Skellefteå Municipality

Not to be confused with Sollefteå Municipality.

Skellefteå Municipality Skellefteå kommun
Municipality
Skellefteå town hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 64°45′N 20°59′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västerbotten County
Seat	Skellefteå
Area
• Total	9,955.58 km2 (3,843.87 sq mi)
• Land	6,802.85 km2 (2,626.60 sq mi)
• Water	3,152.73 km2 (1,217.28 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	76,542
• Density	7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västerbotten
Municipal code	2482
Website	www.skelleftea.se

Skellefteå Municipality (Swedish: Skellefteå kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Skellefteå.

History

Most of the amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967 when the then "City of Skellefteå" was merged with the rural municipality by the same name and also with the municipalities Jörn, Bureå and Byske. The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type with the new local government act in 1971, and in 1974 the municipalities Burträsk and Lövånger were added.

Geography

The municipality borders in the south to Robertsfors Municipality, and clockwise to Umeå, Vindeln, Norsjö, Arvidsjaur and Piteå municipalities. Skellefteå is the largest coastline municipality by area, being roughly 15 percent larger than the second largest, Örnsköldsvik Municipality.

Skellefteå is situated around Skellefte River, a river that runs through the city. There is also a very central mountain, Vitberget, which is popular for skiing in the wintertime, and hiking in the summer.

Localities

There are 20 localities (or urban areas) in Skellefteå Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Skellefteå	32,425
2	Ursviken	4,054
3	Skelleftehamn	3,120
4	Bureå	2,345
5	Kåge	2,205
6	Bergsbyn	1,818
7	Byske	1,731
8	Burträsk	1,632
9	Boliden	1,515
10	Jörn	877
11	Ersmark	865
12	Lövånger	779
13	Medle	558
14	Kusmark	437
15	Örviken	411
16	Södra Bergsbyn och Stackgrönnan	406
17	Ostvik	392
18	Bygdsiljum	370
19	Drängsmark	353
20	Myckle	343

The municipal seat in bold

Economy

The largest employer in Skellefteå Municipality is the mining company Boliden AB, with about 1,200 employees.

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag for Skellefteå Municipality since the 1972 municipal reform. SCB did not publish the party's results for the Sweden Democrats between 1988 and 1998 because of the party's small size nationally.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1973	89.9	45,977	3.8	49.4	0.0	24.8	9.1	3.7	8.6	0.0	0.0
1976	90.7	49,133	3.4	49.8	0.0	24.8	9.7	3.1	8.8	0.0	0.0
1979	90.8	49,788	4.1	51.3	0.0	20.6	10.0	3.3	10.1	0.0	0.0
1982	90.9	50,472	4.1	54.5	0.9	18.6	6.8	3.6	11.3	0.0	0.0
1985	89.8	50,354	4.9	53.1	0.8	17.4	13.7	0.0	9.6	0.0	0.0
1988	86.5	48,522	5.4	52.9	3.5	14.3	10.9	5.0	7.2	0.0	0.0
1991	87.2	49,170	4.8	50.6	2.3	13.1	9.0	8.3	8.9	0.0	2.8
1994	88.0	50,073	7.4	57.1	4.7	9.6	6.9	4.6	8.9	0.0	0.3
1998	83.0	46,467	15.5	48.5	4.0	6.2	4.8	10.2	9.1	0.0	0.0
2002	81.4	44,967	11.4	50.6	3.5	10.2	9.4	8.4	5.0	0.4	0.0
2006	83.3	45,981	8.9	50.3	4.3	10.1	6.0	6.3	11.0	1.4	0.0
2010	85.6	48,020	9.5	49.6	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.4	14.3	2.9	0.0
2014	86.7	48,779	9.3	50.2	5.3	5.8	3.8	4.0	10.7	7.8	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	89.9	45,977	53.2	42.5	0.0	4.3	95.7
1976	90.7	49,133	53.2	43.3	0.0	3.5	96.5
1979	90.8	49,788	55.4	40.7	0.0	3.9	96.1
1982	90.9	50,472	58.6	36.7	0.0	4.7	95.3
1985	89.8	50,354	58.0	39.7	0.0	2.1	97.7
1988	86.5	48,522	61.8	32.4	0.0	5.8	94.2
1991	87.2	49,170	55.4	39.3	0.0	5.3	97.5
1994	88.0	50,073	69.2	30.0	0.0	0.8	99.2
1998	83.0	46,467	68.0	30.3	0.0	1.7	98.3
2002	81.4	44,967	65.5	33.0	0.0	3.5	96.5
2006	83.3	45,981	63.5	33.4	0.0	3.1	96.9
2010	85.6	48,020	64.9	31.4	2.9	0.8	99.2
2014	86.7	48,779	64.8	24.3	7.8	3.1	96.9

Demographics

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

There were 73,333 residents, including 56,888 Swedish citizens of voting age. 63.1% voted for the left coalition and 35.7% 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 % % Alhem-Norrbacka 1,386 1,183 62.9 36.4 86 93 7 28,511 48 Anderstorp N 1,334 1,053 66.0 33.0 71 77 23 21,600 33 Anderstorp S 1,680 1,131 69.8 29.2 80 85 15 23,768 33 Anderstorp Ö 1,581 1,437 70.3 27.8 67 73 27 21,206 36 Bergsbyn 1,764 1,290 63.0 36.1 91 95 5 29,755 48 Boliden 2,038 1,400 56.8 41.2 72 73 27 22,211 28 Brännan-Mobacken 1,782 1,350 68.8 30.7 86 93 7 28,970 57 Bureå N 1,484 1,114 69.4 29.3 82 92 8 24,256 34 Bureå S 1,373 1,021 57.8 40.5 81 87 13 25,274 31 Burträsk C 1,822 1,389 63.4 35.9 80 85 15 21,938 25 Burträskbygden 2,327 1,852 59.8 39.3 83 92 8 25,042 32 Byske C 1,792 1,370 60.7 37.5 80 87 13 22,630 28 Byske-Fällfors 1,440 1,239 57.0 42.0 85 94 6 23,842 24 Centrum N 1,411 1,327 59.1 39.8 81 88 12 26,935 44 Centrum S 1,714 1,529 65.1 33.9 76 89 11 24,095 47 Drängsmark-Ostvik 1,761 1,338 60.2 39.3 87 97 3 28,124 31 Erikslid 1,903 1,606 67.6 31.9 79 90 10 25,245 48 Getberget-Norrvalla 1,558 1,310 67.2 32.0 85 90 10 26,782 41 Hjoggböle 1,515 1,154 55.4 43.1 88 96 4 26,466 33 Jörn 1,229 975 63.1 36.3 75 85 15 20,833 24 Kåge N 1,470 1,071 63.7 35.9 89 92 8 27,248 40 Kåge S 1,677 1,318 57.3 42.1 87 95 5 29,053 41 Kågedalen 2,112 1,642 57.5 41.8 90 95 5 26,915 27 Lövånger 2,141 1,613 63.1 36.0 79 84 16 21,900 34 Morö Backe C 1,628 1,161 67.3 31.2 62 68 32 17,689 22 Morö Backe V 1,307 916 61.3 38.3 94 92 8 30,028 53 Morö Backe Ö 1,767 1,247 65.0 34.4 88 91 9 29,119 47 Moröhöjden 1,135 1,028 64.8 35.2 83 90 10 24,480 38 Morön-Hedensbyn 1,520 1,101 70.6 28.7 92 94 6 30,890 49 Myckle-Medle 1,189 893 60.9 38.0 89 95 5 28,826 49 Norrhammar 1,524 1,334 67.2 32.1 84 91 9 26,974 47 Prästbordet 1,803 1,519 65.7 33.3 83 89 11 25,213 43 Sjungande Dalen 1,763 1,368 68.7 30.4 80 83 17 24,444 47 Skelleftehamn V 1,501 1,028 61.3 37.2 78 80 20 24,371 25 Skelleftehamn Ö 1,736 1,224 65.2 32.0 71 74 26 21,528 26 Skråmträsk-Klutmark 1,381 1,066 54.9 44.1 88 95 5 28,028 36 Stackgrännan-Örviken 1,592 1,183 58.3 40.1 91 94 6 30,052 43 Stämningsgården 1,629 1,187 65.2 34.0 83 90 10 28,270 46 Sunnanå C 2,033 1,508 67.3 32.1 88 93 7 28,848 54 Sunnanå S 1,682 1,329 62.9 36.1 88 94 6 30,161 48 Sörböle 1,301 944 64.8 34.3 86 91 9 29,729 47 Ursviken 2,400 1,810 62.9 35.5 85 91 9 26,883 38 Yttre Ursviken 1,586 1,156 66.5 32.3 90 94 6 29,447 44 Älvsbacka V 1,288 1,112 62.4 36.3 80 85 15 25,341 44 Älvsbacka Ö 1,274 1,062 63.3 35.9 86 91 9 29,144 48 Source: SVT

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Skellefteå is twinned with:

• Pardubice, Czech Republic
• Raahe, Finland
• Rana, Norway
• Tongling, China
• Vesthimmerland, Denmark

Notable natives

• Jan Erixon, ice hockey player
• Andreas Hedlund, musician
• Stieg Larsson, journalist and author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Joakim Nyström, tennis player
• Victoria Silvstedt, model
• Margot Wallström, politician
• The Wannadies, pop group

See also

• Norra Västerbotten, local newspaper
• Skellefteå AIK, local ice hockey club

External links

• Skellefteå Municipality – Official site (in Swedish)
• Tourism site (in Swedish)