Katrineholm Municipality ( sv, Katrineholms kommun) is a

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Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or '' län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is t ...

in southeast

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. Its seat is located in the

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Katrineholm Katrineholm (pronunciation: or ) is a locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 24,271 inhabitants in 2018. It is located in the inland of Södermanland and is the third largest urban area in the county ...

. The present municipality was created in 1971, when the ''City of Katrineholm'' (instituted in 1917) was amalgamated with surrounding rural municipalities. The thirty-first Swedish Prime Minister

Göran Persson Hans Göran Persson (; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Persson was first elected to the Swedish Parlia ...

, while originally from the neighboring municipality of

Vingåker Vingåker () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Vingåker Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 4,282 inhabitants in 2010. It is located by road from the nearest larger city Örebro and north-west of county seat Nyköp ...

, was once the municipal chairman (

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) of Katrineholm.

Geography

* Aspen (Julita) lake

Localities

* Bie *

Björkvik Björkvik is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually univ ...

Flodafors Flodafors is a small village in Katrineholm Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden. Flodafors is often called Floda for convenience. Neighbouring villages include Bie and Valla. The village is located on the Western Main Line between Ka ...

* Forssjö *

(seat) *

Sköldinge Sköldinge () is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually u ...

* Strångsjö * Valla * Äsköping

Elections

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These are the results of the Riksdag elections in Katrineholm Municipality since the 1972 municipal reform. The results of the

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were not published at a municipal level from between 1988 and 1998 by SCB because of the party's small size nationwide at the time. 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.

References

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External links

Katrineholm Municipality
- Official site {{authority control Municipalities of Södermanland County