Ludvika Municipality

Ludvika Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.

In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

Localities

Figures as of 2004.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1. Ludvika 13,724
2. Grängesberg 3,356
3. Sunnansjö 758
4. Saxdalen 752
5. Fredriksberg 741
6. Nyhammar 682
7. Sörvik 540
8. Blötberget 529
9. Persbo/Gräsberg 459
10. Gonäs 432
11. Landforsen/Håksberg 438
12. Grangärde 374

• Other/countryside 2,967

Economy

These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1. Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400
2. County medical facilities 600
3. Spendrups brewery 285
4. VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
5. RSV Tax Office 110
6. Samhall-gruppen 80
7. GIA Industri AB 75
8. Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
9. Connex Sverige AB 70
10. Seco Tools AB 70
11. ISS Cleaning 60

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ludvika 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=LudvikaVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=LudvikaVal2022/> 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % 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;" | % % Björkås-Stallbacken 1,971 1,542 42.0 56.7 76 87 13 24,444 20 Blötberget-Gonäs 1,144 884 41.9 57.1 78 90 10 25,559 28 Fredriksberg 753 599 65.0 32.8 74 83 17 20,190 24 Högberget 1,597 1,070 52.6 46.4 77 70 30 26,692 47 Knutsbo 1,858 1,338 48.8 50.5 90 82 18 31,600 56 Kyrkbyn-Nyhammar 1,783 1,430 47.9 50.4 80 90 10 23,048 26 Lorentsberga 1,765 1,334 51.3 47.9 86 83 17 28,276 42 Ludvika gård 2,065 1,319 55.4 43.0 64 59 41 19,595 31 Ludvika Ulrika 2,266 1,664 49.0 50.3 73 71 29 22,487 35 Magneten 1,397 989 48.0 51.2 77 66 34 26,360 40 Marnäs 2,065 1,601 52.4 46.3 69 68 32 21,042 32 Näset 2,188 1,393 61.1 36.7 53 49 51 16,501 25 Sunnansjö-Saxdalen 1,929 1,561 40.0 58.6 81 92 8 23,389 26 Sörvik-Håksberg 2,072 1,610 43.8 54.9 88 90 10 29,261 40 Öraberget 1,588 1,276 46.2 50.9 76 84 16 22,523 17 Source: SVT<ref name=LudvikaVal2022/>

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	89.0	21,040	9.3	56.6		20.5	5.1	1.2	6.8			65.8	32.4
1976<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	90.4	22,021	7.8	57.4		19.5	6.3	0.9	7.7			65.2	33.5
1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	90.1	21,727	8.7	59.1		13.2	6.3	1.1	10.9			67.7	30.5
1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	91.1	21,687	8.2	61.7	1.7	11.1	3.5	1.0	12.6			70.0	27.2
1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	89.3	20,718	8.9	59.5	1.7	8.5	9.3		12.0			68.4	29.8
1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	84.9	19,133	9.4	57.4	5.4	8.3	7.7	2.2	9.5			72.1	25.5
1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	85.0	18,880	6.7	53.5	2.6	6.2	6.1	5.2	12.1		6.6	60.1	29.5
1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	86.1	18,636	9.5	60.1	4.8	4.9	4.6	2.4	12.1		1.0	74.4	24.0
1998<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	80.4	16,620	20.8	46.7	3.6	2.7	2.7	8.5	13.1			71.1	27.0
2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	77.5	15,521	13.2	53.9	3.9	4.6	7.7	5.9	8.9	1.1		71.0	27.1
2006<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	79.2	15,656	10.0	49.2	3.2	6.1	4.4	4.0	16.6	2.9		62.4	31.1
2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	82.7	16,552	8.2	45.1	5.1	3.9	5.0	3.3	20.7	7.6		58.4	32.9
2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	85.5	16,841	7.6	40.6	4.6	4.1	3.1	2.4	15.4	20.0		52.9	25.0
2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	87.1	16,868	8.3	35.4	2.9	6.6	3.5	4.5	14.1	23.2		53.1	45.3
2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	84.3	16,327	6.2	35.2	2.8	4.6	2.9	4.7	14.1	28.1		48.8	49.8

Twin Towns & Sister cities

Ludvika has three twin towns:

• Bad Honnef, Germany Template:Flagicon File:DEU Bad Honnef COA.svg
• Imatra, Finland Template:Flagicon File:Imatra.vaakuna.svg<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kontiolahti, Finland Template:Flagicon File:Kontiolahti.vaakuna.svg

Sports

Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The soccer teams "Östansbo IS" (ÖIS), "Ludvika FK" (LFK, male) and "IFK Ludvika" (female) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include ping-pong teams as well as other sports.

External links

• Ludvika - Official site