Osby Municipality

Osby Municipality Osby kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°22′N13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E / 56.367; 13.983
Country	Sweden
County	Scania County
Seat	Osby
Area [1]
• Total	599.84 km2 (231.60 sq mi)
• Land	576.24 km2 (222.49 sq mi)
• Water	23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024) [2]
• Total	12,947
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1273
Website	www.osby.se

Osby Municipality (Swedish : Osby kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.

The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.

Localities

There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Osby	6,947
2	Lönsboda	1,899
3	Killeberg	575

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Osby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. ^[3]

In total there were 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age. ^[3] 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Loshult/Killeberg	1,305	889	37.5	61.8	83	77	23	25,801	34
Osby NV	2,198	1,517	40.6	58.0	75	68	32	22,597	31
Osby NÖ	1,814	1,294	34.9	63.6	78	76	24	22,325	29
Osby N	1,698	1,383	37.1	61.9	74	77	23	21,577	27
Osby SV	1,570	1,238	39.4	59.9	86	82	18	25,310	32
Osby S	1,767	1,372	35.7	63.5	86	84	16	27,089	35
Örkened	1,434	1,107	37.9	61.5	88	91	9	25,385	29
Örkened C	1,452	1,088	37.7	61.5	70	75	25	19,499	21
Source: SVT [3]

Elections

Riksdag

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD
2014 [4]	85.5	8,244	3.4	35.2	4.3	5.9	2.7	4.9	16.1	25.4
2018 [5]	87.0	8,385	3.9	28.2	2.2	7.3	2.4	7.3	16.1	31.2

International relations

The municipality is twinned with: ^[6]

• Gribskov Municipality (formerly Græsted-Gilleleje), Denmark

References

• Statistics Sweden

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2024" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
3. "Valresultat 2022 för Osby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
4. "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
5. "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
6. "vänorter - Osby Kommun". www.osby.se. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17.

External links

• Osby - Official site
• Osby.info - local portal
• Osby - www.osby.nu
• Osby parish