Ljungby Municipality

Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden

Ljungby Municipality Ljungby kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°50′N 13°56′E / 56.833°N 13.933°E / 56.833; 13.933
Country	Sweden
County	Kronoberg County
Seat	Ljungby
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,994.9833 km² (770.2674 sq mi)
• Land	1,747.7533 km² (674.8113 sq mi)
• Water	247.23 km² (95.46 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	28,304
• Density	14/km² (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0781
Website	www.ljungby.se

Ljungby Municipality (Ljungby kommun) is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, where the town Ljungby is seat.

In 1971 the City of Ljungby (1936-1970) was amalgamated with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creating the present municipality. In 1974 a minor adjustment of the boundaries took place. There are 19 original entities within the area.

Geography

Ljungby Municipality contains a little more plains than average in Småland. Lakes, forests and plains are never far away. The tenth largest lake in Sweden, Bolmen, is located in the north-western part of the municipality. The town Ljungby is visited by thousands of tourists, mainly from Germany, every summer.

Localities

There are 8 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Ljungby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Ljungby	14,810
2	Lagan	1,751
3	Ryssby	689
4	Lidhult	635
5	Kånna	365
6	Vittaryd	306
7	Angelstad	276
8	Agunnaryd	215

The small village of Bohok is also located within Ljungby Municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ljungby 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 28,396 inhabitants, including 21,191 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 40.8% voted for the left coalition and 57.9% 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

Agunnaryd

1,281

928

34.4

64.4

26,298

Angelstad

1,418

1,136

38.1

61.1

27,200

Astrad

1,721

1,255

43.9

55.0

26,695

Berga V

1,323

949

35.3

63.5

24,490

Berga Ö

1,386

1,062

36.3

62.7

25,011

Ekebacken

1,318

998

45.2

53.6

27,583

Hammaren

1,678

1,292

44.3

53.2

22,727

Hamneda

1,532

1,113

32.6

65.6

24,156

Hjortsberg V

1,468

1,201

45.1

53.6

20,581

Hjortsberg Ö

1,696

1,199

51.3

47.9

22,648

Kungshög V

1,675

1,185

44.1

54.2

24,221

Kungshög Ö

1,644

1,311

44.6

54.0

24,008

Lidhult

1,213

848

41.2

57.6

21,362

Ljungsätra

1,604

1,297

42.7

56.5

23,095

Ryssby

1,704

1,246

41.4

57.5

25,613

Stensberg

1,697

1,235

37.7

61.1

26,758

Sunnerbo

1,886

1,323

42.0

57.1

30,182

Torpa

734

556

29.8

67.4

21,975

Vittaryd-Bolmsö

1,418

1,057

38.4

60.3

25,401

Source: SVT^[3]

History

Ljungby Municipality traces its history back to the Viking Age. Vikings followed the river Lagan and lived in its vicinity, and one of the locations were in what is now Ljungby Municipality.

In the 14th century several important medieval roads went through the municipality. In that century, an inn was established, and this was to form the center of Ljungby town.

During the 19th century the area closest to Ljungby itself consisted mostly of sand without any vegetation, and the government released funds to plant trees which would tie together the sand and make it suitable for plants.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Ljungby:

Notability

The opera singer Christina Nilsson was discovered while performing at the Ljungby market in 1857.
Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died on a highway within the municipality when the band's tour bus overturned on 27 September 1986.

Born here

Eskil Erlandsson born in Torpa 1957. Former chairman of the Swedish Defence Committee (2002-2006) and current Agriculture ministry(2006-).
John Lind, Governor of Minnesota (1899–1901), born in Kånna parish.
Olof Johansson (b. 1931), politician, former president of the Swedish Centre Party.
Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer executed in Norway in 1809.

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 "Valresultat 2022 för Ljungby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.