Alvesta Municipality

Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden

Alvesta Municipality Alvesta kommun
Municipality
Alvesta town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°54′N 14°33′E / 56.900°N 14.550°E / 56.900; 14.550
Country	Sweden
County	Kronoberg County
Seat	Alvesta
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,074.26 km² (414.77 sq mi)
• Land	974.19 km² (376.14 sq mi)
• Water	100.07 km² (38.64 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	20,040
• Density	19/km² (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0764
Website	www.alvesta.se

Alvesta Municipality (Alvesta kommun) is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden. Its seat is in Alvesta.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the market town (köping) Alvesta (instituted in 1945) was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. Amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1963. The number of original local government entities within the present municipality is twelve.

The municipal arms are from 1951 and depict three bees and a winged wheel. This symbolizes the railway that is so vital for the industry, while the bees signify the hard-working spirit that the locals pride themselves with.

The municipality boasts nature areas and is suitable for fishing, canoeing or playing golf.

The mansion of Huseby is a popular place to visit, located some 15 kilometers south of the town Alvesta, and hosts a couple of museums. There are also old churches scattered around the municipality, some medieval, among them the Alvesta Church.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas (or tätort) in Alvesta Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Alvesta	7,647
2	Moheda	1,852
3	Vislanda	1,773
4	Grimslöv	638
5	Torpsbruk	354
6	Hjortsberga	229

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Alvesta 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 20,256 inhabitants, including 14,578 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 42.0% voted for the left coalition and 56.0% 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

Alvesta N

2,001

1,268

51.4

43.7

17,538

Alvesta S-Blädinge

2,673

1,893

48.7

48.3

21,641

Alvesta V

1,966

1,280

53.5

41.2

22,221

Aringsås

1,871

1,362

41.1

58.2

27,599

Hjortsberga

987

745

31.8

66.5

27,377

Lekaryd-Härlöv

2,089

1,514

39.1

58.9

28,830

Moheda Ö

1,228

956

43.0

55.9

27,395

Skatelöv

1,548

1,189

37.8

61.1

26,906

Slätthög-Mistelås

2,352

1,773

37.6

61.6

23,855

Vislanda

2,419

1,753

36.5

62.3

25,350

Västra Torsås

1,122

845

39.5

59.4

23,676

Source: SVT^[3]

Notable natives

Some well-known natives of Alvesta are the national famous magician Joe Labero and the ATP tennis player Jonas Björkman. The former world #1 in the same sport, Mats Wilander, was originally from Torpsbruk in the north part of the municipality.

Swan J. Turnblad (1860–1933) American newspaper publisher associated with Svenska Amerikanska Posten, a Swedish language newspaper once published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was born in Tubbemåla in Vislanda parish.

Politics

Result of the 2010 election:

Moderate Party 30,28%
Centre party 11,24%
Liberal People's Party 4,69%
Christian Democrats 5,42%
Swedish Social Democratic Party 30,95%
Left Party 4,50%
Green Party 4,33%
Sweden Democrats 7,82%
Other Parties 0,76%

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Alvesta i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.