Lindesberg Municipality

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

Lindesberg Municipality Lindesbergs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°35′N 15°15′E
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Lindesberg
Area [1]
• Total	1,480.5 km2 (571.6 sq mi)
• Land	1,377.59 km2 (531.89 sq mi)
• Water	102.91 km2 (39.73 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[2]
• Total	23,141
• Density	16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1885
Website	www.lindesberg.se

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Lindesberg and the former market town of Frövi were joined.

Localities

By size, as of 2000:

• Lindesberg (seat)
• Frövi
• Storå
• Fellingsbro
• Vedevåg
• Stråssa
• Gusselby
• Ramsberg
• Rockhammar
• Fryggesboda

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973[3]	90.9	15,758	3.9	45.9		31.3	7.5	2.4	8.6			49.8	47.4
1976[4]	92.0	16,420	3.1	45.8		31.6	7.2	1.8	10.2			48.9	49.0
1979[5]	90.4	16,377	4.2	47.3		25.0	7.5	2.1	13.5			51.5	45.9
1982[6]	91.4	16,740	4.2	50.7	1.7	20.7	4.4	2.7	15.5			54.9	40.6
1985[7]	89.7	16,559	4.5	49.0	2.5	18.3	10.3		15.0			53.5	43.6
1988[8]	85.4	15,627	5.5	47.8	5.2	16.7	9.7	3.8	11.2			58.4	37.6
1991[9]	85.9	15,756	4.6	43.3	3.0	12.3	7.5	8.5	13.7		6.6	47.9	42.0
1994[10]	86.9	16,004	7.0	50.4	5.1	11.4	5.6	4.3	15.0		0.7	62.5	36.3
1998[11]	80.3	14,382	13.7	41.1	4.5	8.6	3.1	11.5	15.6			59.3	38.9
2002[12]	79.3	13,989	7.7	47.5	4.0	12.0	8.4	7.6	10.1	1.6		59.3	38.1
2006[13]	81.3	14,165	5.3	43.5	3.6	12.4	4.4	5.4	18.2	5.1		52.4	40.3
2010[14]	84.6	14,845	4.6	38.6	5.2	8.0	5.0	4.8	23.5	9.2		48.4	41.3
2014[15]	86.8	15,348	4.3	36.9	4.7	7.5	2.8	3.7	16.9	20.9		45.9	30.8
2018[16]	87.6	15,280	6.1	31.6	2.6	8.5	2.8	6.1	15.8	25.0		48.7	49.7
2022[17]	84.5	15,053	5.1	30.2	3.2	6.0	2.7	5.4	15.5	30.1		44.5	53.7

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lindesberg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[18]

In total there were 23,563 residents with 18,038 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote.^[18] The political demographics were 44.5% for the left bloc and 53.7% for the right bloc.^[18] The northeastern part of Lindesberg has a majority of non-Swedish background. It also has the lowest median income and the lowest levels of employment, while the wealthiest district of Linde encircling the town has the highest share of Swedish background in the municipality.^[18] The town of Lindesberg leaned slightly to the left, whereas the countryside had very high shares for the right and in particular the Sweden Democrats.^[18] 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
			%	%
Fellingsbro V	1,123	876	45.0	52.9	76	85	15	21,926	24
Fellingsbro Ö	1,389	1,076	41.7	55.7	75	82	18	22,187	25
Frövi V	1,847	1,458	48.9	48.7	80	82	18	24,708	26
Frövi Ö	1,626	1,226	47.0	52.1	84	89	11	27,595	34
Guldsmedshyttan	1,399	1,118	40.6	58.4	75	87	13	22,743	24
Gusselby	692	556	31.6	67.2	84	90	10	25,960	23
Linde	1,478	1,141	34.7	64.3	86	92	8	28,154	33
Lindesbergs M	2,199	1,767	50.3	48.1	76	78	22	21,711	32
Lindesbergs NÖ	1,879	1,118	61.7	36.9	62	37	63	18,379	25
Lindesbergs N	1,823	1,348	45.2	54.0	81	72	28	25,758	30
Lindesbergs SÖ	1,428	1,146	46.1	51.5	81	82	18	25,000	33
Lindesbergs V	2,118	1,631	46.7	51.9	83	83	17	26,477	35
Ramshyttan	679	586	42.1	55.4	83	88	12	23,694	34
Rockhammar	772	616	39.7	57.3	81	87	13	22,997	25
Storå	2,036	1,570	39.0	59.5	75	86	14	22,080	22
Vedevåg	1,075	805	41.9	55.8	79	82	18	24,777	29
Source: SVT[18]

Twin towns

Lindesberg's five twin towns with the year of its establishing:

1. (1940) Kuusankoski (Kouvola), Finland
2. (?) Oppdal Municipality, Norway
3. (?) Jammerbugt Municipality, Denmark
4. (1990) Frunzensky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
5. (1995) Haßberge, Germany

Industry

The largest employer is the municipality. After that follow the large hospital, serving the northern parts of Örebro County. Larger companies include Por Pac (Fagerdala Foams), Arvin Meritor and Liab.