Editing Leksand Municipality

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| name                    = Leksand Municipality
| native_name             = ''Leksands kommun''
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| footnotes               = Density is calculated using land area only.
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'''Leksand Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Leksands kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Dalarna County]] in central [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Leksand]].

In 1974 "old"  Leksand was amalgamated with ''Ål'' and reunited with ''Siljansnäs'' (which had been separated from it in 1875).

==Geography==
[[File:Leksandsbron.JPG|thumb|Bridge over [[Österdal River]]]]
The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (''[[Österdal River]]''), and the town is at the southern shore of lake [[Siljan (lake)|Siljan]].

The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich [[Dalarna]]. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.

===Localities===
[[File:Norsgatan.JPG|thumb|Norsgatan]]
* [[Alvik, Leksand|Alvik]]
* [[Djura]]
* [[Häradsbygden]]
* [[Insjön]]
* [[Leksand]] (seat)
* [[Siljansnäs]]
* [[Tällberg]]
* [[Västanvik]]

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Leksand 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=LeksandVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2029-leksand.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Leksand i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=LeksandVal2022/> 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % 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" |Edshult-Åkerö-Övermo
| 2,112
| 1,623
| 46.6
| 52.7
| 86
| 92
| 8
| 27,059
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Häradsbygden-Heden
| 1,949
| 1,585
| 47.9
| 51.0
| 88
| 95
| 5
| 25,129
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Insjön V - Ål-Kilen
| 1,235
| 941
| 40.1
| 57.7
| 79
| 84
| 16
| 23,468
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Insjön Ö
| 1,542
| 1,184
| 42.6
| 55.8
| 83
| 89
| 11
| 24,351
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Leksand V
| 2,284
| 1,753
| 44.8
| 54.2
| 82
| 84
| 16
| 26,457
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Leksand Ö
| 1,456
| 1,158
| 52.3
| 46.6
| 86
| 94
| 6
| 25,000
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Leksandsnoret
| 1,753
| 1,468
| 54.6
| 44.7
| 76
| 77
| 23
| 20,236
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Siljansnäs
| 1,858
| 1,496
| 46.4
| 51.8
| 83
| 92
| 8
| 23,005
| 41
|-
| align="left" |Tällberg
| 1,806
| 1,530
| 46.3
| 52.8
| 84
| 92
| 8
| 25,187
| 40
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=LeksandVal2022/>
|}

==Economy==
Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong:
*[[Clas Ohlson]] (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön)
* [[Leksandsbröd]] (Swedish crispbread)
* Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory)
*Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan)
* Leksands IF (Sport organization)
* Ejendals

In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.

== [[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>
| 89.5
| 8,329
| 1.9
| 36.5
| 
| 40.0
| 8.8
| 2.9
| 9.7
| 
| 
| 38.4
| 58.4
|-
|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>
| 90.7
| 8,977
| 2.0
| 35.2
| 
| 38.3
| 10.0
| 2.7
| 11.7
| 
| 
| 37.2
| 60.0
|-
|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>
| 89.7
| 7,202
| 2.5
| 35.6
| 
| 30.9
| 8.9
| 2.9
| 18.5
| 
| 
| 38.1
| 58.4
|-
|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>
| 90.3
| 9,522
| 2.5
| 37.6
| 1.9
| 27.7
| 5.4
| 3.5
| 21.3
| 
| 
| 40.2
| 54.5
|-
|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>
| 88.8
| 9,561
| 2.9
| 36.8
| 1.7
| 25.3
| 13.2
| 
| 19.9
| 
| 
| 39.8
| 58.5
|-
|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>
| 85.3
| 9,172
| 3.5
| 35.5
| 6.2
| 21.4
| 11.1
| 7.4
| 14.7
| 
| 
| 45.3
| 47.2
|-
|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>
| 85.7
| 9,690
| 3.1
| 31.9
| 3.4
| 15.1
| 8.2
| 11.8
| 18.2
| 
| 7.4
| 35.0
| 53.3
|-
|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>
| 86.3
| 9,994
| 5.4
| 38.6
| 7.6
| 13.0
| 5.9
| 7.7
| 20.2
| 
| 0.9
| 51.6
| 46.8
|-
|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>
| 82.3
| 9,584
| 11.7
| 30.8
| 6.1
| 8.9
| 2.8
| 18.1
| 19.3
| 
| 
| 48.6
| 49.2
|-
|align=left|[[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/20R/2029/2029.html|title=Leksand - summering|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 80.5
| 9,428
| 7.7
| 34.9
| 4.8
| 14.1
| 10.2
| 13.1
| 12.5
| 0.8
| 
| 47.4
| 49.9
|-
|align=left|[[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/20/29/roster.html|title=Leksand - Allmänna val 17 september 2006|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 82.9
| 9,834
| 4.8
| 31.3
| 4.9
| 13.6
| 5.0
| 10.5
| 16.6
| 2.9
| 
| 41.0
| 54.6
|-
|align=left|[[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/20/29/index.html|title=Leksand - Röster Val 2010|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 85.0
| 10,245
| 4.2
| 28.9
| 6.5
| 9.4
| 5.3
| 8.8
| 31.4
| 4.0
| 
| 39.6
| 54.9
|-
|align=left|[[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/20/29/index.html|title=Leksand - Röster Val 2014|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 87.5
| 10,584
| 4.9
| 29.4
| 5.8
| 10.0
| 3.8
| 7.4
| 23.7
| 11.8
| 
| 40.1
| 44.9
|-
|align=left|[[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/20/29/index.html|title=Leksand - Röster Val 2018|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 89.5
| 10,944
| 7.0
| 26.1
| 3.7
| 12.9
| 3.6
| 9.5
| 19.6
| 16.2
| 
| 49.7
| 48.9
|}

==Notability==
One of Sweden's most popular [[ice hockey]] teams is [[Leksands IF]]. [[NHL]] goalkeeper [[Johan Hedberg]] hails from Leksand.
In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand.
Along with [[Mora (locality)|Mora]], Leksand co-hosted the [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden}}
Leksand is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Vänorter och internationella partnerskap|url=https://www.leksand.se/medborgare/kommun-och-politik/internationellt-arbete/vanorter/|website=leksand.se|publisher=Leksands kommun|language=sv|access-date=2021-04-06}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Aurora, Ontario|Aurora]], Canada
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]], United States
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hørsholm Municipality|Hørsholm]], Denmark
*{{flagicon|EST}} [[Karksi-Nuia|Karksi-Nuia (Mulgi)]], Estonia
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Lillehammer]], Norway
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulainen]], Finland
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tōbetsu, Hokkaido|Tōbetsu]], Japan
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Leksand Municipality}}
*[http://www.leksand.se/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Leksand
 | N  = [[Rättvik Municipality|Rättvik]]
 | E  = [[Falun Municipality|Falun]]
 | SE = [[Borlänge Municipality|Borlänge]]
 | S  = [[Gagnef Municipality|Gagnef]]
 | SW = [[Vansbro Municipality|Vansbro]]
 | NW = [[Mora Municipality, Sweden|Mora]]
}}
{{Dalarna County}}
{{Localities in Leksand Municipality}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Dalarna County]]
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