# Sandviken Municipality > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandviken_Municipality > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandviken_Municipality.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandviken_Municipality > Source revision: 1346163430 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden Sandviken Municipality Sandvikens kommun Municipality Sandviken Railway Station Coat of arms Coordinates: 60°37′N 16°47′E / 60.617°N 16.783°E / 60.617; 16.783 Country Sweden County Gävleborg County Seat Sandviken Area [1] • Total 1,297.07 km2 (500.80 sq mi) • Land 1,166.4 km2 (450.3 sq mi) • Water 130.67 km2 (50.45 sq mi) Area as of 1 January 2014. Population (30 June 2025)[2] • Total 38,340 • Density 32.87/km2 (85.13/sq mi) Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) ISO 3166 code SE Province Gästrikland Municipal code 2181 Website sandviken.se **Sandviken Municipality** ([Swedish](/source/Swedish_language): *Sandvikens kommun*) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Sweden) in [Gävleborg County](/source/G%C3%A4vleborg_County), in east central [Sweden](/source/Sweden). The seat is the [town](/source/Urban_areas_in_Sweden) of [Sandviken](/source/Sandviken). The present municipality was created in 1971 through the [amalgamation](/source/Amalgamation_(politics)) of the City of Sandviken (itself instituted in 1943) with a number of surrounding rural municipalities. ## Coat of arms The coat of arms was granted to the then City of Sandviken upon its institution in 1943. The device in the middle is a steam hammer. After the municipality reform of 1971 the arms was taken over by the new, larger, entity. ## Name *Sandviken* means "sandy bay". There are numerous other places by that name throughout [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia). ## Demographics This is a demographic table based on Sandviken Municipality's electoral districts in the [2022 Swedish general election](/source/2022_Swedish_general_election) sourced from [SVT](/source/Swedish_Television)'s election platform, in turn taken from [SCB](/source/Statistiska_Centralbyr%C3%A5n) official statistics.[3] In total there were 29,612 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 50.2% voted for the left coalition and 48.6% 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 % % Barrsätra 1,865 1,445 54.3 44.9 78 76 24 25,756 41 Björksätra 2,633 1,423 62.7 35.2 56 42 58 14,756 21 Gästrike-Hammarby 2,049 1,647 44.4 55.0 75 91 9 21,597 23 Jernvallen N 1,925 1,586 54.2 44.8 86 86 14 27,653 39 Jernvallen S 2,337 1,811 48.5 50.6 84 85 15 29,618 41 Jäderfors-Norrsätra 1,999 1,206 53.3 45.6 68 51 49 19,538 26 Järbo 2,600 2,043 41.9 56.7 83 91 9 25,689 28 Kungsgården-Åshammar 2,528 1,944 39.6 58.9 82 89 11 25,224 23 Murgården 2,542 1,404 66.6 31.6 55 36 64 14,309 19 Sandbacka 2,372 1,866 49.2 49.8 82 82 18 27,126 36 Sandviken C 2,069 1,835 54.5 44.0 72 72 28 22,038 30 Sandviken N 2,529 2,000 50.1 49.1 88 91 9 29,927 45 Stadsparken 1,879 1,655 62.3 36.6 74 78 22 19,961 31 Storvik N 1,672 1,321 48.0 50.7 83 90 10 26,163 32 Säljan 2,229 1,736 46.2 53.0 88 90 10 31,033 42 Vallhov 2,498 1,769 52.9 46.3 80 72 28 25,685 36 Årsunda 2,250 1,872 42.7 56.7 88 94 6 27,414 30 Österfärnebo 1,234 1,049 46.6 51.6 80 92 8 22,467 25 Source: SVT[3] ## Sports Sandviken Municipality was one of the co-arrangers of the [2017 Bandy World Championship](/source/2017_Bandy_World_Championship), which was held in [Göransson Arena](/source/G%C3%B6ransson_Arena), a municipality owned bandy arena in Sandviken.[4] ## See also - [Sandvik](/source/Sandvik) - engineering company founded in Sandviken ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-SCB_2014-01-01_1-0)** ["Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160927135502/http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Miljo/Markanvandning/Land--och-vattenarealer/12838/12845/73231/) (in Swedish). [Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden). 2014-01-01. Archived from [the original](http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Miljo/Markanvandning/Land--och-vattenarealer/12838/12845/73231/) ([Microsoft Excel](/source/Microsoft_Excel)) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-SCB_2025-06-30_2-0)** ["Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 2, 2025"](https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/befolkning-och-levnadsforhallanden/befolkningens-sammansattning-och-utveckling/befolkningsstatistik/pong/tabell-och-diagram/folkmangd-och-befolkningsforandringar---manad-kvartal-och-halvar/folkmangd-och-befolkningsforandringar---kvartal-2-2025/) (in Swedish). [Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden). 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SandvikenVal2022_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SandvikenVal2022_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-SandvikenVal2022_3-2) ["Valresultat 2022 för Sandviken i riksdagsvalet"](https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2181-sandviken.html) (in Swedish). [SVT](/source/Swedish_Television). 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Bandy-VM 2017 till Sandviken"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151122005632/http://sandviken.se/nyhetsarkiv/start/bandyvm2017tillsandviken.5.5f164c414cbe00b7a65930e.html) (in Swedish). Sandviken Municipality. 20 May 2015. Archived from [the original](https://sandviken.se/nyhetsarkiv/start/bandyvm2017tillsandviken.5.5f164c414cbe00b7a65930e.html) on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015. ## External links - Media related to [Sandviken Municipality](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sandviken_Municipality) at Wikimedia Commons - [Sandviken](https://www.sandviken.se) - Official site Places adjacent to Sandviken Municipality Falun (Dalarna) Ockelbo Hofors Avesta (Dalarna) Sandviken Gävle Heby (Uppsala) v t e Municipalities and seats of Gävleborg County Municipalities Bollnäs Gävle Hofors Hudiksvall Ljusdal Nordanstig Ockelbo Ovanåker Sandviken Söderhamn Municipal seats Bergsjö Bollnäs Edsbyn Gävle Hofors Hudiksvall Ljusdal Ockelbo Sandviken Söderhamn Counties of Sweden Sweden v t e Localities in Sandviken Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden Localities Årsunda Åshammar Backberg Hammarby Jäderfors Järbo Kungsgården Österfärnebo Sandviken (seat) Storvik Västerberg Authority control databases International ISNI National Sweden Geographic MusicBrainz area This article about a location in Gävleborg County, Sweden is a stub. 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