Hudiksvall Municipality

Hudiksvall Municipality (Template:Langx) is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities, situated in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in the city Hudiksvall.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Hudiksvall was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. Minor amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1965, reducing the number of local government entities in the area.

Geography

Hudiksvall is located approximately Template:Convert from Stockholm, Template:Convert from Gävle, and Template:Convert from Sundsvall.

The municipality furthermore comprises several islands, such as Agön, Innerston, Kråkön, and Olmen,

Localities

Figures as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden:

• Hudiksvall 15,325 (2002)
• Iggesund, 3,444
• Delsbo, 2,284
• Enånger, 724
• Friggesund, 599
• Sörforsa, 1,540

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hudiksvall Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=HudiksvallVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 37,708 inhabitants with 29,561 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote.<ref name=HudiksvallVal2022/> The political demographics were 55.3% for the left coalition and 43.5% for the right coalition.<ref name=HudiksvallVal2022/> Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | % % Björkberg 2,261 1,600 51.6 47.0 78 79 21 25,184 40 Bobygden-Kalvst. 1,375 1,083 52.4 45.4 83 95 5 25,275 29 Delsbo V 1,478 1,151 55.8 42.7 75 87 13 19,043 30 Delsbo Ö 1,627 1,221 58.1 39.7 82 91 9 23,635 31 Edsta-Sanna 2,425 1,826 51.2 48.0 87 92 8 28,077 39 Enånger 1,418 1,168 55.4 43.9 83 94 6 25,362 32 Fridhem-Åvik 1,561 1,258 54.3 44.2 82 88 12 25,708 45 Friggesund-Hålsjö 1,995 1,605 49.9 48.9 80 93 7 22,100 27 Helenedal 2,296 1,909 57.4 41.6 87 90 10 27,927 56 Håsta 2,007 1,525 52.5 46.7 90 94 6 30,964 41 Idenor 2,215 1,394 67.6 31.4 67 58 42 19,461 31 Iggesund N 1,883 1,444 56.4 42.4 81 83 17 25,424 26 Iggesund S 1,609 1,201 59.8 38.4 66 78 22 20,266 25 Kristineberg 1,604 1,329 59.3 39.7 79 88 12 23,073 35 Kyrkbacken 1,278 1,109 57.6 41.2 83 90 10 24,778 47 Njutånger 1,289 1,005 49.5 49.1 85 94 6 25,994 30 Näsviken 1,589 1,232 50.1 48.4 82 95 5 25,656 33 Rogsta 1,499 1,215 47.5 51.4 87 95 5 26,180 32 Svågadalen 439 373 52.8 45.5 75 88 12 19,421 24 Sörforsa 2,368 1,858 56.7 42.5 82 92 8 25,295 34 Västertull 1,767 1,554 59.4 39.5 77 90 10 21,803 44 Östertull 1,725 1,501 60.9 38.3 82 89 11 25,114 45 Source: SVT<ref name=HudiksvallVal2022/>

Economy

The largest employer is the municipality and the county council, where around 38% of the work force have its work place.

The largest private employer is the paper product company Holmen where about 10% of the work force work.

In the old history, the industry was dominated by fishing. In the 19th century the forest industry came to dominate, further enhanced by the improved transportations which the rail roads provided in the second half of that century. Although in decline during the 20th century, half of the municipal industry is still based around forest industry.

Employees per sectors:

1. Pulp, paper, and paper goods: 29%
2. Machine technical industry: 20%
3. Electronics 19%
4. Metal products: 8%
5. Wood products 7%.

The electronics industry is dominated by Ericsson Network Technologies making optical and copper wires for telecommunication systems. (Sources: [1],Holmen.com)

Transportation

Hudiksvall is accessible via the European route E4 highway, and the East Coast Railway (Ostkustbanan).<ref>Page____1271.aspx</ref>

External links

• Hudiksvall - Official site