Gällivare Municipality (; or ; ; ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. Gällivare Lapland Airport is the only airport in the region able to accommodate commercial fixed-wing aircraft; as such, it is a popular destination for hikers wishing to visit the Sarek and Padjelanta national parks.

Localities and settlements

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Gällivare Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

# Locality Population 1 Gällivare 8,480 2 Malmberget 6,017 3 Koskullskulle 899 4 Hakkas 383 5 Ullatti 230 6 Tjautjas/Čavččas 216

The municipal seat in bold

Other settlements Flakaberg Kääntöjärvi Sangervaara Leipojärvi

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

Electoral districts for the 2022 Swedish general election reported a population of 17,434 residents, including 13,652 Swedish citizens of voting age. 53.0% voted for the left coalition and 45.8% for the right coalition. Median income is high compared to other municipalities in the region, primarily due to a large mining industry in the area. Indicators are in percentage form with the exception of population totals and income.

Location % % Dundret 1,189 991 46.1 52.0 87 84 16 31,779 32Gällivare C 2,067 1,690 57.7 41.3 82 80 20 24,507 23Gällivare N 920 808 61.9 36.3 81 92 8 23,559 20Gällivare S 1,682 1,400 47.3 51.1 85 91 9 24,855 17Gällivare V 1,138 889 54.1 45.5 91 93 7 33,467 36Heden 2,317 1,750 55.4 44.2 91 93 7 32,511 34Koskullskulle 2,318 1,648 50.2 48.8 85 85 15 31,294 25Maria 1,256 965 53.2 45.4 86 85 15 27,833 34Mellanområdet 2,464 1,864 53.0 46.1 91 93 7 32,542 28Sjöparken 2,083 1,647 54.3 44.4 84 86 14 28,206 29Source: SVT

Elections

Riksdag "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast. Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND NP/SP 1973 86.6 14,719 20.7 48.8 0.0 13.5 3.6 0.7 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1976 87.0 15,619 17.8 51.5 0.0 14.0 4.8 0.8 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1979 87.0 15,699 15.7 53.9 0.0 9.1 4.7 0.9 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1982 87.7 16,008 16.5 58.0 0.8 7.2 1.9 1.2 12.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1985 85.4 15,443 18.1 56.6 0.6 5.7 6.0 0.0 11.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1988 79.6 14,065 16.8 57.0 3.6 4.9 5.2 1.4 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1991 79.2 13,510 15.6 55.5 2.2 4.0 5.0 3.2 11.0 0.0 2.4 0.0 1994 83.4 14,213 17.4 60.3 3.3 2.5 3.0 1.6 9.9 0.0 0.4 0.0 1998 77.1 12,507 33.5 43.2 3.2 1.7 1.9 4.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2002 75.5 11,484 16.6 41.9 4.8 1.8 3.9 3.4 7.0 0.8 0.0 18.3 2006 76.9 11,420 17.8 52.8 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.8 11.9 2.4 0.0 2.2 2010 80.6 12,000 13.6 55.9 3.8 1.7 2.3 2.4 14.2 5.0 0.0 0.0 2014 82.2 12,108 11.6 50.5 4.2 1.8 1.4 2.3 10.8 15.2 0.0 0.0

Blocs

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected 1973 86.6 14,719 69.5 27.7 0.0 2.8 97.2 1976 87.0 15,619 69.3 28.3 0.0 2.4 97.6 1979 87.0 15,699 69.6 25.3 0.0 5.1 94.9 1982 87.7 16,008 74.5 21.5 0.0 4.0 96.0 1985 85.4 15,443 74.7 23.6 0.0 1.7 98.3 1988 79.6 14,065 77.4 19.2 0.0 3.4 96.6 1991 79.2 13,510 71.1 23.2 0.0 5.7 96.7 1994 83.4 14,213 81.0 17.0 0.0 2.0 98.0 1998 77.1 12,507 79.9 18.8 0.0 1.3 98.7 2002 75.5 11,484 63.3 16.1 0.0 21.6 79.4 2006 76.9 11,420 73.5 19.7 0.0 6.8 93.2 2010 80.6 12,000 73.3 20.6 5.0 1.1 98.9 2014 82.2 12,108 66.3 16.3 15.2 2.2 97.8

Sister cities Gällivare Municipality has four sister cities:

Tysfjord, Norway Kittilä, Finland Kirovsk, Russia Barga, Italy

References

External links

Gällivare Municipality - Official site Town twinning ceremony with Barga, Italy