Boxholm Municipality

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'''Boxholm Municipality''' ({{Langx|sv|Boxholms kommun}}) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the industrial town of Boxholm.

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (''köping'') Boxholm (itself instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with ''Södra Göstring'' and a parish (''Rinna'') from the dissolved municipality of ''Folkunga''.

==Localities== *Boxholm (seat) *Strålsnäs

==Demographics== This is a demographic table based on Boxholm 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=BoxholmVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0560-boxholm.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Boxholm i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 5,511 residents, including 4,307 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=BoxholmVal2022/> 48.6% voted for the left coalition and 50.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" |Location ! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}} |- ! ! ! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! ! ! ! ! |- ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | |- | align="left" |Boxholm V | 2,169 | 1,672 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 82 | 83 | 17 | 26,033 | 25 |- | align="left" |Boxholm Ö-Malexander | 1,999 | 1,574 | 51.9 | 46.8 | 81 | 89 | 11 | 23,877 | 30 |- | align="left" |Strålsnäs-Åsbo-Ekeby | 1,343 | 1,061 | 43.6 | 55.4 | 84 | 94 | 6 | 26,288 | 32 |- | colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT<ref name=BoxholmVal2022/> |}

==History== The earliest human traces are from the Stone Age, circa 8000 BC. From some later times, the Nordic Bronze Age, are several remains such as cists and gravefields. And from the Viking Age, ca 800–1,000 AD, are seven kept runestones.

After the christianisation of Sweden, churches were built in the 12th and 13th century, and several churches have their foundation from that time.

The name "Boxholm" is first to be found in the 16th century, as the name of a manor by Arvid Stenbock. Boxholm thus comes from "Bock's holm" (''holm'' a modern Swedish and Old Norse word for islet).

An iron works was constructed in 1754, and a community grew up around it. The major expansion were however made in the 1850–1900.

==See also== *Boxholm, Iowa

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.boxholm.se/ Boxholm Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location | Centre = Boxholm | N = Mjölby | NE = Linköping | E = Kinda | S = Ydre | SW = Tranås (Jönköping) | W = Ödeshög }} {{Östergötland County}} {{Localities in Boxholm Municipality}} {{Authority control}}

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