Ödeshög Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County, Sweden. The seat is situated in the small town of Ödeshög.

The coat of arms was created in 1972 at the time the modern municipalities of Sweden were created. It mainly represents the medieval monastery of Alvastra: An abbacy staff, a rising moon (historically representing the Virgin Mary), and a six-pointed star (representing a higher deity).

Nature

A large part of the municipality borders lake Vättern. There is a small harbour.

There are two nature reserves within the municipal borders: Isberga with a distinguished steppe meadow flora [http://www5.e.lst.se/reservat/lst/reservat.asp?id=100&sprak=eng], and Kråkeryd located on rocks above Vättern at 60 meters altitude. Kråkeryd has a geology rich in lime, and the uncultivated rocky terrain is the location for several unusual flowers and plants [http://www5.e.lst.se/reservat/lst/reservat.asp?id=101&sprak=se].

Localities

There are two urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ödeshög Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"

! # !! Locality !! Population

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| 1 || Ödeshög || 2,651

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| 2 || Hästholmen || 372

|}

Demographics

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

In total there were 5,303 residents, including 4,109 Swedish citizens of voting age.

References

  • Statistics Sweden
  • Ödeshög Municipality - Official site
  • Welcome to Ödeshög - Official tourism page, Swedish/English/German