Västernorrland County

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Västernorrland County (, ) is a county (län) in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.

The name Västernorrland means "Western Norrland", as it was in the western part of the original Norrland (northern Sweden and northern Finland).

Province

For History, Geography and Culture, see: Ångermanland or Medelpad

Västernorrland County covers approximately the historical provinces of Ångermanland (Angermannia) and Medelpad.

Administration

The main aim of the county administrative board – a government agency headed by a governor – is to fulfil the goals set out in national politics by the Riksdag and the government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. See List of Västernorrland governors.

Politics

The regional council of Västernorrland is the '.

Riksdag elections

The table details all Riksdag election results of Västernorrland County since the unicameral era began in 1970. The blocs denote which party would support the Prime Minister or the lead opposition party towards the end of the elected parliament.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Year

! Turnout

! Votes

! V

! S

! MP

! C

! L

! KD

! M

! SD

! NyD

! Left

! Right

| 1970

| 89.1

| 177,619

| 6.6

| 52.2

| 23.0

| 9.5

| 2.5

| 5.9

| 58.8

| 38.4

| 1973

| 92.1

| 178,788

| 6.3

| 50.7

| 27.7

| 5.6

| 2.4

| 6.7

| 57.0

| 40.1

| 1976

| 92.7

| 186,498

| 5.0

| 50.4

| 28.4

| 6.8

| 1.8

| 7.3

| 55.4

| 42.5

| 1979

| 92.0

| 185,794

| 5.4

| 51.2

| 23.6

| 6.5

| 1.8

| 10.8

| 56.6

| 40.9

| 1982

| 92.2

| 186,181

| 5.3

| 53.7

| 1.4

| 20.9

| 3.8

| 2.3

| 12.4

| 59.0

| 37.1

| 1985

| 90.5

| 183,019

| 5.4

| 53.2

| 1.3

| 17.6

| 10.0

| 12.2

| 58.6

| 39.8

| 1988

| 86.6

| 173,568

| 6.0

| 51.6

| 5.1

| 14.9

| 8.8

| 3.6

| 9.4

| 62.7

| 33.1

| 1991

| 86.8

| 173,566

| 5.1

| 47.9

| 3.1

| 11.3

| 7.3

| 7.1

| 13.0

| 4.7

| 53.0

| 38.7

| 1994

| 87.1

| 173,210

| 6.7

| 55.0

| 4.8

| 9.2

| 6.0

| 3.9

| 13.0

| 0.7

| 66.6

| 32.1

| 1998

| 81.6

| 157,892

| 14.8

| 45.1

| 4.1

| 6.6

| 3.6

| 10.2

| 13.7

| 64.0

| 34.1

| 2002

| 79.5

| 150,966

| 9.9

| 49.3

| 3.8

| 9.6

| 9.3

| 7.6

| 8.5

| 0.8

| 63.0

| 35.0

| 2006

| 81.5

| 153,417

| 6.7

| 46.0

| 3.8

| 10.6

| 5.4

| 5.7

| 17.2

| 2.2

| 56.5

| 38.8

| 2010

| 84.6

| 159,975

| 6.0

| 44.0

| 5.5

| 7.0

| 5.2

| 4.4

| 21.6

| 4.5

| 55.5

| 38.1

| 2014

| 86.1

| 162,112

| 5.7

| 46.3

| 4.4

| 6.7

| 3.4

| 3.8

| 15.9

| 10.8

| 56.3

| 29.8

| 2018

| 87.8

| 163,001

| 8.2

| 39.8

| 2.7

| 9.9

| 3.4

| 5.4

| 13.7

| 15.6

| 60.5

| 38.1

|2022

|85.2

|160,500

|5.8

|39.4

|3.4

|7.5

|2.7

|5.4

|14.0

|20.1

|56.1

|42.2

Municipalities

right|250px|Municipal location map

In Medelpad Province:

Sundsvall
Timrå
Ånge

In Ångermanland Province:

Härnösand
Kramfors
Sollefteå
Örnsköldsvik

Demographics

Foreign background

SCB have collected statistics on backgrounds of residents since 2002. These tables consist of all who have two foreign-born parents or are born abroad themselves. The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right

!Location

!2002

!2006

!2010

!2014

!2018

!2019

|align=left|Härnösand

| 5.9

| 7.7

| 9.1

| 12.7

| 17.4

| 17.7

|align=left|Kramfors

| 5.3

| 6.5

| 8.2

| 11.1

| 15.3

| 15.8

|align=left|Sollefteå

| 5.0

| 6.1

| 7.9

| 11.1

| 14.9

| 14.2

|align=left|Sundsvall

| 7.4

| 8.4

| 10.1

| 11.9

| 13.9

| 14.4

|align=left|Timrå

| 6.4

| 7.8

| 9.5

| 11.0

| 12.2

|align=left|Ånge

| 4.0

| 5.2

| 6.4

| 7.8

| 10.0

| 9.7

|align=left|Örnsköldsvik

| 5.0

| 6.0

| 7.2

| 8.3

| 11.1

| 11.5

|align=left|Total

|6.1

|7.3

|8.8

|10.8

|13.5

|13.9

|align=left colspan=7|Source: SCB