Åtvidaberg Municipality () is a

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Östergötland County Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...

in southeastern

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Åtvidaberg Åtvidaberg is a locality and the seat of Åtvidaberg Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,859 inhabitants in 2010. History Copper was mined in the area from the 14th century, and the name "Åtvidaberg" was originally the name o ...

, with some 7,000 inhabitants. The present municipality was established in 1971 when the market town (''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munic ...

'') of ''Åtvidaberg'' (instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with its surrounding rural municipalities. A part of the present territory was transferred from

Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg County, Kronoberg, Jönköping County, Jönköping, Blekinge County, Blekinge and Östergötland County, Östergötland. To the ...

Localities

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Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Åtvidaberg 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 11,454 residents, including 9,075 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.7% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notability

The ''Åtvidabergs Vagnfabrik'' (Wagon Factory), was founded in 1910 and constructed early cars. A total of 12 cars were made. They resembled the American

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with large wheels. The Åtvidaberg church "Stora Kyrkan" ("the Big Church") was built in the 1870s in

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style. The remains of a 17th-century church were also of interest. It was rebuilt and is now functioning as a church again, "Gamla Kyrkan" ("the Old Church"). At the end of the 19th century almost one third of the population of Åtvidaberg Municipality in Sweden emigrated to

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in the

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as copper mines in the Åtvidaberg area closed down. In 1994 this was commemorated by a plaquette at the Mormorsgruvan mine of Åtvidaberg. At Eksäter, north of the railway, there is a statue representing David Drummond (1593-1638). He was for a time an officer at the Östgöta foot with residence in Slevringe outside Åtvidaberg. He later became colonel of Kalmar Regiment. David Drummond is the first known tobacco smoker in Sweden.Topelius, Christer (1981). ''Sällsamheter i Östergötland'', vol. 2, p. 67.

References

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Åtvidaberg Municipality
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