Malung-Sälen Municipality

Malung-Sälen Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Malung.

Malung Municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of "old" Malung with the adjacent entities Lima and Transtrand. In 2007 the Government of SwedenGovernment Press Release (Swedish), 1 March 2007 decided to approve the present name, which took effect on 1 January 2008. The reason for the double name, the only of its kind in Sweden, is to promote the skiing resort area Sälen in the northern part of the municipality.

Geography

The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of bog and forest. The Transtrandsfjällen in the north are the southernmost mountains in Sweden, marking the start of the Scandinavian mountain range. Rocks are mostly metamorphic and sedimentary, with occurrences of basalt. Most settlements are located in and around the valley of Västerdalälven river.

Localities The municipal population was around 13,000 in the 1960s, but has decreased continually since then.

The villages in the municipality, with population figures from 2005, are: Lima (418) Limedsforsen (443) Malung (seat) (5,146) Malungsfors (559) Sälen (508) - Is a nationally renowned skiing resort. Transtrand (373) Yttermalung (216) Öje (202) (population figure from 2000)

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Malung-Sälen 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 10,210 inhabitants, with 7,983 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.6 % voted for the left coalition and 60.7 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Lima 1,530 1,269 23.3 74.5 86 93 7 24,918 23Malung S 1,880 1,576 46.0 53.0 81 89 11 22,666 27Malung V 1,555 1,212 36.2 61.7 81 87 13 24,188 27Malung Ö 2,184 1,558 44.8 53.0 77 73 27 21,725 26Malungsfors 580 466 37.3 59.8 85 91 9 24,304 23Transtrand 2,030 1,543 33.4 65.6 86 88 12 28,250 29Yttermalung 451 359 43.4 55.9 75 87 13 22,369 31Source: SVT

Riksdag elections Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight1973 91.6 8,101 3.7 47.0 31.9 8.5 1.4 7.7 50.4 48.01976 92.7 8,454 3.2 46.3 32.5 8.4 1.1 8.3 49.5 49.31979 91.4 8,334 4.3 47.7 27.1 7.3 1.1 12.2 52.0 46.61982 91.7 8,307 3.8 49.9 1.4 23.2 5.1 1.0 15.5 53.6 43.71985 90.5 8,272 3.6 47.9 1.6 18.4 11.7 16.7 51.5 46.81988 86.1 7,762 3.7 47.6 4.4 18.3 10.8 1.5 13.6 55.6 42.71991 87.5 7,819 3.3 41.6 2.2 14.4 8.2 5.1 17.1 7.4 44.8 44.71994 86.2 7,527 5.9 49.9 3.7 12.3 6.5 2.5 17.7 0.7 59.5 39.11998 82.3 6,943 15.0 39.5 2.7 7.4 4.1 9.7 20.6 57.2 41.82002 79.2 6,484 9.5 42.7 2.6 11.3 10.0 6.6 14.5 0.6 54.9 42.42006 80.8 6,527 7.9 37.8 2.4 11.8 6.3 3.7 26.4 2.1 48.0 48.22010 82.8 6,672 6.7 36.5 3.0 8.2 5.8 2.6 30.0 5.7 46.2 46.62014 85.3 6.674 4.7 36.2 2.7 8.6 3.7 2.4 22.6 17.3 43.6 37.22018 87.0 6,756 6.1 29.0 1.7 9.3 3.2 5.9 19.0 24.6 46.1 52.62022 86.4 6,786 4.1 26.2 1.9 5.4 3.3 6.5 18.9 32.1 37.6 60.7

Education Malung has a folk high school, specialised in folk music and folk dance. One notable former music student is Emma Härdelin.

Malung-Sälen Municipality

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