Forshaga Municipality

Forshaga Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Forshaga.

The first municipality named Forshaga was a market town (köping) which was detached from Grava in 1944. The local government reform of the 1970s made Forshaga a unitary municipality in 1971 and in 1974 Ullerud was added to it.

Forshaga was known in the 14th century as a location for salmon fishing in the river Klarälven. Salmon was used both locally and transported to monasteries in southern Sweden. Forshaga is still known for its rich fishing waters, which attract hobby sport fishers from all over the country.

Localities

• Forshaga (seat)
• Deje

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Forshaga 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=ForshagaVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 11,590 residents, including 8,824 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=ForshagaVal2022/> 49.7% voted for the left coalition and 49.2% for the right coalition. 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;" | % % Deje 2,127 1,691 50.0 48.4 76 88 12 22,757 26 Dejefors 1,842 1,410 45.5 53.8 78 91 9 23,439 28 Forshaga V 1,671 1,191 52.8 46.1 74 82 18 23,031 36 Forshaga Ö 1,330 1,074 52.4 46.3 77 91 9 22,268 33 Grossbol 1,847 1,334 51.4 47.7 84 89 11 26,644 41 Skived V 1,511 1,155 52.1 47.0 85 91 9 26,365 45 Skived Ö 1,262 969 45.0 54.0 86 94 6 27,779 35 Source: SVT<ref name=ForshagaVal2022/>

External links

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• Forshaga Municipality - Official site