Gislaved Municipality
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Gislaved Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Gislaved.
The municipality was created in 1974, when Gislaved locality where amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type. There are seventeen original units making up the present municipality. Within Sweden, and as part of Gnosjö region, it's regarded as being both cultural and industrially dominated. The municipality is notably home to Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, the only Swedish circuit to host a Formula One Grand Prix as it held the Swedish Grand Prix for six years in the 1970s.
HistoryEdit
The municipality has been inhabited for a long time, but without any significant urban areas. At the turn of the 19th century it contained some 700 inhabitants. By 1949 it was eligible to receive rights as a köping, comparable to town rights. A coat of arms was designed for the occasion, traditionally used by the cities of Sweden. When the municipal reform was carried out in the 1970s, Gislaved adapted the still unused coat of arms as the municipal arms. The arms depict the insignia for a historical hostel nearby.
There are 19 churches in the municipality, the oldest from 1350. In the small town of Burseryd is a church bell that is even older. Its inscription was made with the Futhark alphabet and reads in translation "The year Anno Domine 1238 was this bell made. Bero wrote the inscription".<ref>2: The Swedish translation at the webpage reads: "Året efter herrens födelse 1238 blev denna klocka gjord. Bero skrev skriften".</ref> It is today the second oldest church bell in Sweden.
GeographyEdit
There are six nature reserves in the municipality. Rare plants and animals include the provincial flower the Twinflower (Linnaea borealis), the only flower named after the botanist Carl von Linné. Lake Bolmen lies in the south-east part of the municipality, with its main part in the Ljungby Municipality. It is the tenth largest lake in Sweden and offers fishing, canoeing and other nature activities.
Gislaved used to have a large tire factory under the same name as the town but it has shut down.
LocalitiesEdit
There are eight urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Gislaved Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2015. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gislaved | 10,180 |
| 2 | Anderstorp | 5,076 |
| 3 | Smålandsstenar | 4,564 |
| 4 | Hestra | 1,327 |
| 5 | Reftele | 1,289 |
| 6 | Burseryd | 932 |
| 7 | Skeppshult | 360 |
| 8 | Broaryd | 284 |
DemographicsEdit
This is a demographic table based on Gislaved Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=GislavedVal2022>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In total there were 29,515 inhabitants, including 21,367 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=GislavedVal2022/> 41.4% voted for the left coalition and 57.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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| Anderstorp C | 1,647 | 1,194 | 36.1 | 63.4 | 89 | 78 | 22 | 28,347 | 29 |
| Anderstorp N | 1,947 | 1,445 | 38.6 | 60.7 | 81 | 65 | 35 | 25,019 | 25 |
| Anderstorp S | 1,778 | 1,176 | 38.9 | 59.2 | 80 | 55 | 45 | 25,251 | 27 |
| Burseryd-Sandvik | 1,400 | 1,019 | 40.4 | 59.0 | 81 | 78 | 22 | 24,926 | 24 |
| Gislaved C | 1,755 | 1,274 | 51.9 | 46.6 | 77 | 48 | 52 | 23,583 | 26 |
| Gryteryd-S Hestra | 925 | 677 | 29.2 | 69.9 | 89 | 86 | 14 | 26,417 | 23 |
| Gullvivan | 1,944 | 1,110 | 66.3 | 32.8 | 60 | 27 | 73 | 17,919 | 18 |
| Gyllenfors-Hult | 1,449 | 1,118 | 45.9 | 53.1 | 80 | 62 | 38 | 24,645 | 20 |
| Henja | 1,653 | 1,165 | 48.5 | 51.0 | 80 | 55 | 45 | 25,151 | 22 |
| Lundåker | 1,696 | 1,240 | 46.7 | 52.2 | 85 | 64 | 36 | 26,928 | 28 |
| Norra Hestra | 1,967 | 1,482 | 38.2 | 61.2 | 87 | 84 | 16 | 26,502 | 32 |
| Reftele | 1,947 | 1,474 | 36.8 | 62.2 | 86 | 81 | 19 | 26,970 | 24 |
| Smålandsstenar C | 2,228 | 1,531 | 39.9 | 59.5 | 82 | 67 | 33 | 26,715 | 28 |
| Smålandsstenar V | 1,970 | 1,505 | 39.0 | 60.0 | 86 | 73 | 27 | 25,953 | 26 |
| Smålandsstenar Ö | 1,615 | 1,158 | 35.9 | 63.0 | 80 | 66 | 34 | 25,059 | 22 |
| Sörgården | 1,798 | 1,374 | 42.3 | 56.6 | 89 | 73 | 27 | 28,288 | 33 |
| Våthult-Bosebo | 836 | 664 | 38.7 | 60.8 | 86 | 89 | 11 | 27,600 | 31 |
| Ås-Kållerstad | 960 | 761 | 33.0 | 66.9 | 91 | 92 | 8 | 28,355 | 25 |
| Source: SVT<ref name=GislavedVal2022/> | |||||||||
PoliticsEdit
Municipal councilEdit
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Left Party (Sweden)|Template:Font color]] | [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Template:Font color]] | [[Green Party (Sweden)|Template:Font color]] | [[Communist Party (Sweden)|Template:Font color]] | [[Medborgarpartiet i Gislaved|Template:Font color]] | [[Sweden Democrats|Template:Font color]] | [[Westbopartiet|Template:Font color]] | [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Template:Font color]] | [[Liberals (Sweden)|Template:Font color]] | [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Template:Font color]] | [[Moderate Party|Template:Font color]] | |||
| 1973 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 93.60% | |||||
| 1976 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 91.90% | ||||||
| 1979 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 90.20% | ||||||
| 1982 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 90.50% | |||||
| 1985 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 88.10% | |||||
| 1988 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 84.60% | ||||
| 1991 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 84.50% | ||||
| 1994 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 84.90% | |||||
| 1998 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 77.75% | ||||
| 2002 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 76.42% | ||||
| 2006 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 77.56% | |||
| 2010 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 80.33% | |||
| 2014 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 82.18% | |||
| 2018 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 81.01% | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 77.37% | |||
| Data from Statistics Sweden and Swedish Election Authority. | |||||||||||||
MayorsEdit
List of mayorsEdit
| Name and party | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | C | Arvid Persson | 1974–1977 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | C | Thage Mårtensson | 1977–1987 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | C | Kjell Magnusson | 1987–1991 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | M | Bengt-Anders Johansson | 1991–1994 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | S | Agne Sahlin | 1994–2006 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | M | Niclas Palmgren | 2006–2014 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | S | Marie Johansson | 2014–2018 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | C | Carina Johansson | 2018–2022 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | S | Marie Johansson | 2022–2024 |
| bgcolor="Template:Party color" style="text-align: center; color: white" | M | Anton Sjödell | 2025– |
TimelineEdit
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Gislaved Municipality has for most of its history been governed by the centre-right parties, with the Centre Party heading the municipality from 1974 to 1991 and again since 2018. The Moderate Party headed the municipality from 1991 to 1994 and from 2006 to 2014 while the Social Democrats did so from 1994 to 2006 and again from 2014 to 2018. The Social Democrats have been the largest party in the council since its founding in 1974.
Gislaved Municipality is currently governed by a majority coalition between the Social Democrats, the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Westbo Party and the Liberal Party. The coalition is led by Anton Sjödell from the Moderate Party, who is also Mayor since 1 January 2025, and Niclas Palmgren from the Moderate Party who is President of the City Council. Ruth Johannesson from the local Civic Party in Gisalved heads the opposition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable peopleEdit
Locality within Gislaved Municipality in parentheses.
- Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, author (Reftele)
- Darijan Bojanic, professional footballer (Gislaved)
- Johan Büser, politician (Anderstorp)
- Lars Danielsson, bassist, composer, and record producer (Smålandsstenar)
- Samuel Fröler, actor (Reftele)
- Oscar Hiljemark, professional footballer (Gislaved)
- Simon Hjalmarsson, professional ice hockey player (Gislaved)
- Bengt-Anders Johansson, politician (Smålandsstenar)
- Annie Oliv, model (Gislaved)
- Maria Rydqvist, cross-country skier (Smålandsstenar)
- Johan Runesson, orienteering competitor (Smålandsstenar)
- Henrik Skoog, distance runner (Smålandsstenar)
- Iréne Theorin, dramatic soprano opera singer (Broaryd)
- Åsa Westlund, politician (Anderstorp)
SightsEdit
The Scandinavian Raceway, near Anderstorp, was built in 1968.
ReferencesEdit
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External linksEdit
- Gislaved Municipality - Official site
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