Askersund Municipality () is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Askersund.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Askersund was merged with the rural municipalities Hammar and Lerbäck.

Localities

  • Askersund (seat)
  • Zinkgruvan
  • Lerbäck
  • Mariedamm
  • Åmmeberg
  • Åsbro

Twin towns

Askersund's two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1945) Eura, Finland
  2. (1990) Jordanów, Poland

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Askersund 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 11,518 residents, including 9,144 Swedish citizens of voting age.

| 90.1

| 7,452

| 2.4

| 47.7

|

| 29.9

| 7.4

| 4.0

| 8.5

|

|

| 50.1

| 45.8

|-

| 1976

| 91.2

| 7,787

| 2.2

| 46.5

|

| 31.2

| 7.3

| 2.7

| 10.1

|

|

| 48.7

| 48.6

|-

| 1979

| 90.2

| 7,820

| 2.9

| 47.1

|

| 24.1

| 7.7

| 2.9

| 14.5

|

|

| 50.0

| 46.3

|-

| 1982

| 90.9

| 8,058

| 2.9

| 50.8

| 1.2

| 21.0

| 5.0

| 3.3

| 15.9

|

|

| 53.7

| 41.9

|-

| 1985

| 89.6

| 7,936

| 3.0

| 50.6

| 0.9

| 19.9

| 10.8

|

| 14.6

|

|

| 53.6

| 45.3

|-

| 1988

| 86.9

| 7,651

| 4.0

| 49.8

| 3.5

| 16.5

| 9.2

| 4.8

| 12.2

|

|

| 57.5

| 37.9

|-

| 1991

| 86.8

| 7,769

| 3.2

| 43.8

| 2.3

| 13.1

| 6.2

| 9.5

| 14.8

|

| 6.6

| 47.0

| 43.6

|-

| 1994

| 87.3

| 7,957

| 5.6

| 52.4

| 3.9

| 11.0

| 5.5

| 5.4

| 14.9

|

| 0.8

| 61.9

| 36.8

|-

| 1998

| 81.8

| 7,273

| 12.8

| 42.5

| 3.6

| 8.5

| 3.5

| 11.5

| 15.8

|

|

| 58.9

| 39.3

|-

| 2002

| 81.0

| 7,186

| 8.5

| 45.4

| 3.2

| 10.5

| 8.7

| 9.3

| 11.1

| 2.1

|

| 57.1

| 39.6

|-

| 2006

| 82.7

| 7,371

| 5.4

| 43.9

| 3.5

| 10.9

| 5.2

| 7.5

| 18.6

| 3.7

|

| 52.7

| 42.2

|-

| 2010

| 84.8

| 7,628

| 4.6

| 39.4

| 4.9

| 8.1

| 4.9

| 6.0

| 25.6

| 5.8

|

| 48.9

| 44.6

|-

| 2014

| 86.7

| 7,664

| 4.4

| 37.9

| 4.1

| 8.5

| 3.1

| 4.4

| 17.4

| 17.7

|

| 46.4

| 33.4

|-

| 2018

| 88.6

| 7,818

| 5.5

| 32.2

| 2.3

| 9.2

| 3.0

| 6.8

| 16.5

| 23.3

|

| 49.1

| 49.5

|}

References

  • Askersund Municipality - Official site