Vingåker Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Södermanland County
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in central
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the town of
Vingåker.
The municipality has its present size since the local government reform of 1971.
Geography
Vingåker is an inland municipality but in spite of this has mostly low elevation. The lowest point is the shoreline of
Hjälmaren at and the highest peak is at near the
Östergötland county line.
Localities (population)
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Baggetorp (500)
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Högsjö (760)
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Läppe (600)
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Vingåker (seat) (4,300)
Coat of arms
The creation of the arms has a peculiar and somewhat romantic story attached to it. It was the first arms created by a parish in the
Södermanland
Södermanland ( ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latinisation of names, Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a Provinces of Sweden, historical province (or ) on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergà ...
province in 1941. It was inspired by a
hop plant that some locals had seen on a farm. The left part of the arms, an oak tree, is the insignia for the historical
Oppunda Hundred, stretching through the municipality.
Sights
The renowned Säfstaholm Castle (''slott'') was bought by the municipality in 1968. It is used for exhibitions and other cultural events.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Vingåker Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election sourced from
SVT's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB official statistics.
In total there were 9,058 residents, including 6,872 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 46.0% voted for the left coalition and 53.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
]
Elections
The following results are since the 1972 municipal reform onwards. The results of the 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 ...
were not published by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small national size, and therefore has been marked out as "0.0".
Riksdag
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.
References
External links
Vingåker Municipality
- Official site
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Municipalities of Södermanland County