Hässleholm Municipality () is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.

The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former City of Hässleholm, itself incorporated in 1914, was amalgamated with seven surrounding municipalities. In 1863, there were 29 local government units, all rural, in the area.

The municipal coat of arms was granted in 1920 and registered for the new municipality in 1974. The cross symbolizes the railway junction, which is the origin of the town Hässleholm. The hazelnuts allude to the name Hässleholm, which roughly translates as "Hazel-isle".

Geography At 1,306.27 km2 Hässleholm is the second largest municipality in Skåne County by total area. By land area Hässleholm is the largest in Scania County with 1,268.53 km2 (Kristianstad Municipality short after with 1,246.25 km2), much due to its relatively small water area of 37.74 km2.

Localities There are 17 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hässleholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population 1 Hässleholm 19,435 2 Tyringe 4,752 3 Vinslöv 4,113 4 Bjärnum 2,762 5 Sösdala 1,835 6 Vittsjö 1,796 7 Hästveda 1,731 8 Sjörröd 1,470 9 Tormestorp 1,097 10 Stoby 747 11 Finja 530 12 Vankiva 387 13 Ballingslöv 361 14 Emmaljunga 313 15 Mala 223 16 Hörja 211 17 Västra Torup 211

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Hässleholm 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 52,201 residents, including 39,480 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.1% voted for the left coalition and 61.7% for the right coalition.

Location % % Ballingslöv 1,219 946 31.2 67.0 79 87 13 23,799 33Bjärnum N 1,738 1,255 33.1 65.6 78 75 25 22,900 28Bjärnum S 1,556 1,093 33.2 65.5 72 74 26 20,659 28Bokalyckan 1,228 1,031 44.8 54.5 74 74 26 22,655 42Bokeberg 1,495 1,290 45.2 53.0 72 74 26 18,498 35Djupadal 1,272 1,032 37.7 61.4 78 76 24 23,650 40Finja 1,498 1,136 34.9 64.5 82 88 12 26,130 33Fredentorp 1,199 987 40.9 58.0 78 81 19 21,123 29Gäddastorp 1,137 873 36.0 63.5 84 82 18 28,937 52Haga 1,484 1,061 47.3 51.7 65 59 41 18,131 30Hässleholm C 1,500 1,187 40.0 58.2 72 64 36 20,364 36Hästveda V 1,357 1,028 33.0 65.2 80 88 12 23,825 30Hästveda Ö 1,531 1,074 33.2 65.5 73 77 23 20,860 27Kristinehem-Ekedal 1,504 1,123 40.6 58.5 85 71 29 28,337 52Ljungdala 1,642 1,272 48.8 50.1 84 69 31 26,322 42Läreda 1,635 1,042 64.1 32.0 59 26 74 16,009 28Röke-Hörja 1,540 1,167 29.3 69.2 80 89 11 23,281 33Sjörröd 1,576 1,180 30.9 68.3 87 90 10 31,310 52Stattena 1,717 1,291 36.5 62.0 81 73 27 25,939 39Stoby-Ignaberga 1,823 1,351 31.1 68.5 85 86 14 27,078 40Sösdala V 1,567 1,165 40.6 58.7 77 80 20 21,602 32Sösdala Ö 1,430 1,017 36.4 62.7 73 83 17 21,926 32T4-området 1,510 1,235 41.4 58.0 70 68 32 21,410 34Tormestorp 1,401 1,071 33.3 65.5 85 90 10 28,531 43Tyringe N 1,615 1,178 36.4 61.4 73 72 28 20,889 30Tyringe S 1,643 1,280 32.8 65.7 78 86 14 22,751 36Tyringe V 1,709 1,263 39.0 59.9 71 78 22 19,878 27Vankiva 1,225 966 30.5 68.4 83 87 13 26,150 35Vinslöv C 1,894 1,499 36.3 63.2 82 91 9 23,689 32Vinslöv N 1,804 1,375 34.0 65.2 81 91 9 23,967 34Vinslöv S 1,865 1,380 31.0 68.3 87 90 10 26,480 32Vittsjö C 1,783 1,321 35.8 62.8 72 78 22 21,014 34Vittsjö 1,300 983 27.4 71.2 76 85 15 21,579 33Östervärn-Röinge 1,804 1,328 42.6 56.9 84 76 24 27,566 46Source: SVT

Industry Hässleholms Workshops Göinge Mechanical Workshop Hässleholms Brewery Hässleholms Kapsyl- och Stanniolfabrik Hässleholms Filfabrik

Sport in Hässleholm IFK Hässleholm

Twin towns Darłowo, Poland Eckernförde, Germany Nykøbing-Rørvig, Denmark

Notable residents

Bengt Bauler Johan T Karlsson Ida-Theres Nerell Pia Hansen Andreas Tilliander Grönwalls Andreas Dahl, football (soccer) player Jon Jönsson, football (soccer) player Ingrid Swede, film Jan Brink Åke "Kometen" Persson Jeanette Thelander Anders S. Nilsson Glenn Wish Neneh Cherry, Swedish-American singer raised here sporadically throughout her childhood Martin Ingvarsson Joddla med Siv Freddie Ljungberg, footballer born in Vittsjö, but grew up in Halmstad Nilla Fischer, footballer Gustav Fridolin, Sweden's youngest parliament member, now a journalist for Kalla Fakta Bildsköne Bengtsson Peps Persson, musician KG Hammar, former archbishop Gunhild Sehlin

References Statistics Sweden

External links

Hässleholm Municipality - Official site