Gävle Municipality () is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle.

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Gävle was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. All of them were original entities, instituted as municipalities by the local government acts of 1862. The area had not been affected by the national subdivision reform in 1952.

Geography Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar continental climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of in January and in July. Yearly rainfall is around .

Localities

Data from 2000.

TownPopulationArea (km2) Gävle92,68141.58Valbo6,9848.14Forsbacka1,7161.71Hedesunda1,0711.67Norrsundet1,0441.89Bergby8341.91Forsby6170.87Hamrångefjärden5581.57Furuvik4720.96Åbyggeby4570.87Lund3801.14Björke3620.58Trödje3210.67Bönan2730.65Totra2550.76Berg2310.51Hagsta2060.74

Economy Major employers in Gävle: Gävle Municipality 8,000 County Council 8,000 Stora Enso 1,200 Ericsson 1,100 BillerudKorsnäs 1,100 Lantmäteriet 900

Whisky Mackmyra Whisky in Valbo, a suburb of Gävle, is the only whisky distillery in Sweden. Malt whisky is produced since 1999.

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Gävle 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 78,868 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 48.9% voted for the left coalition and 49.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Andersberg C 2,576 1,324 74.7 20.5 49 25 75 12,443 19Andersberg N 1,720 1,276 53.3 44.3 73 67 33 24,148 40Andersberg-Sälgsjön 1,859 1,476 49.6 49.6 81 81 19 27,276 40Bergby-Axmar 1,683 1,416 42.9 55.6 82 93 7 23,236 25Björke-Trödje 2,124 1,708 37.4 61.6 88 94 6 29,602 37Bomhus C 1,629 1,155 48.9 50.6 89 87 13 30,616 49Bomhus N 1,796 1,381 42.7 56.1 82 85 15 27,566 38Bomhus SO 1,861 1,370 51.1 47.5 82 85 15 25,202 33Bomhus SV 2,010 1,434 49.0 49.9 85 85 15 28,901 41Bomhus V 2,108 1,482 50.9 48.0 71 74 26 20,459 35Bomhus Ö 2,018 1,553 42.9 56.7 89 90 10 30,638 40Brynäs C 1,999 1,732 55.6 42.2 72 76 24 21,964 35Brynäs S 2,024 1,619 55.7 42.4 72 67 33 22,721 39Brynäs V 1,800 1,339 56.9 40.9 71 62 38 21,588 35Brynäs Ö 2,075 1,546 55.8 41.6 68 60 40 20,873 31Forsbacka 1,892 1,545 46.4 53.1 78 87 13 25,011 32Fridhem 1,716 1,226 50.8 48.0 92 90 10 34,474 68Furuvik-Ytterharnäs 1,367 1,016 39.8 59.6 87 92 8 29,847 42Gävle Strand 1,696 1,563 45.2 53.8 80 79 21 31,057 47Hagaström C 2,162 1,572 50.8 48.2 90 93 7 32,233 60Hedesunda N 1,324 1,057 34.9 64.0 82 92 8 23,444 24Hedesunda S 1,381 1,119 39.9 58.5 87 94 6 25,984 31Hemlingby 2,249 1,709 42.7 56.6 90 92 8 33,071 56Hemsta 1,671 1,484 54.2 44.5 78 81 19 24,991 43Hille 2,319 1,718 45.1 54.2 89 95 5 30,366 48Nordost 2,029 1,363 64.4 33.6 58 33 67 15,621 25Norr 1,304 1,128 47.0 52.1 83 81 19 26,267 49Norrlandet-Utvalnäs 2,317 1,766 37.0 62.6 88 92 8 35,076 35Norrsundet-Hamrångef. 1,655 1,334 49.3 49.8 73 89 11 21,631 22Norrtull-Lexe 2,103 1,805 51.5 47.9 84 88 12 29,883 56Olsbacka 1,569 1,168 50.1 49.3 85 87 13 30,740 57Stigslund 2,209 1,780 47.9 51.4 85 89 11 27,352 46Strömsbro 2,391 1,930 45.2 54.3 88 93 7 31,506 56Sätra C 2,120 1,551 60.5 37.7 63 60 40 17,831 36Sätra NO 2,201 1,520 61.3 35.3 70 56 44 20,414 38Sätra NV 2,200 1,596 53.2 45.1 83 74 26 29,093 52Sätra V 2,280 1,558 52.1 46.2 80 73 27 25,727 43Sätra Ö 2,902 1,539 60.9 35.0 54 32 68 11,899 34Söder V 2,123 1,881 49.6 48.8 79 80 20 25,261 42Söder Ö 2,155 1,846 49.3 48.0 79 79 21 24,303 42Södertull 1,867 1,710 49.0 49.8 78 85 15 24,406 45Sörby 2,432 1,770 54.1 43.6 76 72 28 23,291 44Valbo C 2,123 1,601 45.5 53.1 83 90 10 26,306 34Valbo N 2,081 1,683 46.5 52.3 77 86 14 22,290 32Valbo V 2,174 1,631 44.0 55.7 90 95 5 31,360 44Valbo Ö-Hagaström 2,518 1,907 42.7 56.7 90 93 7 31,798 45Vallbacken 2,054 1,753 52.7 46.0 80 85 15 26,492 52Villastaden 2,215 1,812 42.4 57.1 66 86 14 24,501 65Väster N 1,813 1,666 48.5 49.8 83 85 15 27,724 52Väster S 1,448 1,314 49.0 50.2 81 81 19 24,479 41Åbyggeby 2,162 1,555 39.7 59.8 91 95 5 31,767 44Öster-Alderholmen 1,432 881 65.5 30.7 59 36 64 16,442 29Source: SVT

Politics The municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) has 65 members, elected for a four-year period. The last election was held in September 2022. Eight parties are represented in the assembly. The largest party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has 21 seats. The current chairman of the municipal assembly is the liberal Per-Åke Fredriksson, with the current chairman of the municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) is Åsa Wiklund Lång.

Education The University College of Gävle currently enrolls 12,500 students.

It offers courses of study at six departments: Business Administration, Education and Psychology, Caring Sciences and Sociology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Natural and Computer Sciences and Technology, and Built Environment.

Some courses are given in English taught both to visiting students from foreign partner institutions and to Swedish students.

Twin towns – sister cities Gävle is twinned with: Galva, United States Gjøvik, Norway Jūrmala, Latvia Næstved, Denmark Rauma, Finland

See also Municipalities of Sweden List of Swedish municipalities International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (1995) List of Gävleborg Governors

References Notes

External links

National Atlas of Sweden - Statistics