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Fagersta Municipality

Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden

Fagersta Municipality Fagersta kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°00′N 15°49′E / 60.000°N 15.817°E / 60.000; 15.817
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Fagersta
Area ^[1]
• Total	310.41 km² (119.85 sq mi)
• Land	269.04 km² (103.88 sq mi)
• Water	41.37 km² (15.97 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	13,222
• Density	43/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1982
Website	www.fagersta.se

Fagersta Municipality (Fagersta kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Fagersta.

The City of Fagersta (instituted in 1944) was in 1967 merged with Västervåla parish (which had been part of Surahammar Municipality since 1963). In 1971 it was transformed into a municipality of unitary type.

Localities

The municipal seat, Fagersta, is the only locality within the municipality with more than 200 inhabitants.

Another locality of note is Ängelsberg, a village located on Åmänningen Lake.

Politics of Fagersta

Fagersta is historically a left wing stronghold, with mostly a social democratic majority running the town, a trend only broken with a further left majority between 1998–2014. However, a rapid shift saw the right-leaning coalition narrowly win the 2022 Swedish general election vote in the municipality.^[3] The local elections still saw the Social Democratic-Left Party combination winning a combined majority of seats.^[4]

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Fagersta 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 13,284 residents, including 9,607 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% 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

Centrum

2,407

1,703

53.1

45.1

20,246

Kolarbyn

2,079

1,234

61.7

37.4

17,905

Meling

1,806

1,304

48.4

50.4

29,805

Per Ols

2,209

1,626

45.5

54.2

28,913

Risbron

2,153

1,580

49.8

49.1

22,908

Västanfors

1,329

1,064

44.8

54.5

25,388

Åvestbo-Västervåla

1,301

1,096

39.9

58.4

28,290

Source: SVT^[3]

Sights

Engelsberg Ironworks, in Ängelsberg, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Notable people

Anitra Steen, manager of Systembolaget, former civil servant
Lennart Hellsing, writer
Ulf Samuelsson, ice hockey player
Tomas Sandström, ice hockey player
The Hives, rock band

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Valresultat 2022 för Fagersta i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Valresultat 2022 för Fagersta i kommunalvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.