Hammarö Municipality () is a

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Värmland County Värmland County () is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. The title of Duke ...

in west central

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Skoghall Skoghall (literally means "Forest Hall") is a locality and the seat of Hammarö Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 13,265 inhabitants in 2010. Stora Enso with paper mill and manufacturing being the largest employer. Second largest is Ak ...

. The municipality was created from Hammarö

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in 1863, and its territory has not been affected by the great municipal reforms of 1952 and 1971. With a land area of only it is Sweden's 12th smallest, as well as the smallest in

Geography

The municipality consists of the

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s Hammarön and Vidön and the adjacent

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. The name ''Hammarö'', or ''Hammarön'' (the name of the island itself), refers to ''hammare'', a rocky area where deciduous trees grow. The island itself is large, the third largest island of Lake Vänern, and located off the shore of

Värmland Värmland () is a ''Provinces of Sweden, landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Name Several Latinized version ...

, separated by the

Klarälven Klarälven ("The clear river" in Swedish) is a river flowing through Norway and Sweden. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv—Klarälven is the l ...

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. From

it is to the

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Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...

Karlstad Municipality Karlstad Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad. The present municipality was established in 1971 when the former City of Karlstad was amalgamated with a number ...

is the only municipality with bridge connections to Hammarö.

Localities

* Vidöåsen While the vast majority of Hammarö's inhabitants live in a single urban area going by the

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designation of Skoghall, this urban area is split in two postal areas: Skoghall (western part) and Hammarö (eastern part). The name Skoghall is seldom used for the urban area in its entirety.

_{Skoghall city center}

Skoghall City Center is a commercial and recreational hub located in Skoghall, a suburban district situated within the municipality of Hammarö in Värmland County, Sweden. Renowned for its blend of retail outlets and leisure amenities, Skoghall City Center serves as a focal point for both locals and visitors alike.

Economy

100 years ago the largest employers were all in the

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sectors. Today, the company

Stora Enso Stora Enso Oyj (from and ) is a Finnish and Swedish forest industry company. It develops and produces various materials, mostly based on wood, for a range of industries and applications worldwide. It has headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, an ...

Skoghall, manufacturing

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es, has 950 employees. Second is

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Base Chemicals with 150, manufacturing chemical products.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hammarö Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 16,749 residents, including 12,337 Swedish citizens of voting age. 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 47.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

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These are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the

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were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes. Blocs This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Sister cities

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References

External links

Hammarö Municipality
– Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammaro Municipality Municipalities of Värmland County