Ovanåker Municipality

Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden

Ovanåker Municipality Ovanåkers kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 61°23′N 15°49′E / 61.383°N 15.817°E / 61.383; 15.817
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Edsbyn
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,016.98 km² (778.76 sq mi)
• Land	1,873.31 km² (723.29 sq mi)
• Water	143.67 km² (55.47 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	11,525
• Density	5.7/km² (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Hälsingland
Municipal code	2121
Website	www.ovanaker.se

Ovanåker Municipality (Ovanåkers kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn.

The subdivision reform of 1952 saw the amalgamation of "old" Ovanåker with Voxna (both formed by the first local government acts of 1862). In 1977 Alfta (which 1974-1976 had been in Bollnäs Municipality) was added.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ovanåker 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 11,705 residents, including 9,015 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.5% voted for the left coalition and 51.7% 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

Alfta N

2,369

1,790

46.5

52.6

21,878

Alfta S

2,212

1,788

45.6

53.4

23,438

Edsbyn

2,469

1,807

54.8

44.2

21,379

Ovanåker N

2,230

1,729

45.0

54.3

25,717

Ovanåker V

2,425

1,901

45.5

53.9

23,309

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 Ovanåker i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.