Leksand Municipality
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Leksand Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.
In 1974 "old" Leksand was amalgamated with Ål and reunited with Siljansnäs (which had been separated from it in 1875).
Geography
The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.
The culture is marked by being in the heart of the culture rich Dalarna. There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.
Localities
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Leksand Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]
In total there were 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 47.2 % voted for the left coalition and 51.6 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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| Edshult-Åkerö-Övermo | 2,112 | 1,623 | 46.6 | 52.7 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 27,059 | 45 |
| Häradsbygden-Heden | 1,949 | 1,585 | 47.9 | 51.0 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 25,129 | 38 |
| Insjön V - Ål-Kilen | 1,235 | 941 | 40.1 | 57.7 | 79 | 84 | 16 | 23,468 | 27 |
| Insjön Ö | 1,542 | 1,184 | 42.6 | 55.8 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 24,351 | 33 |
| Leksand V | 2,284 | 1,753 | 44.8 | 54.2 | 82 | 84 | 16 | 26,457 | 42 |
| Leksand Ö | 1,456 | 1,158 | 52.3 | 46.6 | 86 | 94 | 6 | 25,000 | 45 |
| Leksandsnoret | 1,753 | 1,468 | 54.6 | 44.7 | 76 | 77 | 23 | 20,236 | 30 |
| Siljansnäs | 1,858 | 1,496 | 46.4 | 51.8 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 23,005 | 41 |
| Tällberg | 1,806 | 1,530 | 46.3 | 52.8 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 25,187 | 40 |
| Source: SVT[1] | |||||||||
Economy
Most companies are small enterprises, covering several sectors. To the larger belong:
- Clas Ohlson (Sweden's largest department store chain, which was founded in Insjön)
- Leksandsbröd (Swedish crispbread)
- Bergkvist-Insjön (Wood factory)
- Tomoku Hus (Houses for export to Japan)
- Leksands IF (Sport organization)
- Ejendals
In the 2002 list of Swedish Industry Climate, Leksand Municipality was ranked 15 of 289 investigated municipalities.
Riksdag elections
| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
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| 1973[2] | 89.5 | 8,329 | 1.9 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 38.4 | 58.4 | |||
| 1976[3] | 90.7 | 8,977 | 2.0 | 35.2 | 38.3 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 11.7 | 37.2 | 60.0 | |||
| 1979[4] | 89.7 | 7,202 | 2.5 | 35.6 | 30.9 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 18.5 | 38.1 | 58.4 | |||
| 1982[5] | 90.3 | 9,522 | 2.5 | 37.6 | 1.9 | 27.7 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 21.3 | 40.2 | 54.5 | ||
| 1985[6] | 88.8 | 9,561 | 2.9 | 36.8 | 1.7 | 25.3 | 13.2 | 19.9 | 39.8 | 58.5 | |||
| 1988[7] | 85.3 | 9,172 | 3.5 | 35.5 | 6.2 | 21.4 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 14.7 | 45.3 | 47.2 | ||
| 1991[8] | 85.7 | 9,690 | 3.1 | 31.9 | 3.4 | 15.1 | 8.2 | 11.8 | 18.2 | 7.4 | 35.0 | 53.3 | |
| 1994[9] | 86.3 | 9,994 | 5.4 | 38.6 | 7.6 | 13.0 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 20.2 | 0.9 | 51.6 | 46.8 | |
| 1998[10] | 82.3 | 9,584 | 11.7 | 30.8 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 48.6 | 49.2 | ||
| 2002[11] | 80.5 | 9,428 | 7.7 | 34.9 | 4.8 | 14.1 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 0.8 | 47.4 | 49.9 | |
| 2006[12] | 82.9 | 9,834 | 4.8 | 31.3 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 16.6 | 2.9 | 41.0 | 54.6 | |
| 2010[13] | 85.0 | 10,245 | 4.2 | 28.9 | 6.5 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 31.4 | 4.0 | 39.6 | 54.9 | |
| 2014[14] | 87.5 | 10,584 | 4.9 | 29.4 | 5.8 | 10.0 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 23.7 | 11.8 | 40.1 | 44.9 | |
| 2018[15] | 89.5 | 10,944 | 7.0 | 26.1 | 3.7 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 49.7 | 48.9 |
Notability
One of Sweden's most popular ice hockey teams is Leksands IF. NHL goalkeeper Johan Hedberg hails from Leksand. In addition, one of Sweden's best baseball teams (Leksand Lumberjacks) plays in Leksand. Along with Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The European Go Congress was held in Leksand in 2008.
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Aurora, Canada
- Template:Flagicon Brainerd, United States
- Template:Flagicon Hørsholm, Denmark
- Template:Flagicon Karksi-Nuia (Mulgi), Estonia
- Template:Flagicon Lillehammer, Norway
- Template:Flagicon Oulainen, Finland
- Template:Flagicon Tōbetsu, Japan
References
External links
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