Editing Emmaboda Municipality

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'''Emmaboda Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Emmaboda kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Kalmar County]], in south-eastern [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town [[Emmaboda]].

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (''[[köping]]'') of Emmaboda (itself instituted in 1930) was amalgamated with three surrounding rural municipalities.

==Geography==
The municipality borders to the municipalities of [[Nybro Municipality|Nybro]], [[Kalmar Municipality|Kalmar]] and [[Torsås Municipality|Torsås]] in Kalmar County; to [[Karlskrona Municipality|Karlskrona]] and [[Ronneby Municipality|Ronneby]] in [[Blekinge County]]; and [[Tingsryd Municipality|Tingsryd]] and [[Lessebo Municipality|Lessebo]] in [[Kronoberg County]]. The nearest [[cities in Sweden|cities]] in its vicinity are [[Kalmar]] (pop. 35,170), [[Karlskrona]] (pop. 32,606), [[Växjö]] (pop. 55,600), and [[Nybro]] (pop. 12,598).

It is part of [[Glasriket]], ''The Realm of Glass'', where people have been producing glass products at least since the 17th century, and transported them to the rest of Sweden. The [[Glassblowing|glassworks]] in Emmaboda municipality are mainly ''[[Johansfors Glasbruk|Johansfors]]'', ''Åfors'' and ''Boda'', the latter being one part of the supplier for the glass sculptor [[Kosta Boda]].

Those interested in nature activities will find many opportunities of fishing in the many lakes and streams stretching through the municipality.

===Localities===
There are 6 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a ''tätort'' or locality) in Emmaboda Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Emmaboda]]''' || 4,968
|-
| 2 || [[Vissefjärda]] || 673
|-
| 3 || [[Johansfors]] || 458
|-
| 4 || [[Långasjö]] || 340
|-
| 5 || [[Eriksmåla]] || 238
|-
| 6 || [[Boda glasbruk]] || 201
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Emmaboda 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=EmmabodaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0862-emmaboda.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Emmaboda i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 9,300 residents, including 6,884 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=EmmabodaVal2022/> 47.3% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% 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;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
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|-
| align="left" |Algutsboda
| 1,619
| 1,188
| 40.7
| 57.7
| 78
| 78
| 22
| 21,509
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Emmaboda N
| 1,676
| 1,306
| 51.9
| 47.4
| 82
| 75
| 25
| 26,081
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Emmaboda S
| 2,205
| 1,517
| 55.1
| 43.1
| 64
| 58
| 42
| 19,295
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Lindås
| 1,592
| 1,183
| 43.8
| 55.1
| 79
| 83
| 17
| 25,035
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Långasjö
| 850
| 670
| 43.1
| 55.9
| 84
| 91
| 9
| 24,667
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Vissefjärda
| 1,358
| 1,020
| 45.9
| 52.3
| 82
| 87
| 13
| 23,385
| 33
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=EmmabodaVal2022/>
|}

==Culture==
''[[The Emigrants (novels)|The Emigrants]]'', the works about the [[Swedish emigration to North America]], written by [[Vilhelm Moberg]] that have spread around the world have put a focus on many places in the municipality mentioned in the novels. Moberg himself was born on a farm just north-west of the town Emmaboda in 1898, where a monument stone now stands since 1970. Nearby is also a small museum about the author. [[:sv:Duvemåla|Duvemåla]], the village where Karl Oskar and Kristina, the fictional main characters of the novels live, is also located in the municipality.

Historically, the dense forests in this area were a centre for [[Nils Dacke]]'s rebellion fights against King [[Gustav Vasa]] in the 16th century, causing the king great troubles for a while, until he sent down troops gathered from the other [[provinces of Sweden]]. Naturally, the area today contains several remains and [[folk museum]]s in honour of this time.

Every year in August, Emmaboda hosts a music festival called [[:sv:Emmabodafestivalen|Emmabodafestivalen]]. The festival bill consists of various [[Independent music|indie]] acts, mostly Swedish. In 2006 acts like [[José González (singer)|José González]] and [[Hello Saferide]] played. [[The Magic Numbers]] were scheduled to play, but were held up at an airport and could not make it.

==Industry==
The largest employer is [[:sv:ITT Water & Wastewater|ITT Water & Wastewater]], with a world-wide reputation for their [[submersible pump]]s and mixers for [[waste water treatment]] and pumping (mining, construction, municipal and industrial markets), with some 1,400 employees in the municipality.

==Sister cities==
Emmaboda has seven [[sister cities]]; of these the municipality only has regular contact with the two listed at the bottom:

*[[Jeppo (village)|Jeppo]], [[Finland]]
*[[Kvam]], [[Norway]]
*[[Jyderup]], [[Denmark]]
*[[Lefkada]], [[Greece]]
*[[Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast|Pionersky]], [[Kaliningrad]], [[Russia]]
*[[Bartoszyce]], [[Poland]]
*[[North Bay, Ontario|North Bay]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.emmaboda.se/ Emmaboda Municipality] - Official site
*[http://www.glasriket.se/ Glasriket] - Tourism page, in Swedish, English and German
*[http://www.emmabodafestivalen.se Emmabodafestivalen]
*[http://www.ittwww.com/ ITT Water & Wastewater] 

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Emmaboda
 | N  = [[Nybro Municipality|Nybro]]
 | E  = [[Kalmar Municipality|Kalmar]]<br/>[[Torsås Municipality|Torsås]]
 | SE = [[Karlskrona Municipality|Karlskrona]] ([[Blekinge County|Blekinge]])
 | SW = [[Ronneby Municipality|Ronneby]] ([[Blekinge County|Blekinge]])
 | W  = [[Lessebo Municipality|Lessebo]] ([[Kronoberg County|Kronoberg]])<br/>[[Tingsryd Municipality|Tingsryd]] ([[Kronoberg County|Kronoberg]])
}}
{{Kalmar County}}
{{Localities in Emmaboda Municipality}}
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