Höganäs Municipality

Höganäs Municipality (Höganäs kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.

Höganäs Municipality Höganäs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°12′N 12°34′E
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Höganäs
Area [1]
• Total	676.12 km2 (261.05 sq mi)
• Land	150.84 km2 (58.24 sq mi)
• Water	525.28 km2 (202.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	28,193
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1284
Website	www.hoganas.se

The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough managing matters of urban character) of Sweden had been established in 1875, received the title of a city in 1936. In 1967 it was merged with Väsby. The present municipality was created with the reform in 1971 when the city was amalgamated with Brunnby and Jonstorp.

Geography

The municipality is located on the Kullen peninsula, the extreme part of which is known as the nature reserve Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque villages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species.^[3]

The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.

Localities

There were eight localities in the municipality as of 2018. The municipal seat is marked in bold.

Urban area	Population
Höganäs	15,444
Viken (part of)	4,575
Jonstorp	2,044
Arild	715
Mölle	601
Mjöhult	327
Farhult	315
Ingelsträde	250

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Höganäs 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 27,560 residents, including 21,308 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 38.5% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% 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
			%	%
Höganäs C	1,993	1,732	46.5	52.5	77	82	18	24,076	44
Höganäs NV	2,046	1,582	42.0	55.9	80	84	16	25,876	41
Höganäs NÖ	1,993	1,448	42.8	56.2	80	77	23	22,806	31
Höganäs S	1,732	1,170	46.5	52.3	72	65	35	22,595	39
Höganäs SÖ	1,906	1,401	49.5	49.2	76	75	25	22,551	38
Höganäs Ö	1,946	1,349	41.0	57.8	76	69	31	23,442	32
Jonstorp V	2,330	1,744	33.3	65.5	83	87	13	28,441	47
Jonstorp Ö	2,149	1,692	34.4	64.6	84	88	12	27,594	47
Lerberget N	1,665	1,226	36.3	63.1	89	89	11	31,827	56
Lerberget S	1,165	841	35.9	63.3	84	87	13	29,738	50
Nyhamn V	1,828	1,549	42.4	56.8	80	87	13	27,052	60
Nyhamn Ö	1,829	1,497	41.7	57.3	82	86	14	28,844	55
Viken N	1,459	1,142	31.2	67.9	83	90	10	33,061	61
Viken S	1,226	1,206	25.8	73.2	72	89	11	30,034	64
Viken Ö	2,293	1,729	29.7	68.7	85	87	13	30,704	56
Source: SVT[4]

Elections

Below are the results since the 1973 municipal reform listed. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.

Riksdag

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1973[5]	93.2	13,028	1.3	43.0	0.0	23.5	7.9	1.1	22.9	0.0	0.0
1976[6]	94.6	14,366	1.4	39.4	0.0	21.3	11.1	1.0	25.7	0.0	0.0
1979[7]	93.0	14,667	1.8	38.7	0.0	14.5	10.3	1.0	32.9	0.0	0.0
1982[8]	93.8	15,027	1.9	39.2	2.0	11.9	5.8	1.3	37.8	0.0	0.0
1985[9]	91.7	14,966	2.0	37.4	1.8	9.4	15.8	0.0	33.4	0.0	0.0
1988[10]	87.6	14,446	2.6	36.7	6.9	8.6	12.7	2.5	29.6	0.0	0.0
1991[11]	88.3	14,950	2.2	31.1	3.1	5.9	8.7	8.5	31.7	0.0	6.6
1994[12]	88.3	15,083	3.0	38.7	4.6	6.3	7.4	4.2	33.8	0.0	1.3
1998[13]	83.5	14,295	6.4	30.5	3.3	3.0	5.7	13.8	33.4	0.0	0.0
2002[14]	82.3	14,277	4.7	32.7	3.5	3.9	16.1	11.5	22.8	2.7	0.0
2006[15]	83.7	15,114	2.5	27.2	4.0	5.8	8.4	7.8	37.3	4.2	0.0
2010[16]	85.9	16,110	2.6	20.2	5.9	5.4	9.1	6.7	42.4	6.4	0.0
2014[17]	87.7	16,846	3.0	22.0	6.3	5.3	6.4	5.4	33.9	14.8	0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	93.2	13,028	44.3	54.3	0.0	1.4	98.6
1976	94.6	14,366	40.8	58.1	0.0	1.1	98.9
1979	93.0	14,667	40.5	57.7	0.0	1.8	98.2
1982	93.8	15,027	41.1	55.5	0.0	3.4	96.6
1985	91.7	14,966	39.4	58.6	0.0	2.0	98.0
1988	87.6	14,446	46.2	50.9	0.0	2.9	97.1
1991	88.3	14,950	33.3	54.8	0.0	11.9	94.7
1994	88.3	15,083	46.3	51.7	0.0	2.0	98.0
1998	83.5	14,295	40.2	55.9	0.0	3.9	96.1
2002	82.3	14,277	40.9	54.3	0.0	4.7	95.3
2006	83.7	15,114	33.7	59.3	0.0	7.0	93.0
2010	85.9	16,110	28.7	63.6	6.4	1.3	98.7
2014	87.7	16,846	31.3	50.0	14.8	3.9	96.1

References

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. C.Michael Hogan, Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Lumina Technologies, Aberdeen Library Archives, July 17, 2004 Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Valresultat 2022 för Höganäs i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
5. "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 164)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
6. "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 159)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
7. "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 183)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
8. "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 184)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
9. "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 185" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
10. "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 166)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
11. "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 26)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
12. "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 40)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
13. "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 36)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
14. "Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
15. "Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
16. "Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
17. "Valresultat Riksdag Höganäs kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Höganäs Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms
• Höganäs Keramik Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine - Höganäs Pottery