Arboga Municipality

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

Arboga Municipality Arboga kommun
Municipality
Arboga town hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°24′N 15°50′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Arboga
Area [1]
• Total	419.37 km2 (161.92 sq mi)
• Land	325.43 km2 (125.65 sq mi)
• Water	93.94 km2 (36.27 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (30 June 2025)[2]
• Total	13,924
• Density	42.786/km2 (110.82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland and Närke
Municipal code	1984
Website	www.arboga.se

In 1971 the City of Arboga was amalgamated with a part of the rural municipality Medåker, forming a municipality of unitary type. In 1974 the parish Götlanda was added from the dissolved Glanshammar municipality and transferred from Örebro County.

Localities

• Arboga (seat)
• Götlunda
• Kvarnsjön
• Medåker
• Medinge
• Värhulta

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Arboga 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 14,061 residents, including 10,941 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.3% voted for the left coalition and 51.6% 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
			%	%
Brattberget-Strömnäs	2,306	1,772	46.0	52.7	80	82	18	25,161	36
Götlunda-Medåker	2,103	1,712	42.1	56.6	87	93	7	26,443	35
Herrängen-Ekbacken	1,158	898	45.2	53.2	78	79	21	23,102	31
Ladubacksgärdena	1,765	1,324	46.8	52.4	86	87	13	27,230	38
Landsförsamlingen	1,496	1,073	44.8	54.8	72	69	31	22,213	27
Prästgärdet	1,374	1,122	51.3	48.2	84	86	14	25,733	25
Ringsborg-Strömsborg	1,979	1,597	49.5	48.8	71	66	34	19,127	27
Sturestaden-Nästkvarn	1,880	1,443	54.7	43.9	72	80	20	20,793	31
Source: SVT[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[4]	91.6	9,486	4.3	50.7		24.4	9.1	1.0	10.3			55.0	43.8
1976[5]	92.9	9,789	3.4	49.9		23.6	10.4	1.1	11.4			53.3	45.4
1979[6]	91.0	9,853	4.2	51.0		17.1	10.7	1.2	15.2			55.2	43.0
1982[7]	91.8	10,019	4.3	53.7	1.3	15.3	5.8	1.9	17.6			58.0	38.7
1985[8]	90.1	9,859	4.4	53.2	1.7	12.2	12.2		16.2			57.6	40.6
1988[9]	85.5	9,321	5.4	50.3	4.9	11.2	10.5	2.5	14.2			60.6	35.9
1991[10]	86.3	9,499	4.2	45.3	3.5	8.4	8.8	6.7	17.2		5.3	49.5	41.1
1994[11]	87.0	9,510	6.7	50.9	5.7	7.1	6.6	3.5	17.5		1.0	63.3	34.7
1998[12]	82.0	8,589	13.5	41.9	5.9	5.2	4.1	10.7	17.9			61.3	37.9
2002[13]	79.8	8,169	8.8	44.3	5.2	6.9	12.3	8.3	11.6	1.0		58.3	39.1
2006[14]	81.0	8,207	6.4	42.1	3.9	8.8	6.6	5.2	21.1	2.5		52.4	41.7
2010[15]	83.6	8,565	5.7	37.6	6.3	5.8	6.8	4.5	26.4	6.0		49.6	43.5
2014[16]	85.2	8,975	5.0	38.3	5.2	5.5	3.9	3.5	20.6	15.5		48.5	33.5
2018[17]	87.5	9,233	5.8	33.8	3.2	6.8	3.9	5.1	18.7	21.7		49.5	49.4
2022[18]	84.0	9,081	4.8	33.8	3.5	5.2	3.6	4.8	17.6	25.6		47.3	51.6