Ludvika (municipality)

Ludvika municipality
coat of arms Location in Dalarna County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Dalarna County
Historical provinces (landskap):	Dalarna Västmanland
Main place:	Ludvika
SCB code:	2085
Residents :	26,898 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	1,647.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	16.3 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.ludvika.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 60 ° 9 ′  N , 15 ° 11 ′  O Ludvika is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Dalarna County and the historical province of Dalarna . The main town of the municipality is Ludvika .

Charcoal furnace in Klenshyttan

geography

Lake Väsman and Brittas hål bog are in the municipality ; near the village of Saxdalen is the mountain Saxberget , where Långfallsgruvan , a sulphide ore mine , is located.

places

Localities ( tatorter ) in the municipality are:

• Blötberget
• Fredriksberg
• Gonäs
• Grangärde
• Grängesberg
• Håksberg
• Ludvika
• Nyhammar
• Persbo
• Saxdalen
• Sunnansjö
• Sörvik

Smaller places ( småorter ) are Ickorrbotten , Järnsta , Klenshyttan , Norhyttan , Norrbo , Saxhyttan and Skeppmora .

politics

The municipal council ( kommunfullmäktige ) has 45 seats. The election on September 9, 2018 for the 2018-2022 term of office had the following results:

Political party	Share of votes	+/-% p	Mandates
Social Democratic Labor Party	32.3%	- 2.7	15th
Moderate rally party	21.2%	+ 0.5	10
The Sweden Democrats	15.7%	+ 1.9	7th
Center Party	8.8%	+ 2.7	4th
Vänsterpartiet	8.2%	+ 0.2	4th
Environmental party	4.9%	- 2.5	2
liberal	2.6%	- 0.3	1
Christian Democrats	2.3%	+ 1.0	1
Communist Party	2.1%	+ 1.0	1
Turnout: 84.6%

The social democratic party Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti has the most seats in the Ludvica municipal council. The second strongest party is the Moderate Party with ten seats on the municipal council .

Mayor is Maria Pettersson (Socialdemokraterna).

Twin cities

• Bad Honnef in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
• Imatra in Finland

In addition, Ludvika, together with the other municipalities in Dalarna County, has a so-called “neighboring province”, the Viljandi County in Estonia .

economy

In 2003, 32 percent of employees worked in production (3,811 people). The second most important branch of the economy was the welfare and nursing sector, in which 18 percent worked in 2003, followed by trade and communication with 12 percent.

The eleven largest employers in the municipality are:

1. Asea Brown Boveri : 2,400
2. Municipal medical facilities: 600
3. Spendrups Brewery: 285
4. VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum: 220
5. RSV Tax Office: 110
6. Samhall groups: 80
7. GIA Industri AB: 75
8. Brunnsviks folkhögskola: 75
9. Connex Sverige AB: 70
10. Seco Tools AB: 70
11. ISS Cleaning: 60

Source: Ludvika website

Attractions

• In the city of Ludvika there are some sights (see section there ).
• The Cassels donation concert hall is located in Grängesberg .
• Charcoal oven in Klenshyttan from the 17th century between the villages of Ludvika and Grängesberg .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Viking Olov Björk (1918–2009), pioneer of thoracic surgery, co-developer of the heart-lung machine

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Ludvika  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish)

swell

1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
3. ↑ Luvika kommun - Valresultat, mandatfördelning
4. ↑ https://valresultat.svt.se/2018/32085.html svt (Swedish television): Kommunvalet: Ludvika
5. ↑ Näringsliv ( Swedish ) .ludvika.se. Archived from the original on March 9, 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2019.