Editing Surahammar Municipality

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

The municipality is located some 100&nbsp;km west of [[Stockholm]] in the southern part of the mineral-rich [[Bergslagen]] region.

The municipality was formed in 1963 through the amalgamation of ''Ramnäs'' and ''Sura''.

== Localities ==
* [[Ramnäs]]
* [[Surahammar]] (seat)
* [[Virsbo]]

== History ==
[[Steelmaking]] in this municipality was started on a larger scale in the 16th and 17th centuries when [[forge]]s were built there. It was a new phenomenon to run forge mills separate from mining and [[pig iron]] production sites in [[Bergslagen]]. The mills were located in Virsbo, Ramnäs and Surahammar and pig iron was transported from mills further north, initially by horse-sledges in the winter. There was ample local supply of [[hydropower]] to run the forge hammers and timber to make charcoal. Later, when [[Strömsholm Canal]] was finished, it was used to ship finished products to [[Västerås]] and [[Stockholm]] for export. This [[restructuring]] process appears to have been driven by the need to secure access to hydropower and timber for the forges since both the [[mining|mines]] and [[blast furnaces]] used up considerable amounts of resources in the production of pig iron.

Over time, the mills specialised and in Ramnäs the key product became iron chains – in modern days for the off-shore industry – and in Surahammar wheel-sets for the rail road industry and electro steels, both with [[Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget|ASEA]] as a major customer.

In Surahammar, Gustaf Eriksson developed the first combustion-engine automobile built in Sweden in 1897. It formed the basis for a new Swedish industry that was located in [[Södertälje]] under the name of Vagnfabriks-Aktiebolaget i Södertelge (renamed in 1906 to [[Vabis]] that later merged with [[Scania AB]]).

Today, the mills in Virsbo, Ramnäs and Surahammar have been transformed into modern industries with international owners.

== Economy ==
Industry in Surahammar includes:
* Surahammars Bruk AB - electrical steels
* [[Adtranz]] Wheelset AB - [[Wheelset (railroad)|wheelsets]] for the railroad industry
* Metso Powdermet
* Scana Ramnäs AB
* Uponor Wirsbo AB
* Ruukki Sverige AB, Virsbo

== Tourism ==
The [[Strömsholm Canal]] has been restored and is a popular route for small yachts. One can navigate from [[Strömsholm Palace]], one of the [[Royal Palaces in Sweden]] at lake [[Mälaren]] to [[Fagersta]] and [[Smedjebacken]] through several [[lock (water transport)|canal locks]] and lakes, a total distance of 100&nbsp;km.

[[Ecomuseum Bergslagen]] gives an in-depth view of how the early industrialization evolved in the Bergslagen region. It consists of some 40 sites.

== Demographics ==
This is a demographic table based on Surahammar 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=SurahammarVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1907-surahammar.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Surahammar i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 10,073 residents, including 7,495 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SurahammarVal2022/> 44.4% voted for the left coalition and 54.6% 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" |Bruket-Landsbygd
| 1,683
| 1,204
| 37.9
| 60.9
| 83
| 80
| 20
| 26,967
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Dalskogen
| 1,992
| 1,477
| 50.6
| 48.8
| 75
| 66
| 34
| 21,940
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Ramnäs
| 1,633
| 1,222
| 48.1
| 50.7
| 78
| 73
| 27
| 23,415
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Skogslund
| 1,625
| 1,251
| 46.2
| 52.7
| 82
| 75
| 25
| 25,162
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Stavtorpet
| 1,696
| 1,213
| 41.7
| 57.3
| 87
| 79
| 21
| 27,554
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Virsbo
| 1,444
| 1,128
| 42.0
| 57.0
| 75
| 65
| 35
| 22,561
| 17
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=SurahammarVal2022/>
|}

== [[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>
| 93.9
| 6,080
| 7.6
| 65.4
| 
| 15.1
| 5.0
| 1.3
| 5.2
| 
| 
| 73.0
| 25.3
|-
|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>
| 94.4
| 6,421
| 6.0
| 65.1
| 
| 14.1
| 7.0
| 0.8
| 6.6
| 
| 
| 71.1
| 27.6
|-
|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>
| 93.6
| 6,739
| 5.8
| 64.8
| 
| 10.5
| 7.6
| 0.7
| 9.3
| 
| 
| 70.6
| 27.4
|-
|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>
| 93.9
| 6,913
| 6.2
| 68.1
| 0.9
| 8.4
| 4.0
| 1.3
| 11.0
| 
| 
| 74.3
| 23.4
|-
|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>
| 91.6
| 6,884
| 6.9
| 65.5
| 1.0
| 6.6
| 9.8
| 
| 10.1
| 
| 
| 72.4
| 26.5
|-
|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>
| 86.5
| 6,601
| 8.1
| 64.2
| 3.7
| 5.2
| 8.6
| 1.9
| 7.9
| 
| 
| 76.0
| 21.7
|-
|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>
| 86.3
| 6,658
| 6.2
| 58.3
| 2.3
| 3.7
| 6.5
| 4.6
| 10.7
| 
| 7.1
| 64.5
| 25.5
|-
|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>
| 87.6
| 6,738
| 9.4
| 62.7
| 4.1
| 3.2
| 5.1
| 2.2
| 10.9
| 
| 1.4
| 76.2
| 21.3
|-
|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>
| 80.3
| 5,949
| 18.2
| 51.7
| 3.6
| 2.7
| 3.5
| 7.5
| 11.8
| 
| 
| 73.4
| 25.4
|-
|align=left|[[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/19R/1907/1907.html|title=Surahammar - summering|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 77.8
| 5,604
| 11.5
| 57.8
| 3.5
| 3.8
| 8.7
| 5.6
| 7.2
| 0.9
| 
| 72.9
| 25.3
|-
|align=left|[[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/19/07/roster.html|title=Surahammar - Allmänna val 17 september 2006|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 78.3
| 5,664
| 8.4
| 54.0
| 3.1
| 4.8
| 5.9
| 4.2
| 14.4
| 2.5
| 
| 65.4
| 29.3
|-
|align=left|[[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/19/07/index.html|title=Surahammar - Röster Val 2010|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 83.5
| 6,159
| 7.9
| 49.1
| 4.1
| 2.8
| 5.7
| 2.9
| 19.4
| 7.0
| 
| 61.1
| 30.7
|-
|align=left|[[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/19/07/index.html|title=Surahammar - Röster Val 2014|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 84.5
| 6,245
| 7.2
| 45.4
| 3.4
| 3.7
| 3.4
| 2.3
| 13.6
| 18.4
| 
| 56.0
| 23.0
|-
|align=left|[[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historik.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/19/07/index.html|title=Surahammar - Röster Val 2018|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 85.1
| 6,241
| 8.2
| 36.4
| 1.9
| 4.0
| 3.4
| 4.2
| 13.0
| 27.5
| 
| 50.5
| 48.0
|-
|align=left|[[2022 Swedish general election|2022]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://resultat.val.se/val2022/RD/23/1907?r=S|title=Surahammar - Röster Val 2022|language=sv|publisher=[[Valmyndigheten]]}}</ref>
| 83.7
| 6,185
| 5.0
| 34.7
| 1.9
| 2.7
| 2.5
| 4.4
| 13.9
| 33.7
| 
| 44.4
| 54.6
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.surahammar.se Surahammar Municipality] - Official site
*[http://www.stromsholmskanal.se Strömsholm Canal] - Official site
*[http://www.surahammarsherrgard.se/eng/start_eng.htm Surahammar Manor] - Official site
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051231021911/http://www.ekomuseum.se/english/index.html Ecomuseum Bergslagen] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Surahammar
 | NE = [[Sala Municipality, Sweden|Sala]]
 | SE = [[Västerås Municipality|Västerås]]
 | S  = [[Hallstahammar Municipality|Hallstahammar]]
 | SW = [[Köping Municipality|Köping]]
 | W  = [[Skinnskatteberg Municipality|Skinnskatteberg]]
 | NW = [[Fagersta Municipality|Fagersta]]
}}
{{Västmanland County}}
{{Localities in Surahammar Municipality}}

{{authority control}}

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