Nordanstig Municipality

Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden

Nordanstig Municipality Nordanstigs kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 61°59′N 17°04′E / 61.983°N 17.067°E / 61.983; 17.067
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Bergsjö
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,525.99 km² (975.29 sq mi)
• Land	1,370.64 km² (529.21 sq mi)
• Water	1,155.35 km² (446.08 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,370
• Density	3.7/km² (9.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Hälsingland
Municipal code	2132
Website	www.nordanstig.se

Nordanstig Municipality (Nordanstigs kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden.

The municipal seat is located in Bergsjö.

The municipality was created in 1974 when Bergsjö, Gnarp, Hassela and Harmånger were amalgamated. The name chosen for the new municipality was taken from a corresponding ecclesiastical entity, Nordanstigs kontrakt, which got this name in 1916 on the initiative of Nathan Söderblom, the archbishop of Uppsala.

The current municipal arms was designed in the mid 80s. It depicts: A horse to symbolize the forest and agricultural industry; the net symbolizes fishing and six net mesh to symbolize the six municipal parishes (Hassela, Bergsjö, Ilsbo, Gnarp, Jättendal and Harmånger).

Olympic gold medalist in slalom from 2018 PyongChang, André Myhrer, is born in Bergsjö, Nordanstig municipality.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Nordanstig 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 9,475 inhabitants, with 7,393 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.8% voted for the left coalition and 50.8% 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

Bergsjö

2,293

1,770

46.8

51.5

23,024

Gnarp

2,267

1,749

45.6

52.7

22,288

Harmånger-Ilsbo

1,975

1,495

44.3

54.9

22,291

Hassela-Älgered

1,228

998

53.7

45.0

21,835

Jättendal-Stocka

1,712

1,381

52.1

46.5

23,018

Source: SVT^[3]

Islands

Gran

Economy

The manufacturing industry provides 25% of the employment; service and communications 14%; agriculture, forest and fishing industries 6%; education and research 9%.

Largest private employers were (2004):^[4]

Strömsbruksfabriken - 150 employees
Trima AB - 125 employees
Plyfa AB - 80 employees
SMP Parts - 50 employees
Hassela utbildningscenter - 40 employees
Tjärnviks Trä AB - 40 employees

Sister city

Nordanstig has one sister city: Holeby in Denmark.

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 Nordanstig i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Näringslivsfakta". Archived from the original on 2005-08-29. Retrieved 2005-09-26.