Färgelanda Municipality

Färgelanda Municipality Färgelanda kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°34′N 11°59′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Färgelanda
Area [1]
• Total	618.33 km^2 (238.74 sq mi)
• Land	588.98 km^2 (227.41 sq mi)
• Water	29.35 km^2 (11.33 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	6,434
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalsland
Municipal code	1439
Website	www.fargelanda.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Färgelanda Municipality (Färgelanda kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Färgelanda.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Färgelanda Municipality (which in 1967 had absorbed Ödeborg) was amalgamated with Högsäter.

Its coat of arms is based on a medieval seal depicting a harrow, symbolizing agriculture.

Localities

• Färgelanda 2,000 (seat)
• Högsäter 750
• Ödeborg 700
• Stigen 350

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Färgelanda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 6,577 residents, including 5,021 Swedish citizens of voting age in the municipality.^[3] 38.3% voted for the left coalition and 60.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Färgelanda landsbygd	1,741	1,288	41.4	57.4	76	83	17	23,107	22
Färgelanda tätort	1,391	1,079	45.8	53.2	72	84	16	22,074	21
Högsäter	2,094	1,583	30.2	68.4	80	87	13	22,931	26
Ödeborg-Torp	1,351	1,071	40.2	59.1	85	89	11	25,414	26
Source: SVT[3]

Tourism

The scarcely populated municipalities in the historical province of Dalsland, with a total of 50,000 inhabitants, have a unified tourism information. Färgelanda with its low population is preferring to boast its nature. There are several opportunities for fishing, and Ellenösjön is a popular lake for pikeperch fishing. The nature reserve in Kroppefjäll offers walking lines and a mountainous nature. There is canoeing and swimming in the many lakes and streams.

Färgelanda also has an old and well-preserved ancient history. Rock carvings in Ödeborg are located by Brötegården Museum; furthermore there are some 140 grave fields from the Iron Age scattered in the municipality. Something in between a museum and a folk museum is Ödeborg's Fornsal, with more than 6,000 objects gathered from Dalsland in the last millennia.

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. "Valresultat 2022 för Färgelanda i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Färgelanda Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Färgelanda Municipality - Official site
• Dalsland - Official page for Dalsland municipalities
• Ödeborg's fornsal - In Swedish, English and German