Valdemarsvik Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Valdemarsvik.

Valdemarsvik was originally a market town (köping) under the city of Söderköping. When the first local government acts came into force in Sweden in 1863 Valdemarsvik was not made a municipality of its own, but part of Ringarum. It was detached from Ringarum in 1914. The municipal reform of 1971 created the present municipality by reuniting Ringarum with Valdemarsvik and also adding Gryt and a part of the dissolved Tjust-Ed. The latter territory was transferred from Kalmar County.

Geographically, it is notable for an archipelago and a harbour.

Sights

The local church is from the 1870s, with extensive renovations in the early 20th century.

Notable natives Lena Ek, former member of the European Parliament and the Riksdag, lives in Valdemarsvik Nils Liedholm, professional soccer player, was born and raised in Valdemarsvik

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Valdemarsvik 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 7,639 residents, including 6,130 Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.4% voted for the left coalition and 56.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Gryt 792 721 36.3 62.3 83 94 6 23,664 34Gusum 1,694 1,307 42.3 55.5 77 85 15 22,078 22Ringarum 1,306 1,067 34.4 64.6 85 95 5 24,192 25Tryserum-Ö Ed 833 703 33.3 65.4 86 95 5 22,737 28Valdemarsvik 1 1,751 1,389 50.7 48.0 75 83 17 19,661 22Valdemarsvik 2 1,263 943 49.1 50.3 76 79 21 22,237 25Source: SVT

Elections

Riksdag These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Söderköping Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, whereas "Votes" only denotes valid votes.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND 1973 92.8 5,892 3.9 46.5 0.0 30.9 5.3 2.2 11.0 0.0 0.0 1976 93.6 6,229 2.8 46.7 0.0 30.4 5.3 1.9 13.0 0.0 0.0 1979 92.7 6,289 3.5 46.9 0.0 26.2 5.7 1.6 15.2 0.0 0.0 1982 92.9 6,857 3.5 47.8 1.3 23.0 3.9 2.0 18.4 0.0 0.0 1985 91.7 6,047 3.4 48.0 0.9 21.2 8.7 0.0 17.7 0.0 0.0 1988 87.3 5,674 3.3 47.7 4.0 20.8 6.9 2.5 14.7 0.0 0.0 1991 87.5 5,736 2.9 41.8 2.2 16.4 4.7 6.8 16.7 0.0 7.1 1994 87.9 5,817 3.6 47.8 4.7 15.4 2.9 4.5 18.0 0.0 1.5 1998 81.8 5,306 9.2 39.5 3.7 14.0 1.7 11.6 18.4 0.0 0.0 2002 80.6 5,123 5.7 43.4 3.3 15.4 7.7 9.0 13.8 0.4 0.0 2006 82.5 5,214 4.0 40.2 2.7 14.7 4.2 6.6 22.9 2.5 0.0 2010 85.0 5,331 4.1 37.0 4.2 11.9 4.2 5.2 26.2 6.4 0.0 2014 87.1 5,378 3.7 35.3 3.3 10.5 2.8 3.5 20.0 18.5 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected 1973 92.8 5,892 50.4 47.2 0.0 0.6 99.4 1976 93.6 6,229 49.5 48.7 0.0 1.8 98.2 1979 92.7 6,289 50.4 47.1 0.0 2.5 97.5 1982 92.9 6,857 51.3 45.3 0.0 3.4 96.6 1985 91.7 6,047 51.4 47.6 0.0 1.0 99.0 1988 87.3 5,674 55.0 42.4 0.0 2.6 97.4 1991 87.5 5,736 44.7 44.6 0.0 10.7 96.4 1994 87.9 5,817 56.1 40.8 0.0 3.1 96.9 1998 81.8 5,306 52.4 45.7 0.0 1.9 98.1 2002 80.6 5,123 52.4 45.9 0.0 1.7 98.3 2006 82.5 5,214 46.9 48.4 0.0 4.7 95.3 2010 85.0 5,331 45.3 47.5 6.4 0.8 99.2 2014 87.1 5,378 42.3 36.8 18.5 2.4 97.6

References

External links

Valdemarsvik Municipality - Official site Article Valdemarsvik - From Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish)