Arjeplog Municipality
Arjeplogs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Arjeplog Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 66°02′N 17°57′E / 66.033°N 17.950°E / 66.033; 17.950
CountrySweden
CountyNorrbotten County
SeatArjeplog
Area
[1]
 • Total14,494.09 km2 (5,596.20 sq mi)
 • Land12,556.77 km2 (4,848.20 sq mi)
 • Water1,937.32 km2 (748.00 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total2,707
 • Density0.19/km2 (0.48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceLapland
Municipal code2506
Websitewww.arjeplog.se

Arjeplog Municipality (Swedish: Arjeplogs kommun, Northern Sami: Arjepluovvi gielda; Pite Sami: Árjepluove komuvdna) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Arjeplog.

The area, which now is Arjeplog Municipality, used to be a single parish (Swedish: socken), which was made into a municipality when the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863. It has not been amalgamated with any other entity. In terms of geographical area, Arjeplog is one of Sweden's largest, but it is also the country's least densely populated municipality. The vast majority of the populace live in Arjeplog, which is one of Sweden's smallest municipal seats.

History

People lived in the area of today's municipality as early as 10,000 years ago, following the end of the last ice age. For a long time it was only populated by a fishing and hunting people, the Sami people, who have their own language and breed reindeer in northern Sweden, and today have special rights as a Swedish minority group.

The population in today's municipality was only a few hundred people in the 17th and 18th century, most of them Sami, and the rest of Sweden did not know much of them. Not until 1640 did Queen Christina of Sweden order a church to be built in order to Christianize the Sami people in Arjeplog. The church was inaugurated in 1642. At first the deceased were buried under the earthen floor in the church, but eventually the stench became unbearable and the procedure had to end.

Silver

The interest in Arjeplog had been sparked when silver was found in the area in the 1620s, and a mining industry was established there 1635–1659. It has been estimated that the amount of silver mined was 36 kilograms per year.

In August 1659, the Danes and Norwegians – who were in the Denmark–Norway union – attacked and burned down the mining village. The mining industry was then stalled for 120 years.

It was once again taken up in 1719, probably as a means of supporting the war of King Charles XII of Sweden. The mining was upheld until 1810, when the low profits, harsh climate and the long distances led to its closure. There are still remains from that time in the village Adolfström.

There are also several names in the area such as Silvervägen ("Silver Road") and Silversundet ("Silver Strait") reminding of its silver history. When a Sami museum was built in the town of Arjeplog in 1965, it was appropriately named Silvermuseet ("The Silver Museum"). It is filled with Sami photos and artifacts.

Geography

Arjeplog Municipality is Sweden's fourth largest municipality, but the fourth least populated. It is located by the shores of Lake Hornavan, Sweden's deepest lake and one of its largest. The municipality is popular because of the scenery of Lake Hornavan, but also of its other untouched nature.

Arjeplog Municipality consists of a terrain dominated by the Scandinavian Mountains and many water areas. It boasts an unparalleled 8,000 lakes and streams, with three main rivers, namely Pite River, Skellefte River and Lais River. Skellefte River attaches south from Lake Hornavan and extends southeast to Skellefteå and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east coast.

About 80 kilometres north of the town Arjeplog one finds the national parks Padjelanta and Sarek, both being situated in the western parts of Jokkmokk Municipality.

Arjeplog Municipality also has 13 nature reserves, mostly mountain moorland, where endangered plants grow. Mountain Galtispouda, with a height of 800 metres, is both a popular place of outlook, a nature reserve, and in the winter a popular place for skiing.

Localities

Arjeplog church

There is only one locality (or urban area) in Arjeplog Municipality:[3]

#LocalityPopulation
1Arjeplog1,947

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Arjeplog Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

In total there were 2,705 inhabitants, with 2,126 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 53.6 % voted for the left coalition and 45.6 % for the right coalition. The slight difference of results between the sole Arjeplog district and overall results was because of non-district postal votes being counted separately.

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag since the 1972 municipal reform. Norrbotten Party also contested the 1994 election but due to the party's small size at a nationwide level SCB did not publish the party's results at a municipal level. The same applies to the Sweden Democrats between 1988 and 1998. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND NP/SP
1973[5] 86.6 2,706 22.9 45.9 0.0 19.6 5.1 2.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976[6] 87.4 2,751 17.1 48.2 0.0 20.9 6.5 2.1 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1979[7] 86.6 2,717 17.1 48.1 0.0 15.8 7.1 2.3 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1982[8] 86.2 2,668 15.6 51.1 1.0 15.5 3.0 2.8 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1985[9] 83.9 2,613 16.1 50.1 0.8 14.3 9.0 0.0 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
1988[10] 82.4 2,449 16.6 48.9 5.0 12.7 8.1 2.8 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991[11] 82.6 2,383 11.0 48.9 2.2 11.8 5.6 5.5 9.8 0.0 5.1 0.0
1994[12] 83.6 2,361 13.8 55.9 5.0 8.3 3.9 2.9 8.7 0.0 0.2 0.0
1998[13] 79.0 2,166 24.6 44.2 3.9 6.0 2.7 7.6 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002[14] 77.0 1,981 14.8 45.7 4.5 9.2 5.4 5.6 3.8 0.0 0.0 10.2
2006[15] 78.3 1,955 14.5 45.0 3.2 10.3 6.1 4.8 10.7 1.7 0.0 1.7
2010[16] 79.4 1,973 11.7 46.7 4.6 5.8 5.9 4.9 14.5 4.9 0.0 0.0
2014[17] 80.3 1,851 12.0 44.2 3.5 6.9 3.3 3.5 9.8 14.8 0.0 0.0

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.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 86.6 2,706 68.8 28.4 0.0 2.8 97.2
1976 87.4 2,751 65.3 31.9 0.0 2.8 97.2
1979 86.6 2,717 65.2 30.4 0.0 4.4 95.6
1982 86.2 2,668 66.7 28.6 0.0 4.7 95.3
1985 83.9 2,613 66.2 32.7 0.0 1.0 99.0
1988 82.4 2,449 70.5 26.2 0.0 3.3 96.7
1991 82.6 2,383 59.9 32.7 0.0 7.4 97.7
1994 83.6 2,361 74.7 23.8 0.0 1.5 98.5
1998 79.0 2,166 72.7 23.8 0.0 3.5 96.5
2002 77.0 1,981 65.0 24.0 0.0 11.0 89.0
2006 78.3 1,955 62.7 31.9 0.0 5.4 94.6
2010 79.4 1,973 63.0 31.1 4.9 1.0 99.0
2014 80.3 1,851 59.7 23.5 14.8 2.0 98.0

Sister city

Arjeplog Municipality has two sister cities:

See also

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. ↑ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  4. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Arjeplog i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Arjeplogs kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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