Gällivare Municipality

Gällivare Municipality

*Gällivare kommun*
Gällivare Municipality Gällivare kommun
Municipality
	Gällivare Railway Station
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 67°07′N 20°45′E / 67.117°N 20.750°E
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Gällivare
Area
• 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 2023)
• Total	17,330
• 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

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.

Localities and settlements

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

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

%

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

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:

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.
^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Gällivare i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

External links

Gällivare Municipality - Official site (in Swedish)
Town twinning ceremony with Barga, Italy

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "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.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[3] Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

[GällivareVal2022-4] "Valresultat 2022 för Gällivare i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[5] "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[6] "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[7] "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[8] "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[9] "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[10] "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[11] "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[12] "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[13] "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[14] "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[15] "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[16] "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[17] "Valresultat Riksdag Gällivare kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

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