Kramfors Municipality

Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden

Kramfors Municipality Kramfors kommun
Municipality
Röviken Gulf in Ullånger, Kramfors, along the High Coast
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 62°56′N 17°48′E / 62.933°N 17.800°E / 62.933; 17.800
Country	Sweden
County	Västernorrland County
Seat	Kramfors
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,892.59 km² (1,116.84 sq mi)
• Land	1,694.76 km² (654.35 sq mi)
• Water	1,197.83 km² (462.48 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	17,631
• Density	6.1/km² (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Ångermanland
Municipal code	2282
Website	http://www.kramfors.se

Kramfors Municipality (Kramfors kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Kramfors.

The rural municipality of Gudmundrå was in 1947 made one of the last administrative cities of Sweden and got the name Kramfors from an industrial settlement. In 1952 many of the surrounding entities were grouped into larger municipalities. The nationwide reform in 1971 made Kramfors a unitary municipality, but the amalgamation process was not fulfilled until 1974. The number of original units within the present municipality is eleven, including Bjärtrå.

The municipality features the Sandö Bridge, crossing the Ångerman River. It is a concrete bridge in one span, and with a length of 264 meters it was the longest of that kind from its inauguration 1943 to 1964.

Nearby is a monument to the people killed in the Ådalen shootings, 1931, when the Swedish military shot socialist demonstrators, killing five.

The UNESCO World Heritage Area Höga kusten ("High coast" in English) is located on the east coast of Kramfors municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kramfors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 17,991 residents, including 14,021 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 61.0% voted for the left coalition and 37.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Bjärtrå

1,334

1,054

61.5

37.1

22,649

Björsta

1,546

1,159

62.8

35.4

21,647

Blästa

1,335

1,039

57.1

41.4

23,275

Bollsta

1,359

1,045

56.6

42.6

21,481

Centrum

1,665

1,303

68.4

30.0

20,052

Docksta

825

677

59.3

38.3

23,581

Frånö-Lunde

1,248

982

60.5

38.3

21,510

Gumås

1,789

1,351

62.5

37.0

27,951

Nora-Skog

1,570

1,250

61.3

37.5

23,690

Nordingrå

1,239

1,037

63.5

35.4

22,967

Nyland

1,475

1,242

55.3

42.9

21,355

Ullånger

1,143

879

60.3

38.4

22,882

Östby

1,463

1,003

63.8

35.0

20,412

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Kramfors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.