Borlänge Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km2. The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.

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

In total there were 52,132 residents, including 38,802 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.5% for the right coalition.

Location % % Bergslagsbyn 2,172 1,675 47.8 50.9 84 84 16 26,632 36Bullermyren 2,081 1,188 65.5 30.3 49 32 68 14,293 23Centrum-Mjälga 1,475 1,112 45.0 53.8 79 81 19 26,571 36Centrum N 1,559 1,336 51.9 46.3 78 77 23 24,246 39Domnarvet V 1,973 1,470 49.2 49.1 86 89 11 29,443 42Domnarvet Ö 1,983 1,540 49.0 50.2 82 84 16 26,105 33Färjegårdarna-Årby 2,114 1,602 48.7 50.1 88 89 11 27,702 44Gylle-Åselby 2,298 1,813 42.3 56.7 87 92 8 27,754 34Gylletäppan 1,760 1,461 45.6 53.1 86 86 14 26,385 35Hagalund N 1,972 1,436 51.5 45.7 64 56 44 19,297 29Hagalund V 1,990 1,654 49.1 49.6 78 77 23 23,631 35Hagalund Ö 1,154 1,178 54.1 44.7 79 70 30 22,299 34Hushagen-Forssa 1,696 1,492 54.3 44.1 80 86 14 24,745 36Jakobsgårdarna 2,094 1,353 60.5 36.4 63 47 53 19,460 27Kvarnsveden S 1,281 1,000 52.0 47.1 85 89 11 27,240 39Kvarnsveden V 2,139 1,670 48.8 49.9 83 90 10 26,487 38Kvarnsveden Ö 1,338 1,087 47.1 51.7 85 88 12 26,692 38Kyrkbygden-S Tuna 2,097 1,677 38.7 59.9 87 94 6 26,181 33Mats Knuts-Nygårdarna 1,986 1,343 49.5 49.2 86 86 14 28,409 47Norr Amsberg 1,537 1,207 39.9 58.7 85 88 12 28,104 34Ornäs 1,801 1,382 44.4 54.8 85 93 7 29,557 38Skräddarbacken 1,864 1,403 47.7 50.9 84 89 11 27,742 43Tjärna Allé 2,408 1,058 86.1 11.8 36 11 89 9,044 21Tjärna Ängar-Paradiset 2,071 1,304 58.9 39.3 61 45 55 19,437 31Tjärna Ängar-Ö Tjärna 2,113 1,272 56.1 42.9 67 49 51 21,664 27Torsång 1,705 1,312 39.9 59.4 93 95 5 31,805 48V Tuna-Idkerberget 1,716 1,405 34.8 63.4 85 93 7 26,120 24Östermalm 1,755 1,372 46.1 52.6 78 69 31 23,971 35Source: SVT

Riksdag elections Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight1973 91.1 28,033 4.7 53.4 28.1 5.2 1.6 6.5 58.1 39.81976 91.9 30,166 4.2 52.9 25.3 8.1 1.3 7.9 57.1 41.31979 90.2 30,045 5.5 54.2 18.4 7.5 1.3 12.3 59.7 38.21982 91.5 31,434 5.5 57.2 1.8 14.6 3.9 1.3 15.5 62.6 34.01985 89.3 30,769 5.9 54.2 2.4 11.1 10.9 14.5 60.1 36.51988 84.6 29,220 6.7 52.1 6.0 10.5 10.6 2.5 10.7 64.8 31.81991 85.4 29,639 5.3 47.3 3.2 8.0 7.7 5.9 15.2 6.4 52.6 36.71994 86.2 30,506 7.5 55.5 5.7 6.3 5.6 3.0 14.5 1.0 68.7 29.41998 80.6 28,150 15.2 44.7 5.4 4.1 3.3 9.2 15.0 65.3 31.52002 78.2 27,313 10.0 48.6 5.2 6.2 9.5 6.2 10.4 1.8 63.7 32.32006 80.7 28,333 7.1 45.5 4.4 7.3 5.7 4.4 18.8 3.5 57.0 36.22010 84.9 30,756 6.6 39.6 6.0 5.4 5.0 3.5 23.2 9.2 52.2 37.12014 86.2 31,740 6.2 37.3 5.6 5.1 3.7 3.2 18.0 17.7 49.0 30.02018 87.3 32,460 7.6 32.7 3.9 7.4 4.4 5.1 17.1 20.3 51.6 46.9

Education Dalarna University College Soltorgsgymnasiet

Notable natives Jussi Björling, tenor Lars Frölander, swimmer Mando Diao, rock band Sugarplum Fairy, pop band Per Fosshaug, bandy player Dozer, stoner rock band Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player Sator, rock band Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li) Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion Per Johansson, swimmer

References

External links

Borlänge - Official site