Bjurholm Municipality () is a

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Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ...

in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in

Bjurholm Bjurholm is a locality and seat of Bjurholm Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 968 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second smallest municipal seat in Sweden (Österbymo Österbymo is a locality and the seat of Ydre Municipality, Ös ...

. The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in Sweden. Between 1974 and 1983 it was, however, part of

Vännäs Municipality Vännäs Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vännäs. History In 1928 the locality Vännäs was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town ...

. The split in 1983 made Bjurholm the least populated of all Swedish municipalities, and the population is still decreasing.

Locality

There is only one

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(or urban area) in Bjurholm Municipality:

Politics

Result of the 2010 election: *

Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic lib ...

26,58% * Centre Party 14,13% * Liberal People's Party 8,07% *

Christian Democrats __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social ...

6,50% * Swedish Social Democratic Party 36,15% * Left Party 3,56% *

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

1,94% * Sweden Democrats 2,44% * Other Parties 0,63%

Sister cities

Bjurholm Municipality has two

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:Official site
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Notable native

Warner Oland Warner Oland (born Johan Verner Ölund; October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish-American actor. His career included time on Broadway and numerous film appearances. He is most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American ...

, actor

References

External links

Bjurholm Municipality
- Official site {{authority control Municipalities of Västerbotten County