Editing Munkfors Municipality

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'''Munkfors Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Munkfors kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Värmland County]] in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of [[Munkfors]].

In 1952 the rural municipality Ransäter got the title of a market town (''[[köping]]'') and the name Munkfors after its only built-up locality. With the local government reform of 1971 it became a municipality of unitary type without addition of territory. The municipality is today the 9th smallest by population in Sweden.

In [[Ransäter]] lies the Geijer School, in honour of author [[Erik Gustaf Geijer]] (1783–1843), who was born at the Ransäter farm. A second notable Ransäter native was [[Tage Erlander]] (1901–1985), who was [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] 1946–1969.

The municipality has one [[town twinning|sister city]]: [[Lindsborg, Kansas]], US

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Munkfors 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=MunkforsVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1762-munkfors.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Munkfors i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 3,679 residents, including 2,714 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=MunkforsVal2022/> 56.8% voted for the left coalition and 42.0% 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" |Munkfors C
| 1,914
| 1,467
| 61.5
| 37.1
| 73
| 83
| 17
| 20,124
| 18
|-
| align="left" |Munkfors S
| 612
| 432
| 56.9
| 42.2
| 75
| 85
| 15
| 23,453
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Munkfors V
| 1,153
| 815
| 48.4
| 50.8
| 81
| 84
| 16
| 25,469
| 19
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=MunkforsVal2022/>
|}

==Elections==

===Riksdag===
These are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the [[Sweden Democrats]] were not published by [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! 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|M]]
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! [[New Democracy (Sweden)|ND]]
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 166)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 94.6
| 3,933
| 4.7
| 67.7
| 0.0
| 15.5
| 6.3
| 1.0
| 4.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 161)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 94.4
| 3,978
| 3.6
| 67.1
| 0.0
| 15.8
| 7.0
| 0.6
| 5.7
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 185)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 94.2
| 3,871
| 4.8
| 67.4
| 0.0
| 13.7
| 5.3
| 0.5
| 8.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 186)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 93.5
| 3,758
| 4.7
| 69.3
| 1.1
| 11.7
| 3.5
| 0.8
| 8.8
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 187)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 90.6
| 3,599
| 4.9
| 68.7
| 0.9
| 9.4
| 7.8
| 0.0
| 8.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 167)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 88.8
| 3,412
| 5.5
| 68.9
| 2.8
| 9.8
| 5.9
| 1.2
| 5.6
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 29)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 88.2
| 3,326
| 6.1
| 63.0
| 1.6
| 8.7
| 5.4
| 3.2
| 7.8
| 0.0
| 3.5
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 43)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 88.2
| 3,275
| 7.7
| 67.3
| 2.2
| 7.3
| 4.3
| 1.8
| 8.0
| 0.0
| 0.6
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/Grupp/Hitta_statistik/Historisk_statistik/_Dokument/Valstatistiken/Valstatistik%20Allmanna%20valen%201998%20Del%201%20Riksdagen.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 81.3
| 2,798
| 16.4
| 57.1
| 2.3
| 5.7
| 2.9
| 6.1
| 8.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/17R/1762/1762.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 80.4
| 2,576
| 9.6
| 59.2
| 2.9
| 8.5
| 6.9
| 4.1
| 6.1
| 1.8
| 0.0
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/17/62/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 80.7
| 2,492
| 9.1
| 55.8
| 2.4
| 9.7
| 5.5
| 2.7
| 9.5
| 3.2
| 0.0
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/17/62/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 83.9
| 2,484
| 6.6
| 56.1
| 2.6
| 7.3
| 5.9
| 2.9
| 11.8
| 4.9
| 0.0
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/17/62/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=23 August 2017}}</ref>
| 85.1
| 2,463
| 4.6
| 58.1
| 2.1
| 6.2
| 3.5
| 2.0
| 9.7
| 11.4
| 0.0
|-
| [[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/17/62/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2018|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref>
| 85.1
| 2,340
| 6.1
| 52.2
| 1.4
| 8.1
| 2.9
| 3.9
| 8.3
| 15.4
| 0.0
|-
|[[2022 Swedish general election|2022]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/valresultat2022/#munkfors-kommun-riksdagsvalet|title=Valresultat Riksdag Munkfors kommun 2022|work=Aftonbladet|language=sv|accessdate=26 November 2022}}</ref>
| 84.1
| 2,281
| 5.1
| 44.0
| 2.1
| 5.6
| 2.4
| 4.4
| 10.3
| 24.9
| 0.0
|}

'''Blocs'''

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! Left
! Right
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! Other
! Elected
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]
| 94.6
| 3,933
| '''72.4'''
| 26.0
| 0.0
| 1.6
| 98.4
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]
| 94.4
| 3,978
| 70.7
| '''28.5'''
| 0.0
| 0.8
| 99.2
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]
| 94.2
| 3,871
| 72.2
| '''27.0'''
| 0.0
| 0.8
| 99.2
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]
| 93.5
| 3,758
| '''74.0'''
| 24.0
| 0.0
| 2.0
| 98.0
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]
| 90.6
| 3,599
| '''73.6'''
| 25.3
| 0.0
| 1.1
| 98.9
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]
| 88.8
| 3,412
| '''77.2'''
| 21.3
| 0.0
| 1.5
| 98.5
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]
| 88.2
| 3,326
| 69.1
| '''25.1'''
| 0.0
| 5.8
| 97.4
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]
| 88.2
| 3,275
| '''77.2'''
| 21.4
| 0.0
| 1.4
| 98.6
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]
| 81.3
| 2,798
| '''75.8'''
| 22.8
| 0.0
| 1.4
| 98.6
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]
| 80.4
| 2,576
| '''71.7'''
| 25.6
| 0.0
| 2.7
| 97.3
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]
| 80.7
| 2,492
| 67.3
| '''27.4'''
| 0.0
| 5.3
| 94.7
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]
| 83.9
| 2,484
| 65.3
| '''27.9'''
| 4.9
| 1.9
| 98.1
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]
| 85.1
| 2,463
| '''64.8'''
| 21.4
| 11.4
| 2.4
| 97.6
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.munkfors.se Munkfors Municipality] – Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Munkfors
 | N = [[Hagfors Municipality|Hagfors]]
 | E = [[Hagfors Municipality|Hagfors]]
 | S = [[Forshaga Municipality|Forshaga]]
 | W = [[Sunne Municipality|Sunne]]
}}
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