Editing Halmstad Municipality

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'''Halmstad Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Halmstads kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Halland County]] on the [[Sweden|Swedish]] west coast, in which the [[Cities of Sweden|city]] [[Halmstad]] is the seat.

The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area. In 1967 the rural municipality ''Simlångsdalen'' (created in 1952) was amalgamated into the ''City of Halmstad''. The city was converted into a municipality of unitary type in 1971, but the seven surrounding municipalities were not merged into it until 1974.

==Politics==
Since the 2022 elections, the municipal government is controlled by a majority consisting of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]], [[Moderate Party|Moderates]] and [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]], with Social Democrat Stefan Pålsson as chairman of the [[Kommunstyrelse|municipal board]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Stefan Pålsson blir kommunstyrelsens ordförande: "Otroligt stort" |url=https://www.hallandsposten.se/nyheter/halmstad/stefan-p%C3%A5lsson-blir-kommunstyrelsens-ordf%C3%B6rande-otroligt-stort-1.83296137 |last=Thorsell |first=Tony |date=2022-10-15 |access-date=2023-02-27 |work=[[Hallandsposten]] |language=sv}}</ref>

===Municipal council===

The [[Municipal council (Sweden)|municipal council]] has 71 seats, with the governing majority holding a majority with 40 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://resultat.val.se/protokoll/protokoll_Val_20220911_1380_KF.pdf |title=Slutlig rösträkning och mandatfördelning – val till kommunfullmäktige |date=2022-09-22 |access-date=2023-02-27 |publisher=Halland County administrative board |language=sv}}</ref>

{{Parliament diagram
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 | n1 =  4 | p1 = Left Party (Sweden)
 | n2 = 22 | p2 = Swedish Social Democratic Party
 | n3 =  2 | p3 = Green Party (Sweden)
 | n4 = 4 | c4 = #FDB3C1 
 | n5 = 2 | c5 = #4A66DE
 | n6 =  5 | p6 = Centre Party (Sweden)
 | n7 =  3 | p7 = Liberals (Sweden)
 | n8 =  13 | p8 = Moderate Party
 | n9 =  5 | p9 = Christian Democrats (Sweden)
 | n10 =  11 | p10 = Sweden Democrats

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* {{Color box|{{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}}}} [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]] (4)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}}} [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]] (22)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Green Party (Sweden)}}}} [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]] (2)
* {{Color box|#FDB3C1}} Hjärta för Halmstad (4)
* {{Color box|#4A66DE}} Halmstads Lokala Parti (2)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}}} [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] (5)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}}}} [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberals]] (3)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Moderate Party}}}} [[Moderate Party]] (13)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}}}} [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]] (5)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Sweden Democrats}}}} [[Sweden Democrats]] (11)

== Localities ==
There are 21 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban areas]] (also called a ''tätort'' or locality) in Halmstad Municipality.

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

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Halmstad]]''' || 55,688
|-
| 2 || [[Oskarström]] || 4,011
|-
| 3 || [[Fyllinge]] || 2,830
|-
| 4 || [[Getinge]] || 1,885
|-
| 5 || [[Frösakull]] || 1,635
|-
| 6 || [[Trönninge, Halmstad|Trönninge]] || 1,555
|-
| 7 || [[Åled]] || 1,536
|-
| 8 || [[Harplinge]] || 1,454
|-
| 9 || [[Gullbrandstorp]] || 1,435
|-
| 10 || [[Haverdal]] || 1,401
|-
| 11 || [[Kvibille]] || 793
|-
| 12 || [[Steninge]] || 769
|-
| 13 || [[Gullbranna]] || 727
|-
| 14 || [[Eldsberga]] || 717
|-
| 15 || [[Villshärad]] || 628
|-
| 16 || [[Simlångsdalen]] || 577
|-
| 17 || [[Laxvik]] || 469
|-
| 18 || [[Holm, Halmstad|Holm]] || 462
|-
| 19 || [[Sennan, Halmstad|Sennan]] || 430
|-
| 20 || [[Tylösand]] || 387
|-
| 21 || [[Skedala]] || 355
|}

== Demographics ==
This is a demographic table based on Halmstad 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=HalmstadVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1380-halmstad.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Halmstad i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 104,409 residents, including 79,133 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=HalmstadVal2022/> 46.2% voted for the left coalition and 52.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! 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" |Andersberg N/V
| 2,394
| 1,136
| 67.9
| 24.5
| 56
| 13
| 87
| 14,909
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Andersberg S
| 2,606
| 1,573
| 69.1
| 23.4
| 55
| 18
| 82
| 14,043
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Bäckagård C
| 1,451
| 1,066
| 50.2
| 48.2
| 75
| 73
| 27
| 23,578
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Bäckagård N
| 1,733
| 1,280
| 42.4
| 57.1
| 91
| 89
| 11
| 30,587
| 60
|-
| align="left" |Bäckagård S
| 1,508
| 1,153
| 38.5
| 60.8
| 89
| 94
| 6
| 31,609
| 65
|-
| align="left" |Centrum N
| 1,232
| 1,104
| 42.3
| 56.3
| 83
| 81
| 19
| 23,967
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Centrum S
| 1,280
| 1,129
| 44.8
| 54.0
| 82
| 80
| 20
| 26,726
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Centrum V
| 1,424
| 1,227
| 47.7
| 50.5
| 81
| 72
| 28
| 25,647
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Centrum Ö-Gamletull
| 1,409
| 1,153
| 49.1
| 48.7
| 68
| 73
| 27
| 18,682
| 51
|-
| align="left" |Eldsberga-Tönnersjö
| 1,483
| 1,049
| 39.7
| 59.6
| 86
| 87
| 13
| 27,617
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Engelbrekt V
| 1,221
| 987
| 50.5
| 47.7
| 65
| 74
| 26
| 18,084
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Engelbrekt Ö
| 1,186
| 927
| 42.4
| 56.3
| 65
| 71
| 29
| 20,222
| 39
|-
| align="left" |Frennarp
| 1,517
| 1,138
| 53.5
| 45.9
| 89
| 87
| 13
| 29,137
| 53
|-
| align="left" |Frösakull V-Tylösand
| 1,274
| 1,134
| 20.7
| 79.0
| 75
| 91
| 9
| 31,661
| 55
|-
| align="left" |Frösakull Ö
| 1,485
| 1,211
| 31.2
| 68.2
| 83
| 91
| 9
| 30,103
| 58
|-
| align="left" |Furet
| 1,623
| 1,204
| 48.1
| 50.9
| 86
| 83
| 17
| 30,348
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Fyllinge N/Ö
| 1,623
| 1,309
| 50.8
| 47.4
| 82
| 60
| 40
| 27,333
| 43
|-
| align="left" |Fyllinge S/V
| 1,725
| 1,258
| 55.2
| 42.7
| 75
| 60
| 40
| 24,790
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Galgberget V
| 1,319
| 1,113
| 37.3
| 62.1
| 83
| 79
| 21
| 28,705
| 55
|-
| align="left" |Galgberget Ö
| 1,527
| 1,230
| 46.3
| 51.3
| 80
| 76
| 24
| 26,260
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Gamletull N/Ö
| 1,620
| 1,329
| 48.1
| 49.2
| 80
| 72
| 28
| 23,089
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Gamletull V
| 1,629
| 1,454
| 43.8
| 55.1
| 84
| 84
| 16
| 29,237
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Getinge N
| 1,382
| 975
| 46.5
| 52.7
| 81
| 81
| 19
| 25,550
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Getinge S-Rävinge
| 1,365
| 993
| 47.4
| 51.5
| 87
| 87
| 13
| 25,685
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Gullbrandstorp N
| 1,458
| 1,055
| 41.5
| 57.7
| 90
| 93
| 7
| 31,244
| 54
|-
| align="left" |Gullbrandstorp S
| 1,480
| 1,181
| 40.2
| 58.8
| 87
| 92
| 8
| 27,667
| 54
|-
| align="left" |Gullbranna-Laxvik
| 1,321
| 1,051
| 37.9
| 61.2
| 87
| 88
| 12
| 28,394
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Gustavsfält N
| 1,341
| 989
| 57.3
| 39.8
| 74
| 41
| 59
| 23,054
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Gustavsfält S
| 1,450
| 950
| 59.1
| 37.4
| 66
| 34
| 66
| 18,750
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Harplinge
| 2,080
| 1,518
| 47.4
| 51.5
| 88
| 91
| 9
| 28,341
| 48
|-
| align="left" |Haverdal
| 1,870
| 1,571
| 43.0
| 56.2
| 83
| 92
| 8
| 29,203
| 57
|-
| align="left" |Holm-Vapnö
| 1,423
| 916
| 38.9
| 60.8
| 88
| 86
| 14
| 29,207
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Kattegatt Ö
| 1,341
| 1,128
| 47.0
| 52.3
| 80
| 81
| 19
| 28,026
| 50
|-
| align="left" |Kvibille-Slättåkra
| 1,753
| 1,314
| 39.4
| 59.3
| 87
| 91
| 9
| 26,918
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Kärleken-Sofieberg V
| 1,696
| 1,236
| 46.3
| 52.7
| 88
| 87
| 13
| 30,281
| 54
|-
| align="left" |Kärleken-Sofieberg Ö
| 1,446
| 1,099
| 48.4
| 50.6
| 87
| 86
| 14
| 29,206
| 53
|-
| align="left" |Linehed N
| 1,508
| 1,324
| 52.7
| 45.6
| 77
| 47
| 53
| 22,272
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Linehed S
| 1,603
| 1,089
| 63.6
| 32.7
| 56
| 29
| 71
| 15,919
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Mickedala
| 1,666
| 1,272
| 49.6
| 49.6
| 82
| 87
| 13
| 30,951
| 62
|-
| align="left" |Nyatorp N
| 1,713
| 1,348
| 45.5
| 52.8
| 79
| 72
| 28
| 24,985
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Nyatorp S
| 1,443
| 1,124
| 43.7
| 54.1
| 72
| 64
| 36
| 21,400
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Nyhem S
| 1,754
| 1,264
| 49.2
| 47.9
| 57
| 55
| 45
| 13,621
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Nyhem V
| 1,752
| 1,289
| 53.4
| 44.8
| 74
| 57
| 43
| 22,129
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Nyhem Ö
| 1,722
| 1,251
| 58.8
| 37.3
| 58
| 46
| 54
| 16,424
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Oskarström N
| 1,603
| 1,116
| 46.1
| 52.3
| 80
| 75
| 25
| 24,570
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Oskarström S/V
| 1,592
| 1,050
| 46.2
| 51.7
| 73
| 67
| 33
| 21,315
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Oskarström Ö
| 1,792
| 1,322
| 45.1
| 54.3
| 85
| 83
| 17
| 25,927
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Rotorp N
| 1,576
| 1,329
| 54.3
| 44.3
| 75
| 77
| 23
| 26,030
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Rotorp S-Alet
| 1,383
| 1,097
| 48.7
| 49.7
| 83
| 87
| 13
| 29,857
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Simlångsdalen
| 1,610
| 1,234
| 41.3
| 58.1
| 88
| 90
| 10
| 26,287
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Skedala-Marbäck
| 1,442
| 1,154
| 36.7
| 62.6
| 89
| 90
| 10
| 29,346
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Slottsjord-Kattegatt V
| 1,253
| 1,079
| 46.5
| 52.2
| 76
| 78
| 22
| 23,965
| 48
|-
| align="left" |Snöstorp S/V
| 1,891
| 1,385
| 47.3
| 52.1
| 87
| 74
| 26
| 29,402
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Snöstorp Ö-Brogård
| 1,630
| 1,202
| 49.1
| 49.7
| 87
| 81
| 19
| 28,642
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Stenhuggeriet
| 1,391
| 1,108
| 36.3
| 63.4
| 85
| 91
| 9
| 33,849
| 58
|-
| align="left" |Steninge-Särdal
| 1,400
| 1,099
| 45.6
| 53.5
| 87
| 91
| 9
| 30,903
| 62
|-
| align="left" |Söndrum C
| 1,343
| 1,091
| 39.3
| 60.2
| 89
| 91
| 9
| 30,697
| 58
|-
| align="left" |Söndrum N
| 1,699
| 1,245
| 36.5
| 63.1
| 89
| 90
| 10
| 31,322
| 58
|-
| align="left" |Söndrum S-Eketånga
| 1,464
| 1,124
| 39.4
| 59.7
| 87
| 89
| 11
| 32,915
| 65
|-
| align="left" |Trönninge
| 1,871
| 1,356
| 40.2
| 58.5
| 85
| 83
| 17
| 28,171
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Vallås N
| 1,672
| 1,309
| 57.7
| 39.7
| 72
| 61
| 39
| 19,496
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Vallås S
| 1,571
| 1,157
| 58.5
| 40.5
| 71
| 54
| 46
| 20,129
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Vallås V
| 1,724
| 1,186
| 61.3
| 34.8
| 56
| 48
| 52
| 16,381
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Vallås Ö
| 1,678
| 1,289
| 54.0
| 44.6
| 79
| 67
| 33
| 24,257
| 39
|-
| align="left" |Åled V
| 1,396
| 1,007
| 43.8
| 55.6
| 88
| 90
| 10
| 28,927
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Åled Ö-Sennan
| 1,292
| 970
| 40.4
| 59.0
| 84
| 86
| 14
| 25,776
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Östra Förstaden
| 1,300
| 1,123
| 46.1
| 52.4
| 79
| 78
| 22
| 25,674
| 50
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=HalmstadVal2022/>
|}

==Twin towns – sister cities==
Halmstad is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref name=twins>{{cite web|title=Vänorter|url=https://www.halmstad.se/kommunochpolitik/internationelltochregionaltsamarbete/vanorter.n2401.html|publisher=Halmstad kommun|language=sv|access-date=2025-01-21}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Gentofte Municipality|Gentofte]], Denmark
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Hanko, Finland|Hanko]], Finland
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Nikopol, Ukraine|Nikopol]], Ukraine
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Stord Municipality|Stord]], Norway

In addition to its twin towns, Halmstad Municipality also cooperates with [[Asti]] in Italy and [[Moshi, Tanzania|Moshi]] in Tanzania.<ref name=twins/>

== See also ==
*[[University College of Halmstad]]
*[[Hallandsposten]]
*[[Swedish Army]]
*[[Swedish Air Force]]

== References ==
<references/>
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Halmstad
 | N  = [[Falkenberg Municipality|Falkenberg]], [[Hylte Municipality|Hylte]]
 | E  = [[Ljungby Municipality|Ljungby]] ([[Kronoberg County|Kronoberg]])
 | S  = [[Laholm Municipality|Laholm]]
 | SW = ''[[Laholm Bay]]''
 | W  = ''[[Kattegat]]''
}}
{{Halland County}}
{{Localities in Halmstad Municipality}}
{{authority control}}

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