Överkalix Municipality (; ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Överkalix.
In 1870 a part of old Överkalix Municipality was detached from it, forming a municipality called Korpilombolo (now in Pajala Municipality). The municipality was not affected by the two subdivision reforms of the 20th century.
The coat of arms was designed in 1944 and based on the arms of the parish. Its exact meaning is not known, but many northern arms feature bears, reindeer or other animals.
Geography
Överkalix Municipality is situated along the south-going Kalix River. The unmodified scenic nature along the river attracts tourists and fishers every year. Within the municipality one also finds two of the river's most powerful waterfalls, Jockfall (9 metres fall) and Linafall (16 metres fall).
Continuing north along the Kalix River one finds the iron ore mines. Travelling south towards the coast one finds larger towns, with Luleå being the closest, located some 100 kilometres south. Transportation is reliable thanks to the E10 highway.
The area otherwise contains much coniferous forests.
Localities
There are four localities (or urban areas) in Överkalix Municipality:
{|class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || Överkalix || align="right" | 946
|-
| 2 || Tallvik || align="right" | 444
|-
| 3 || Svartbyn || align="right" | 281
|-
| 4 || Vännäsberget || align="right" | 207
|}
<small>The municipal seat in bold</small>
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Överkalix 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 3,249 residents, including 2,574 Swedish citizens of voting age.
| 90.0
| 3,671
| 15.0
| 56.8
| 0.0
| 20.9
| 2.2
| 0.7
| 3.8
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 1976
| 89.2
| 3,712
| 13.3
| 58.5
| 0.0
| 21.0
| 2.4
| 0.5
| 3.7
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 1979
| 89.0
| 3,620
| 10.4
| 58.2
| 0.0
| 19.0
| 3.1
| 0.6
| 5.5
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 1982
| 88.8
| 3,543
| 9.3
| 63.0
| 0.9
| 16.9
| 2.1
| 0.6
| 5.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 1985
| 88.1
| 3,431
| 9.8
| 65.3
| 0.5
| 13.2
| 5.2
| 0.0
| 5.9
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 1988
| 84.4
| 3,142
| 9.6
| 63.9
| 2.5
| 14.2
| 3.6
| 0.5
| 4.5
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 1991
| 84.4
| 3,111
| 10.0
| 61.7
| 1.5
| 12.6
| 4.5
| 2.1
| 6.0
| 0.0
| 1.5
| 0.0
|-
| 1994
| 86.1
| 3,166
| 11.8
| 65.0
| 1.9
| 11.2
| 3.1
| 0.9
| 5.1
| 0.0
| 0.4
| 0.0
|-
| 1998
| 80.6
| 2,775
| 21.0
| 53.2
| 2.5
| 9.3
| 2.2
| 3.9
| 7.3
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 2002
| 80.7
| 2,616
| 13.0
| 53.6
| 3.2
| 9.3
| 3.2
| 3.4
| 3.5
| 0.2
| 0.0
| 10.0
|-
| 2006
| 78.5
| 2,440
| 12.6
| 58.5
| 2.1
| 11.4
| 2.5
| 2.6
| 7.1
| 0.8
| 0.0
| 0.8
|-
| 2010
| 83.3
| 2,487
| 10.8
| 61.0
| 2.4
| 9.1
| 3.0
| 1.4
| 8.1
| 3.7
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 2014
| 85.4
| 2,382
| 10.5
| 52.5
| 2.2
| 8.9
| 1.8
| 1.1
| 8.1
| 13.0
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| 2018
| 85.4
| 2,270
| 10.5
| 46.7
| 1.1
| 8.8
| 2.1
| 3.4
| 7.8
| 18.3
| 0.0
| 0.0
|}
Blocs
This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! Left
! Right
! SD
! Other
! Elected
|-
| 1973
| 90.0
| 3,671
| 71.8
| 26.9
| 0.0
| 1.3
| 98.7
|-
| 1976
| 89.2
| 3,712
| 71.8
| 27.1
| 0.0
| 1.1
| 98.9
|-
| 1979
| 89.0
| 3,620
| 68.6
| 27.6
| 0.0
| 3.8
| 96.2
|-
| 1982
| 88.8
| 3,543
| 72.3
| 24.4
| 0.0
| 3.3
| 96.7
|-
| 1985
| 88.1
| 3,431
| 75.1
| 24.3
| 0.0
| 0.6
| 99.4
|-
| 1988
| 84.4
| 3,142
| 76.0
| 22.3
| 0.0
| 1.7
| 98.3
|-
| 1991
| 84.4
| 3,111
| 71.7
| 25.2
| 0.0
| 3.1
| 96.9
|-
| 1994
| 86.1
| 3,166
| 78.7
| 20.3
| 0.0
| 1.0
| 99.0
|-
| 1998
| 80.6
| 2,775
| 76.7
| 22.7
| 0.0
| 0.6
| 99.4
|-
| 2002
| 80.7
| 2,616
| 69.8
| 19.4
| 0.0
| 10.8
| 89.2
|-
| 2006
| 78.5
| 2,440
| 73.2
| 23.6
| 0.0
| 3.2
| 96.8
|-
| 2010
| 83.3
| 2,487
| 74.2
| 21.6
| 3.7
| 0.5
| 99.5
|-
| 2014
| 85.4
| 2,382
| 65.2
| 19.9
| 13.0
| 1.9
| 98.1
|}
References
External links
- Överkalix Municipality - Official site