Editing Ludvika Municipality

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| name                    = Ludvika Municipality
| native_name             = ''Ludvika kommun''<!-- If different from name -->
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Dalarna County]]
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| seat                    = [[Ludvika]]
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| blank1_name_sec1        = [[Kommunkod|Municipal code]]
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| footnotes               = Density is calculated using land area only.
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'''Ludvika Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Ludvika kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Dalarna County]], central [[Sweden]]. It has its seat in the town of [[Ludvika]].

In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

== Localities ==
Figures as of 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ludvika.se/kortafakta/folkmangd.html |title=Korta fakta om folkmängd |website=www.ludvika.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050904220229/http://www.ludvika.se/kortafakta/folkmangd.html |archive-date=4 September 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

#[[Ludvika]] 13,724
#[[Grängesberg]] 3,356
#[[Sunnansjö]] 758
#[[Saxdalen]] 752
#[[Fredriksberg, Sweden|Fredriksberg]] 741
#[[Nyhammar]] 682
#[[Sörvik]] 540
#[[Blötberget]] 529
#[[Persbo/Gräsberg]] 459
#[[Gonäs]] 432
#[[Landforsen/Håksberg]] 438
#[[Grangärde]] 374
* Other/countryside 2,967

== Economy ==
These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ludvika.se/kortafakta/naringsliv.html |title=Korta fakta om näringsliv |website=www.ludvika.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908123837/http://www.ludvika.se/kortafakta/naringsliv.html |archive-date=8 September 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Hitachi|Hitachi ABB Power Grids]] 2,400
# County medical facilities 600
# [[Spendrups]] brewery  285
# VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
# RSV Tax Office 110
# Samhall-gruppen 80
# GIA Industri AB 75
# Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
# Connex Sverige AB 70
# [[Seco Tools AB]] 70
# ISS Cleaning 60

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Ludvika 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=LudvikaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2085-ludvika.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Ludvika i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=LudvikaVal2022/> 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % 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" |Björkås-Stallbacken
| 1,971
| 1,542
| 42.0
| 56.7
| 76
| 87
| 13
| 24,444
| 20
|-
| align="left" |Blötberget-Gonäs
| 1,144
| 884
| 41.9
| 57.1
| 78
| 90
| 10
| 25,559
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Fredriksberg
| 753
| 599
| 65.0
| 32.8
| 74
| 83
| 17
| 20,190
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Högberget
| 1,597
| 1,070
| 52.6
| 46.4
| 77
| 70
| 30
| 26,692
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Knutsbo
| 1,858
| 1,338
| 48.8
| 50.5
| 90
| 82
| 18
| 31,600
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Kyrkbyn-Nyhammar
| 1,783
| 1,430
| 47.9
| 50.4
| 80
| 90
| 10
| 23,048
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Lorentsberga
| 1,765
| 1,334
| 51.3
| 47.9
| 86
| 83
| 17
| 28,276
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Ludvika gård
| 2,065
| 1,319
| 55.4
| 43.0
| 64
| 59
| 41
| 19,595
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Ludvika Ulrika
| 2,266
| 1,664
| 49.0
| 50.3
| 73
| 71
| 29
| 22,487
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Magneten
| 1,397
| 989
| 48.0
| 51.2
| 77
| 66
| 34
| 26,360
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Marnäs
| 2,065
| 1,601
| 52.4
| 46.3
| 69
| 68
| 32
| 21,042
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Näset
| 2,188
| 1,393
| 61.1
| 36.7
| 53
| 49
| 51
| 16,501
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Sunnansjö-Saxdalen
| 1,929
| 1,561
| 40.0
| 58.6
| 81
| 92
| 8
| 23,389
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Sörvik-Håksberg
| 2,072
| 1,610
| 43.8
| 54.9
| 88
| 90
| 10
| 29,261
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Öraberget
| 1,588
| 1,276
| 46.2
| 50.9
| 76
| 84
| 16
| 22,523
| 17
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=LudvikaVal2022/>
|}

== [[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>
| 89.0
| 21,040
| 9.3
| 56.6
| 
| 20.5
| 5.1
| 1.2
| 6.8
| 
| 
| 65.8
| 32.4
|-
|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>
| 90.4
| 22,021
| 7.8
| 57.4
| 
| 19.5
| 6.3
| 0.9
| 7.7
| 
| 
| 65.2
| 33.5
|-
|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>
| 90.1
| 21,727
| 8.7
| 59.1
| 
| 13.2
| 6.3
| 1.1
| 10.9
| 
| 
| 67.7
| 30.5
|-
|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>
| 91.1
| 21,687
| 8.2
| 61.7
| 1.7
| 11.1
| 3.5
| 1.0
| 12.6
| 
| 
| 70.0
| 27.2
|-
|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>
| 89.3
| 20,718
| 8.9
| 59.5
| 1.7
| 8.5
| 9.3
| 
| 12.0
| 
| 
| 68.4
| 29.8
|-
|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>
| 84.9
| 19,133
| 9.4
| 57.4
| 5.4
| 8.3
| 7.7
| 2.2
| 9.5
| 
| 
| 72.1
| 25.5
|-
|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>
| 85.0
| 18,880
| 6.7
| 53.5
| 2.6
| 6.2
| 6.1
| 5.2
| 12.1
| 
| 6.6
| 60.1
| 29.5
|-
|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>
| 86.1
| 18,636
| 9.5
| 60.1
| 4.8
| 4.9
| 4.6
| 2.4
| 12.1
| 
| 1.0
| 74.4
| 24.0
|-
|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>
| 80.4
| 16,620
| 20.8
| 46.7
| 3.6
| 2.7
| 2.7
| 8.5
| 13.1
| 
| 
| 71.1
| 27.0
|-
|align=left|[[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/20R/2085/2085.html|title=Ludvika - summering|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 77.5
| 15,521
| 13.2
| 53.9
| 3.9
| 4.6
| 7.7
| 5.9
| 8.9
| 1.1
| 
| 71.0
| 27.1
|-
|align=left|[[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/20/85/roster.html|title=Ludvika - Allmänna val 17 september 2006|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 79.2
| 15,656
| 10.0
| 49.2
| 3.2
| 6.1
| 4.4
| 4.0
| 16.6
| 2.9
| 
| 62.4
| 31.1
|-
|align=left|[[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/20/85/index.html|title=Ludvika - Röster Val 2010|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 82.7
| 16,552
| 8.2
| 45.1
| 5.1
| 3.9
| 5.0
| 3.3
| 20.7
| 7.6
| 
| 58.4
| 32.9
|-
|align=left|[[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/20/85/index.html|title=Ludvika - Röster Val 2014|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 85.5
| 16,841
| 7.6
| 40.6
| 4.6
| 4.1
| 3.1
| 2.4
| 15.4
| 20.0
| 
| 52.9
| 25.0
|-
|align=left|[[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/20/85/index.html|title=Ludvika - Röster Val 2018|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 87.1
| 16,868
| 8.3
| 35.4
| 2.9
| 6.6
| 3.5
| 4.5
| 14.1
| 23.2
| 
| 53.1
| 45.3
|-
|align=left|[[2022 Swedish general election|2022]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resultat.val.se/val2022/RD/24/2085?r=S|title=Valpresentation 2022 - Slutligt valresultat - Ludvika|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 84.3
| 16,327
| 6.2
| 35.2
| 2.8
| 4.6
| 2.9
| 4.7
| 14.1
| 28.1
| 
| 48.8
| 49.8
|}

== Twin Towns & Sister cities ==
Ludvika has three twin towns:
*[[Bad Honnef]], [[Germany]] {{flagicon|Germany}} [[File:DEU Bad Honnef COA.svg|15px]]
*[[Imatra]], [[Finland]] {{flagicon|Finland}} [[File:Imatra.vaakuna.svg|15px]]<ref>{{cite web|title=City Twins|url=http://www.imatra.fi/|publisher=Imatra|accessdate=4 May 2014}}</ref> 
*[[Kontiolahti]], [[Finland]] {{flagicon|Finland}} [[File:Kontiolahti.vaakuna.svg|15px]]

== Sports ==

Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The [[soccer]] teams "Östansbo IS" (ÖIS), "[[Ludvika FK]]" (LFK, male) and "IFK Ludvika" (female) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an [[ice-hockey]] team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include [[ping-pong]] teams as well as other sports.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.ludvika.se Ludvika] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Ludvika
 | N  = [[Vansbro Municipality|Vansbro]], [[Gagnef Municipality|Gagnef]]
 | NE = [[Borlänge Municipality|Borlänge]]
 | E  = [[Säter Municipality|Säter]]<br />[[Smedjebacken Municipality|Smedjebacken]]
 | S  = [[Hällefors Municipality|Hällefors]] ([[Örebro County|Örebro]]), [[Ljusnarsberg Municipality|Ljusnarsberg]] ([[Örebro County|Örebro]])
 | W  = [[Filipstad Municipality|Filipstad]] ([[Värmland County|Värmland]])
}}
{{Dalarna County}}
{{Localities in Ludvika Municipality}}

{{authority control}}

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