Lekeberg Municipality
Lekebergs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Lekeberg Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°10′N 14°52′E / 59.167°N 14.867°E / 59.167; 14.867
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
SeatFjugesta
Area
[1]
 • Total481.63 km2 (185.96 sq mi)
 • Land463.16 km2 (178.83 sq mi)
 • Water18.47 km2 (7.13 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total8,603
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceNärke
Municipal code1814
Websitewww.lekeberg.se

Lekeberg Municipality (Lekebergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Fjugesta, with around 2,000 inhabitants.

Lekeberg was first formed as a municipality in connection with the local government reform of 1952 by the amalgamation of five smaller units. In 1967 two more parishes were added. The next reform of 1971 placed the area within Örebro Municipality. It was re-established in 1995 within its 1967 borders.

Geography

Mostly woods and farm lands, with Garphyttan National Park, established in 1909, located within the municipality.

The largest industry sector is farming. Many farmers have further specialized on hog and chicken farming.

Other industries are small companies within wood and carpentry industries, as well as craftswork and other small enterprises.

Localities

Over 200 inhabitants:

Demographics

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

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 6,359 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 41.8 % voted for the left coalition and 56.6 % for the right coalition.

Elections

Riksdag

From the 1994 election onwards the municipality was in existence due to the split with Örebro Municipality. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1994 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1994[4] 87.2 4,517 5.0 39.3 5.3 18.1 5.3 8.3 16.8 0.0 1.4
1998[5] 80.3 4,264 10.7 32.7 4.4 14.0 3.7 15.9 16.7 0.0 0.0
2002[6] 81.8 4,347 6.5 36.5 3.7 18.0 8.9 11.8 11.2 2.4 0.0
2006[7] 83.6 4,519 4.1 34.8 3.6 17.2 4.9 10.0 18.9 4.7 0.0
2010[8] 86.4 4,761 4.5 30.7 5.3 12.9 4.4 8.9 24.8 7.5 0.0
2014[9] 88.4 4,939 4.3 30.0 4.3 13.4 3.1 6.8 16.9 18.2 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 1994 to 2006. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1994 87.2 4,517 49.6 48.5 0.0 1.9 98.1
1998 80.3 4,264 47.8 50.3 0.0 1.9 98.1
2002 81.8 4,347 46.7 49.9 0.0 3.5 96.5
2006 83.6 4,519 42.5 51.0 0.0 6.5 93.5
2010 86.4 4,761 40.5 51.0 7.5 1.0 99.0
2014 88.4 4,939 38.6 40.2 18.2 3.0 97.0

Sights

The monastery ruin of Riseberga was the home of nuns of the Cistercian order in the medieval age. It burnt down in 1546, and remaining stones were used in the building of a local church some hundreds years later.

The amphitheatre of Riseberga is Sweden's largest of that kind, with 1,216 seats.

Twin towns

Lekeberg's twin town with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1996) Dundaga, Latvia Latvia[10]

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. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Lekeberg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 44)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 40)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Vänorter - Lekeberg kommun". Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
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