Lekeberg Municipality

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'''Lekeberg Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Lekebergs kommun}}) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Fjugesta, with around 2,000 inhabitants.

Lekeberg was first formed as a municipality in connection with the local government reform of 1952 by the amalgamation of five smaller units. In 1967 two more parishes were added. The next reform of 1971 placed the area within Örebro Municipality. It was re-established in 1995 within its 1967 borders.

==Geography== Mostly woods and farm lands, with Garphyttan National Park, established in 1909, located within the municipality.

The largest industry sector is farming. Many farmers have further specialized on hog and chicken farming.

Other industries are small companies within wood and carpentry industries, as well as craftswork and other small enterprises.

===Localities=== Over 200 inhabitants: * Fjugesta (seat) * Gropen * Hidinge * Lanna * Mullhyttan

==Demographics== This is a demographic table based on Lekeberg 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=LekebergVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1814-lekeberg.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Lekeberg i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 8,596 residents, including 6,359 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=LekebergVal2022/> 41.8% voted for the left coalition and 56.6% 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" |Hidinge | 2,209 | 1,532 | 42.1 | 57.2 | 91 | 92 | 8 | 31,819 | 53 |- | align="left" |Knista N & Ö | 1,636 | 1,217 | 46.2 | 52.2 | 78 | 85 | 15 | 21,690 | 28 |- | align="left" |Knista V | 1,394 | 1,047 | 44.6 | 54.2 | 80 | 89 | 11 | 24,515 | 26 |- | align="left" |Kräcklinge | 1,530 | 1,167 | 36.7 | 61.2 | 87 | 95 | 5 | 26,944 | 31 |- | align="left" |Kvistbro V | 1,032 | 817 | 39.6 | 58.0 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 24,082 | 31 |- | align="left" |Kvistbro Ö | 795 | 579 | 40.8 | 56.1 | 89 | 94 | 6 | 26,674 | 30 |- | colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT<ref name=LekebergVal2022/> |}

==Elections==

===Riksdag=== From the 1994 election onwards the municipality was in existence due to the split with Örebro Municipality. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1994 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Turnout ! Votes ! V ! S ! MP ! C ! L ! KD ! M ! SD ! ND |- | 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 44)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> | 87.2 | 4,517 | 5.0 | 39.3 | 5.3 | 18.1 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 16.8 | 0.0 | 1.4 |- | 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 40)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> | 80.3 | 4,264 | 10.7 | 32.7 | 4.4 | 14.0 | 3.7 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |- | 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/18R/1814/1814.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> | 81.8 | 4,347 | 6.5 | 36.5 | 3.7 | 18.0 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 2.4 | 0.0 |- | 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/18/14/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> | 83.6 | 4,519 | 4.1 | 34.8 | 3.6 | 17.2 | 4.9 | 10.0 | 18.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 |- | 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/18/14/index.html/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> | 86.4 | 4,761 | 4.5 | 30.7 | 5.3 | 12.9 | 4.4 | 8.9 | 24.8 | 7.5 | 0.0 |- | 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/18/14/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Lekebergs kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> | 88.4 | 4,939 | 4.3 | 30.0 | 4.3 | 13.4 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 16.9 | 18.2 | 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 1994 to 2006. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Turnout ! Votes ! Left ! Right ! SD ! Other ! Elected |- | 1994 | 87.2 | 4,517 | '''49.6''' | 48.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 98.1 |- | 1998 | 80.3 | 4,264 | '''47.8''' | 50.3 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 98.1 |- | 2002 | 81.8 | 4,347 | '''46.7''' | 49.9 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 96.5 |- | 2006 | 83.6 | 4,519 | 42.5 | '''51.0''' | 0.0 | 6.5 | 93.5 |- | 2010 | 86.4 | 4,761 | 40.5 | '''51.0''' | 7.5 | 1.0 | 99.0 |- | 2014 | 88.4 | 4,939 | '''38.6''' | 40.2 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 97.0 |}

==Sights== The monastery ruin of Riseberga was the home of nuns of the Cistercian order in the medieval age. It burnt down in 1546, and remaining stones were used in the building of a local church some hundreds years later.

The amphitheatre of Riseberga is Sweden's largest of that kind, with 1,216 seats.

==Twin towns== Lekeberg's twin town with the year of its establishing:

# (1996) Dundaga, Latvia {{flagicon|Latvia}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lekeberg.se/Kommun--Politik/Vanorter/ |title=Vänorter - Lekeberg kommun |access-date=2012-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223163930/http://www.lekeberg.se/Kommun--Politik/Vanorter/ |archive-date=2011-12-23 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://lekeberg.se Lekeberg Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location | Centre = Lekeberg | N = Karlskoga | E = Örebro<br/>Kumla | S = Hallsberg | SW = Laxå | W = Degerfors }} {{Örebro County}} {{Localities in Lekeberg Municipality}} {{Authority control}}

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