Eda 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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, on the Norwegian border. Its seat is located in the town of Charlottenberg. The municipal reform of 1971 saw the forming of the present municipality through the amalgamation of "old" Eda with Köla and Järnskog.

Localities

* Charlottenberg (seat) * Eda glasbruk * Koppom * Åmotfors (partly)

Demographics

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

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 8,471 residents, including 5,458 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.9% voted for the left coalition and 55.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Government and politics

Distribution of the 35 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election: *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

11 * Centre Party 10 *Hela Edas Lista 8 *

Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( , , M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative* * * * * List of political parties in Sweden, political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free ma ...

4 * Christian Democrats 1 * Liberal People's Party 1 Results of the

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in Eda: *

43.0% *

22.7% * Centre Party 12.3% *

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( , SD ) is a Nationalism, nationalist and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Sweden founded in 1988. As of 2024, it is the largest member of Sweden's Right-wing politics, right-wing bloc and the sec ...

5.7% * Left Party 4.6% * Christian Democrats 4.0% * Liberal People's Party 3.7% *

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...

2.8%

Sights

The Eda Fortlet (''Eda skans''), which was in use from 1650 to 1814, was the largest

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in the province 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 ...

. Its purpose was to defend against Norwegian troops. It was made obsolete with the

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in 1814. A museum opened on the site in 1996.

References

External links

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Eda Municipality
- Official site {{authority control Municipalities of Värmland County