Vansbro Municipality

Vansbro Municipality Vansbro kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°31′N14°13′E / 60.517°N 14.217°E / 60.517; 14.217
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Vansbro
Area [1]
• Total	1,657.35 km2 (639.91 sq mi)
• Land	1,539.57 km2 (594.43 sq mi)
• Water	117.78 km2 (45.48 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021) [2]
• Total	6,776
• Density	4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2021
Website	www.vansbro.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Vansbro Municipality (Vansbro kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vansbro.

During the local government reform of 1971 Järna, Nås and Äppelbo were amalgamated to form the new Vansbro Municipality. The name was taken from the locality Vansbro, which also became the municipal seat.

The coat of arms show the sign of iron, an axe (symbolizing wood industries) and a sword.

Localities

• Vansbro, pop. 2,100
• Järna, pop. 1,500
• Nås, pop. 465
• Äppelbo, pop. 261

History

Many of the parishes and towns of today can be traced several centuries back. Around Järna has been found ovens from the Viking Age or older, showing that the town had been used in the processing of iron for a long time, and probably leading to its name (Järn means iron in Swedish).

Nås parish was mentioned in 1479, Järna parish in 1417, Äppelbo as Äppelboda parish 1417.

Äppelbo (literally "Apple Village") was in the 1690s the seat for the Västerdal regiment, Western Dalarnas regimente. Swedish warlike kings Charles XII and Gustaf IV Adolf made use of the men when they fought around in Europe.

Modern iron works were not established until the early 19th century, and had a short history that ended before the end of the century. The industry then became dominated by wood industry. Around the year 1900, three large saw mills were built in the town, making it prosper. With the railroad located through the town Vansbro in 1898, it further enhanced communications for industries.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Vansbro 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 6,766 inhabitants, including 5,305 Swedish citizens of voting age. ^[3] 43.6 % voted for the left coalition and 54.9 % 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
			%	%
Järna	2,259	1,803	42.1	56.5	86	94	6	23,578	24
Nås	877	694	43.3	54.3	81	90	10	21,407	22
Vansbro	2,706	2,085	47.0	51.8	79	82	18	21,773	24
Äppelbo	924	723	39.7	58.3	85	94	6	24,463	26
Source: SVT [3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973 [4]	90.4	5,928	5.8	42.8		37.5	5.0	3.1	5.6			48.6	48.1
1976 [5]	90.9	6,022	4.5	42.6		36.3	5.9	2.7	7.9			47.1	50.1
1979 [6]	91.0	5,956	5.0	44.1		30.8	5.2	3.5	11.1			49.0	47.1
1982 [7]	90.8	5,913	4.5	47.2	1.5	25.5	3.5	3.3	14.4			51.7	43.4
1985 [8]	89.4	5,742	4.1	46.0	1.6	24.6	9.5		13.9			50.2	48.0
1988 [9]	83.9	5,206	4.6	45.1	5.4	20.5	8.9	4.6	10.8			55.1	40.2
1991 [10]	83.7	5,068	4.3	42.0	1.7	17.7	5.3	8.5	12.9		6.8	46.4	44.4
1994 [11]	83.3	4,958	6.3	50.3	4.5	14.7	4.1	5.3	12.9		0.9	61.1	37.1
1998 [12]	78.2	4,461	13.9	39.4	3.7	10.7	2.5	12.9	13.9			57.1	40.0
2002 [13]	75.2	4,132	9.0	42.2	3.1	16.0	6.9	10.8	9.0	1.4		54.2	42.6
2006 [14]	79.4	4,247	7.4	39.2	2.9	15.9	3.6	9.3	16.6	2.9		48.9	45.5
2010 [15]	82.1	4,398	5.8	40.4	2.6	13.9	3.6	6.8	19.7	6.1		48.8	44.0
2014 [16]	84.4	4,441	5.7	36.5	2.7	14.2	2.2	5.9	14.4	16.2		45.0	36.7
2018 [17]	86.2	4,501	7.2	29.4	1.2	14.6	2.1	9.7	13.3	20.8		52.4	45.9
2022 [18]	84.1	4,390	4.8	28.7	1.9	8.2	1.9	10.7	14.1	28.3		43.6	54.9

Sister cities

Its sister city is Velké Meziříčí, in the Czech Republic.

Notability

In Järna one of the distinct Dalacarlia dialects are spoken.

References

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
3. "Valresultat 2022 för Vansbro i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
4. "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
5. "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
6. "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
7. "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
8. "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
9. "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
10. "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
11. "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
12. "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
13. "Vansbro - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
14. "Vansbro - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
15. "Vansbro - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
16. "Vansbro - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
17. "Vansbro - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
18. "Vansbro - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.

External links

• Vansbro Municipality – Official site