Karlsborg Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Karlsborg Municipality Karlsborgs kommun
Municipality
Karlsborg town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°32′N 14°31′E / 58.533°N 14.517°E / 58.533; 14.517
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Karlsborg
Area ^[1]
• Total	797.35 km² (307.86 sq mi)
• Land	405.87 km² (156.71 sq mi)
• Water	391.48 km² (151.15 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	7,061
• Density	8.9/km² (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1446
Website	www.karlsborg.se

Karlsborg Municipality (Karlsborgs kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Karlsborg.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Karlsborg was amalgamated with Mölltorp and Undenäs.

The area has been dominated by Karlsborg Fortress and military activity throughout the last centuries.

Tiveden National Park is partly situated within the municipality. The Flugebyn airfield, home of the Västergötland Skydiving Club (Västergötlands Fallskärmsklubb) also lies in the municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlsborg 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 6,959 residents, including 5,557 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.8% 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

Karlsborg C-S

2,057

1,657

40.4

58.4

23,542

Karlsborg N

2,068

1,641

44.0

55.1

25,703

Mölltorp-Brevik

1,832

1,443

46.0

53.5

25,897

Undenäs-Forsvik

1,002

816

45.4

53.5

21,277

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Karlsborg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.