Falkenberg Municipality

Falkenberg Municipality Falkenbergs kommun
Municipality
Falkenberg Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°55′N 12°30′E
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Falkenberg
Area [1]
• Total	1,825.72 km^2 (704.91 sq mi)
• Land	1,108.89 km^2 (428.14 sq mi)
• Water	716.83 km^2 (276.77 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	47,108
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland and Västergötland
Municipal code	1382
Website	www.falkenberg.se

Falkenberg Municipality (Falkenbergs kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat.

The municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Falkenberg was amalgamated with six rural municipalities (themselves formed by the 1952 local government reform) and part of a seventh. There are 24 original entities within the area.

Today, Falkenberg holds a strong position in the food and beverage industry with companies such as Arla Foods, Carlsberg and SIA Glass having plants in the city. In the inland Gekås, a major department store, draws visitors from all over the country. Falkenberg is also a tourist city, mainly for its many beaches.

Economy

The main income for the Municipality is tourism from around Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Holland and Norway. The food industry is important. Here has Carlsberg Brewery a plant with 570 employees and Arla Foods who makes cheese has a factory with 400 employees. Other important workplaces is the Gekås shoppingcentre in Ullared which has more than 1,100 employees. The centre is a "Mecka" for low-price shoppers and the company earns more than 2 700 000 000 (340 500 000 US Dollars) kronor each year.[3] The shoppingcentre in Wal-Mart style (almost without food)company has 3,800,000 visitors each year which makes it Sweden's most visited place.^[citation needed]

Demographics

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

In total there were 46,717 inhabitants, including 35,872 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 47.7% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% 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
			%	%
1 V Gärdet-Hamnen	1,855	1,524	50.0	49.1	78	78	22	24,103	31
2 Arvidstorp	2,249	1,729	56.2	43.0	78	72	28	22,520	31
3 Herting	2,184	1,634	51.8	46.6	78	69	31	25,125	35
4 V Gärdet-Smedjeholm	1,963	1,512	51.6	46.6	81	75	25	23,479	31
5 Centrum	1,798	1,645	49.8	49.4	80	77	23	22,586	32
6 Ö Gärdet-Vindlien	2,103	1,646	57.0	42.6	84	73	27	27,270	34
7 N Skrea Strand	1,485	1,224	38.7	60.9	85	85	15	28,104	42
8 Hjortsberg	1,958	1,633	50.9	48.3	78	85	15	23,021	38
9 Tånga-Sloalyckan	2,098	1,515	57.2	41.7	72	54	46	22,152	31
10 Falkagård-Stafsinge	1,845	1,349	54.4	44.7	76	61	39	22,668	28
11 Slätten	1,616	1,257	55.9	43.6	86	86	14	27,856	39
12 S Skrea-Strand	1,771	1,314	38.3	61.1	87	91	9	31,562	51
Glommen-Olofsbo	1,878	1,602	44.4	54.6	85	92	8	25,745	38
Köinge-Okome	1,094	849	44.0	54.5	84	86	14	24,346	28
Ljungby	1,214	937	42.9	56.8	88	92	8	26,417	30
Långås-Morup	1,339	898	43.6	55.8	81	81	19	24,156	27
Skogstorp	2,287	1,663	52.4	46.4	82	72	28	25,295	31
Skrea-Ringsegård	2,120	1,587	45.6	53.3	89	92	8	29,961	50
Slöinge	1,371	985	48.2	50.3	80	80	20	22,584	29
Tröingeberg	2,398	1,730	49.2	49.8	88	83	17	28,257	36
Ugglarp-Långasand	1,127	952	44.3	54.7	85	93	7	27,270	48
Ullared	1,496	1,149	40.9	57.8	80	81	19	22,357	24
Vessigebro	1,666	1,239	47.9	50.9	83	87	13	24,829	32
Vinbergs samhälle	1,482	1,050	41.7	57.0	84	84	16	25,925	24
Årstad	1,703	1,257	39.0	60.1	84	85	15	25,060	32
Älvsered	1,339	1,026	35.4	63.5	82	85	15	21,436	21
Ätran-Fegen	1,278	966	39.4	59.2	81	86	14	22,145	24
Source: SVT[4]

Politics

The Right Party was the major party until 1931, when the Social Democratic Party gained that position. The municipality has, however, been a stronghold for the centre-right, whose parties have led the municipality thereafter, except for the period between 1994-1998 and 2018-. The current mayor is Per Svensson (Socialdemokratic Party) and the deputy mayor is Annelie Andelén (Centre).

Number of seats in the municipal assembly
Party	1998[5]	2002[6]	2006[6]	2010	2014[7]	2018[8]	2022[9]
Moderata samlingspartiet	8	7	9	11	9	9	11
Centerpartiet	12	10	12	11	10	10	10
Liberalerna	2	4	2	3	2	3	2
Kristdemokraterna	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
Miljöpartiet de Gröna	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Socialdemokraterna	15	16	18	17	18	18	20
Vänsterpartiet	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Aktiv Politik	3	4	2
SPI	3	3
Sverigedemokraterna			2	3	6	6	10

Localities

There are 17 urban areas (also called a tätort, or locality) in Falkenberg 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	Falkenberg	18,972
2	Skogstorp	2,180
3	Slöinge	974
4	Ullared	820
5	Skrea	789
6	Vessigebro	774
7	Glommen	687
8	Vinberg	598
9	Långås	516
10	Älvsered	475
11	Heberg	463
12	Ätran	400
13	Ringsegård	383
14	Bergagård	265
15	Årstad	258
16	Morup	248
17	Vinbergs kyrkby	216

Parks

• Bengtesgård meadow, a nature reserve[10]

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:[11]

• Borgarfjörður, Iceland
• Gniezno, Poland
• Leirvík, Faroe Islands
• Pieksämäki, Finland
• Ullensaker, Norway

Notable natives

• Pär Zetterberg, football player
• Niclas Alexandersson, football player
• Magnus Svensson, football player
• Stellan Bengtsson, former world champion, table tennis
• Per-Gunnar Andersson, race driver
• Lizzy DeVine, former lead singer of Vains Of Jenna
• J.P White, former bassist of Vains Of Jenna
• Nicki Kin, former guitarist of Vains Of Jenna
• Jacki Stone, former drummer Vains Of Jenna

See also

• Hallands Nyheter
• Sport
  • Falkenbergs FF, association football
  • Falkenbergs VBK, volleyball
  • Falkenbergs BTK, table tennis
  • Falkenbergs Motorbana (motorsport racetrack)

References

• Statistics Sweden

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 och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. World News - WN.Com Falkenberg Municipality Retrieved 2020-01-18
4. "Valresultat 2022 för Falkenberg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
5. "Valmyndigheten: Procent och mandatfördelning kommunfullmäktigvalet 1998". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
6. "Valmyndigheten: Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
7. "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg". Retrieved 2021-08-18.
8. "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg". Retrieved 2021-08-18.
9. "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Falkenberg". Retrieved 2024-01-28.
10. "Bengtesgårds Ängs Naturreservat - Nature reserve near Långås". GuidebookSweden. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
11. "Vänorter - Falkenbergs kommun". Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2010-01-19.

External links

• Falkenberg Municipality - Official site
• Falkenberg racetrack