Gällivare Municipality

Gällivare Municipality (Swedish: Gällivare kommun; Northern Sami: Jiellevárri gielda or Váhčira gielda; Meänkieli: Jellivaaran kunta; Finnish: Jällivaaran kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. Gällivare Lapland Airport is the only airport in the region able to accommodate commercial fixed-wing aircraft; as such, it is a popular destination for hikers wishing to visit the Sarek and Padjelanta national parks.

Gällivare Municipality Gällivare kommun
Municipality
Gällivare Railway Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 67°07′N 20°45′E
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Gällivare
Area [1]
• Total	16,818.22 km2 (6,493.55 sq mi)
• Land	15,705.15 km2 (6,063.79 sq mi)
• Water	1,113.07 km2 (429.76 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[2]
• Total	17,233
• Density	1.0/km2 (2.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Lapland
Municipal code	2523
Website	www.gellivare.se

Localities and settlements

The Sámi Church in Gällivare.

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Gällivare Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Gällivare	8,480
2	Malmberget	6,017
3	Koskullskulle	899
4	Hakkas	383
5	Ullatti	230
6	Tjautjas/Čavččas	216

The municipal seat in bold

Other settlements

• Flakaberg
• Kääntöjärvi
• Sangervaara

Demographics

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

Electoral districts for the 2022 Swedish general election reported a population of 17,434 residents, including 13,652 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 53.0% voted for the left coalition and 45.8% for the right coalition. Median income is high compared to other municipalities in the region, primarily due to a large mining industry in the area. Indicators are in percentage form with the exception of population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Dundret	1,189	991	46.1	52.0	87	84	16	31,779	32
Gällivare C	2,067	1,690	57.7	41.3	82	80	20	24,507	23
Gällivare N	920	808	61.9	36.3	81	92	8	23,559	20
Gällivare S	1,682	1,400	47.3	51.1	85	91	9	24,855	17
Gällivare V	1,138	889	54.1	45.5	91	93	7	33,467	36
Heden	2,317	1,750	55.4	44.2	91	93	7	32,511	34
Koskullskulle	2,318	1,648	50.2	48.8	85	85	15	31,294	25
Maria	1,256	965	53.2	45.4	86	85	15	27,833	34
Mellanområdet	2,464	1,864	53.0	46.1	91	93	7	32,542	28
Sjöparken	2,083	1,647	54.3	44.4	84	86	14	28,206	29
Source: SVT[4]

Elections

Riksdag

"Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND	NP/SP
1973[5]	86.6	14,719	20.7	48.8	0.0	13.5	3.6	0.7	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1976[6]	87.0	15,619	17.8	51.5	0.0	14.0	4.8	0.8	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979[7]	87.0	15,699	15.7	53.9	0.0	9.1	4.7	0.9	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982[8]	87.7	16,008	16.5	58.0	0.8	7.2	1.9	1.2	12.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985[9]	85.4	15,443	18.1	56.6	0.6	5.7	6.0	0.0	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988[10]	79.6	14,065	16.8	57.0	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.4	9.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991[11]	79.2	13,510	15.6	55.5	2.2	4.0	5.0	3.2	11.0	0.0	2.4	0.0
1994[12]	83.4	14,213	17.4	60.3	3.3	2.5	3.0	1.6	9.9	0.0	0.4	0.0
1998[13]	77.1	12,507	33.5	43.2	3.2	1.7	1.9	4.6	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002[14]	75.5	11,484	16.6	41.9	4.8	1.8	3.9	3.4	7.0	0.8	0.0	18.3
2006[15]	76.9	11,420	17.8	52.8	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.8	11.9	2.4	0.0	2.2
2010[16]	80.6	12,000	13.6	55.9	3.8	1.7	2.3	2.4	14.2	5.0	0.0	0.0
2014[17]	82.2	12,108	11.6	50.5	4.2	1.8	1.4	2.3	10.8	15.2	0.0	0.0

Blocs

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	86.6	14,719	69.5	27.7	0.0	2.8	97.2
1976	87.0	15,619	69.3	28.3	0.0	2.4	97.6
1979	87.0	15,699	69.6	25.3	0.0	5.1	94.9
1982	87.7	16,008	74.5	21.5	0.0	4.0	96.0
1985	85.4	15,443	74.7	23.6	0.0	1.7	98.3
1988	79.6	14,065	77.4	19.2	0.0	3.4	96.6
1991	79.2	13,510	71.1	23.2	0.0	5.7	96.7
1994	83.4	14,213	81.0	17.0	0.0	2.0	98.0
1998	77.1	12,507	79.9	18.8	0.0	1.3	98.7
2002	75.5	11,484	63.3	16.1	0.0	21.6	79.4
2006	76.9	11,420	73.5	19.7	0.0	6.8	93.2
2010	80.6	12,000	73.3	20.6	5.0	1.1	98.9
2014	82.2	12,108	66.3	16.3	15.2	2.2	97.8

Sister cities

Gällivare Municipality has four sister cities:

• Tysfjord, Norway
• Kittilä, Finland
• Kirovsk, Russia
• Barga, Italy