon|Germany}}
#(1990) [[Ventspils district]], [[Latvia]] {{flagicon|Latvia}}

==See also==
*[[Vindeln Municipality]], [[Västerbotten County]], which up until 1969 had the same name.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.degerfors.se Degerfors Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Degerfors
 | N  = [[Karlskoga Municipality|Karlskoga]]
 | E  = [[Lekeberg Municipality|Lekeberg]]
 | S  = [[Laxå Municipality|Laxå]]
 | SW = [[Gullspång Municipality|Gullspång]] ([[Västra Götaland County|Västra Götaland]])
 | W  = [[Kristinehamn Municipality|Kristinehamn]] ([[Värmland County|Värmland]])
 | NW = [[Storfors Municipality|Storfors]] ([[Värmland County|Värmland]])
}}
{{Örebro County}}
{{Localities in Degerfors Municipality}}

{{authority control}}

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