Editing Svenljunga Municipality

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| name                    = Svenljunga Municipality
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'''Svenljunga Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Svenljunga kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västra Götaland County]] in western [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Svenljunga]].

The present municipality was created in 1971 when five municipal units (or parts thereof) were amalgamated. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is 14.

Through the municipality the river [[Ätran (river)|Ätran]] flows in a scenic valley. It flows through the town of [[Svenljunga]], where an old bridge crosses it.

This was the hometown of the great-great-great grandfather of [[Emma Stone]], [[Americans|American]] actress. In the 18th-century, the village of Mårdaklev in 
Svenljunga Municipality was the home of a trio of sibling textile artists: [[Sven Erlandsson]], [[Katarina Erlandsdotter]] and [[Lisa Erlandsdotter]].

== Demographics ==
This is a demographic table based on Svenljunga 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=SvenljungaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1465-svenljunga.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Svenljunga i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 10,857 residents, including 8,140 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SvenljungaVal2022/> 38.6% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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! 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}}
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | %
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| align="left" |Hillared
| 1,300
| 985
| 39.8
| 59.2
| 86
| 85
| 15
| 27,132
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Högvad
| 1,623
| 1,231
| 36.6
| 62.3
| 81
| 82
| 18
| 22,772
| 23
|-
| align="left" |Kindaholm
| 1,498
| 1,152
| 40.8
| 57.6
| 80
| 85
| 15
| 22,245
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Sexdrega
| 1,265
| 989
| 39.2
| 59.7
| 85
| 87
| 13
| 25,519
| 23
|-
| align="left" |Svenljunga S
| 1,588
| 1,160
| 38.6
| 60.5
| 75
| 75
| 25
| 22,596
| 23
|-
| align="left" |Svenljunga V
| 1,788
| 1,249
| 37.4
| 62.1
| 77
| 69
| 31
| 23,234
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Svenljunga Ö
| 1,795
| 1,374
| 36.6
| 62.3
| 83
| 82
| 18
| 24,735
| 25
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=SvenljungaVal2022/>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Svenljunga
 | N = [[Borås Municipality|Borås]]
 | E = [[Tranemo Municipality|Tranemo]]<br/>[[Gislaved Municipality|Gislaved]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]])
 | S = [[Falkenberg Municipality|Falkenberg]] ([[Halland County|Halland]])
 | W = [[Mark Municipality|Mark]]
}}
{{Västra Götaland County}}
{{Localities in Svenljunga Municipality}}
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