Storfors Municipality

Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden

Storfors Municipality Storfors kommun
Municipality
Lundsberg
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°32′N 14°16′E / 59.533°N 14.267°E / 59.533; 14.267
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Storfors
Area ^[1]
• Total	472.71 km² (182.51 sq mi)
• Land	391.47 km² (151.15 sq mi)
• Water	81.24 km² (31.37 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	3,801
• Density	8.0/km² (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1760
Website	www.storfors.se

Storfors Municipality (Storfors kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Storfors, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants.

The first local government unit named Storfors was created in 1950 when a market town (köping) by that name was detached from Kroppa. (The rest of Kroppa is since 1971 in Filipstad Municipality.) In 1967 Ullvättern was amalgamated with Storfors, making up the present municipal territory.

Storfors is one of Sweden's least populated municipalities. The nearest city is Karlstad, approximately 50 kilometers to the west.

Several small lakes and streams offer fishing opportunities. The countryside is also suitable for other outdoor activities, including walking and hiking.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Storfors 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 3,940 inhabitants, with 3,092 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.1% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% 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

Bjurtjärn

1,192

978

40.5

57.7

26,328

Lungsund

626

520

41.6

56.0

25,459

Storfors C

2,122

1,594

53.6

45.3

21,501

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 Storfors i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.