Kalix Municipality

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'''Kalix Municipality''' ({{Langx|sv|Kalix kommun}}; {{Langx|fit|Kaihnuun kunta}}; {{Langx|fi|Kalixin kunta}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finska |url=https://www.kalix.se/kommun/nationella-minoriteter/suomeksi/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Kalix Kommuns hemsida |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meänkieli |url=https://www.kalix.se/kommun/nationella-minoriteter/meankieli/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Kalix Kommuns hemsida |language=sv}}</ref> is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Kalix.

In 1924 Töre Municipality was detached from Nederkalix Municipality, forming a municipality of its own. In 1967 the two units were reunified, and the present municipality was created.

==History== In historical times, Kalix was the name of the court district (Swedish: ''domsaga'') Kalix Lower Court District. It covered two parishes: Nederkalix and Överkalix (literally ''Lower Kalix'' and ''Upper Kalix'', respectively). The chalice on the coat of arms was present in the Nederkalix coat of arms in 1800, and was incorporated into that of Kalix Municipality in 1989. The choice of symbol originates from the similarity between the Latin root of chalice, ''calix'', mug (itself borrowed from Greek kalyx, κάλυξ, shell, husk) and the local Sami pronunciation of ''Gáláseatnu'', an ancient name for the Kalix River.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kalix.se/templates/Page____802.aspx |title=Kalix historia - www.kalix.se |access-date=2010-04-26 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814133249/http://www.kalix.se/templates/Page____802.aspx |archive-date=2010-08-14 }}</ref>

==Localities== There are twelve localities (or urban areas) in Kalix Municipality:<ref>[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01A/Tatorternami0810tab1en.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005]</ref>

{|class="wikitable" ! # !! Locality !! Population |- | 1 || '''Kalix''' || align="right" | 7,312 |- | 2 || Töre || align="right" | 1,146 |- | 3 || Rolfs || align="right" | 1,116 |- | 4 || Nyborg || align="right" | 881 |- | 5 || Risögrund || align="right" | 782 |- | 6 || Sangis || align="right" | 612 |- | 7 || Karlsborg || align="right" | 419 |- | 8 || Bredviken || align="right" | 374 |- | 9 || Båtskärsnäs || align="right" | 340 |- | 10 || Gammelgården || align="right" | 307 |- | 11 || Morjärv || align="right" | 297 |- | 12 || Påläng || align="right" | 291 |}

<small>The municipal seat in bold</small>

==Demographics== This is a demographic table based on Kalix 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=KalixVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2514-kalix.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Kalix i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 15,753 residents, including 12,447 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=KalixVal2022/> 55.9% voted for the left coalition and 43.2% 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" |Gammelgården | 1,359 | 1,109 | 59.1 | 39.4 | 82 | 90 | 10 | 23,335 | 33 |- | align="left" |Innanbäcken | 1,837 | 1,396 | 55.7 | 43.6 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 27,645 | 37 |- | align="left" |Kalix C | 1,866 | 1,622 | 61.5 | 37.7 | 76 | 81 | 19 | 21,299 | 26 |- | align="left" |Kalix V | 1,714 | 1,418 | 59.2 | 40.0 | 78 | 85 | 15 | 23,032 | 30 |- | align="left" |Näsbyn | 2,043 | 1,469 | 58.6 | 40.7 | 76 | 76 | 24 | 23,409 | 29 |- | align="left" |Risön | 1,339 | 1,037 | 50.1 | 49.1 | 81 | 86 | 14 | 25,535 | 30 |- | align="left" |Sangis | 1,165 | 944 | 52.4 | 46.2 | 81 | 86 | 14 | 23,710 | 28 |- | align="left" |Stenbäcken | 1,690 | 1,254 | 56.0 | 43.3 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 26,792 | 32 |- | align="left" |Töre | 1,324 | 1,042 | 49.0 | 50.2 | 81 | 86 | 14 | 23,152 | 23 |- | align="left" |Ytterbyn | 1,416 | 1,156 | 53.8 | 45.7 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 26,322 | 31 |- | colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT<ref name=KalixVal2022/> |}

==Elections==

===Riksdag=== These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag since the 1972 municipal reform. Norrbotten Party also contested the 1994 election but due to the party's small size at a nationwide level, SCB did not publish the party's results at a municipal level. The same applies to the Sweden Democrats between 1988 and 1998. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Turnout ! Votes ! V ! S ! MP ! C ! L ! KD ! M ! SD ! ND ! NP/SP |- | 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 93.1 | 11,817 | 8.5 | 61.1 | 0.0 | 18.3 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 93.7 | 12,606 | 7.2 | 62.0 | 0.0 | 17.8 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 92.5 | 12,757 | 5.5 | 62.3 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 188)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 92.2 | 13,091 | 5.8 | 65.2 | 0.9 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 90.4 | 12,982 | 5.8 | 66.2 | 0.8 | 11.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 86.8 | 12,371 | 6.3 | 64.6 | 3.4 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 32)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 86.4 | 12,375 | 6.2 | 62.4 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 |- | 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 88.6 | 12,721 | 8.6 | 66.3 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |- | 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/Grupp/Hitta_statistik/Historisk_statistik/_Dokument/Valstatistiken/Valstatistik%20Allmanna%20valen%201998%20Del%201%20Riksdagen.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 82.4 | 11,459 | 18.1 | 52.9 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/25R/2514/2514.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Kalix kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 82.2 | 11,126 | 10.1 | 53.3 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 |- | 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/25/14/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Kalix kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 82.0 | 10,924 | 7.0 | 59.9 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 |- | 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/14/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Kalix kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 84.4 | 11,102 | 6.4 | 59.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 14.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/25/14/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Kalix kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> | 85.3 | 10,979 | 6.3 | 55.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |}

'''Blocs'''

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Turnout ! Votes ! Left ! Right ! SD ! Other ! Elected |- | 1973 | 93.1 | 11,817 | '''69.6''' | 28.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 98.3 |- | 1976 | 93.7 | 12,606 | 69.2 | '''29.0''' | 0.0 | 3.8 | 96.2 |- | 1979 | 92.5 | 12,757 | 67.8 | '''28.1''' | 0.0 | 4.1 | 95.9 |- | 1982 | 92.2 | 13,091 | '''71.0''' | 25.2 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 96.2 |- | 1985 | 90.4 | 12,982 | '''72.0''' | 27.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 99.3 |- | 1988 | 86.8 | 12,371 | '''74.3''' | 23.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 97.3 |- | 1991 | 86.4 | 12,375 | 68.6 | '''26.8''' | 0.0 | 4.6 | 97.5 |- | 1994 | 88.6 | 12,721 | '''77.7''' | 21.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 98.9 |- | 1998 | 82.4 | 11,459 | '''75.2''' | 23.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 99.1 |- | 2002 | 82.2 | 11,126 | '''72.1''' | 21.2 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 92.3 |- | 2006 | 82.0 | 10,924 | 71.6 | '''23.9''' | 0.0 | 4.5 | 95.5 |- | 2010 | 84.4 | 11,102 | 71.0 | '''24.9''' | 3.6 | 1.5 | 98.5 |- | 2014 | 85.3 | 10,979 | '''66.1''' | 20.7 | 11.5 | 1.7 | 98.3 |}

==Language== The traditional Swedish vernacular in Kalix is the Nederkalix dialect. It is not mutually intelligible with Standard Swedish, by which it has been largely replaced as the main language of the municipality. Finnish and Meänkieli are recognized minority languages in Kalix.

==Sport==

Kalix BF plays in the top tier of Swedish bandy, Elitserien. The municipality has two other bandy clubs, Karlsborgs BK and Nyborgs SK.

==Sister city== Kalix Municipality has one sister city: *20px|border Pielavesi, Finland

==Notable natives== *Peter Eriksson, politician

==References== <references/>

==External links== {{Commons category|Kalix Municipality}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070701182126/http://www.kalix.se/templates/Page____5540.aspx Kalix Municipality] - Official site *[https://runeberg.org/nfbm/0343.html Article ''Kalix''] - Nordisk familjebok {{in lang|sv}}

{{Geographic location | Centre = Kalix | NE = Övertorneå | E = Haparanda | S = ''Bothnian Bay'' | SW = Luleå | NW = Överkalix }} {{Norrbotten County}} {{Localities in Kalix Municipality}}

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