Halmstad Municipality

Halmstad Municipality (Halmstads kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, in which the city Halmstad is the seat.

Halmstad Municipality Halmstads kommun
Municipality
Halmstad City Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°40′N 12°51′E
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Halmstad
Government
• Chairman	Stefan Pålsson (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	1,699.89 km2 (656.33 sq mi)
• Land	1,014.13 km2 (391.56 sq mi)
• Water	685.76 km2 (264.77 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	105,796
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland
Municipal code	1380
Website	www.halmstad.se

The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area. In 1967 the rural municipality Simlångsdalen (created in 1952) was amalgamated into the City of Halmstad. The city was converted into a municipality of unitary type in 1971, but the seven surrounding municipalities were not merged into it until 1974.

Politics

Since the 2022 elections, the municipal government is controlled by a majority consisting of the Social Democrats, Moderates and Christian Democrats, with Social Democrat Stefan Pålsson as chairman of the municipal board.

Municipal council

The municipal council has 71 seats, with the governing majority holding a majority with 40 seats.

•   Left Party (4)
•   Social Democrats (22)
•   Green Party (2)
•   Hjärta för Halmstad (4)
•   Halmstads Lokala Parti (2)
•   Centre Party (5)
•   Liberals (3)
•   Moderate Party (13)
•   Christian Democrats (5)
•   Sweden Democrats (11)

Localities

There are 21 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Halmstad Municipality.

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

#	Locality	Population
1	Halmstad	55,688
2	Oskarström	4,011
3	Fyllinge	2,830
4	Getinge	1,885
5	Frösakull	1,635
6	Trönninge	1,555
7	Åled	1,536
8	Harplinge	1,454
9	Gullbrandstorp	1,435
10	Haverdal	1,401
11	Kvibille	793
12	Steninge	769
13	Gullbranna	727
14	Eldsberga	717
15	Villshärad	628
16	Simlångsdalen	577
17	Laxvik	469
18	Holm	462
19	Sennan	430
20	Tylösand	387
21	Skedala	355

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Halmstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 104,409 residents, including 79,133 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.2% voted for the left coalition and 52.6% 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 % % Andersberg N/V 2,394 1,136 67.9 24.5 56 13 87 14,909 28 Andersberg S 2,606 1,573 69.1 23.4 55 18 82 14,043 26 Bäckagård C 1,451 1,066 50.2 48.2 75 73 27 23,578 47 Bäckagård N 1,733 1,280 42.4 57.1 91 89 11 30,587 60 Bäckagård S 1,508 1,153 38.5 60.8 89 94 6 31,609 65 Centrum N 1,232 1,104 42.3 56.3 83 81 19 23,967 46 Centrum S 1,280 1,129 44.8 54.0 82 80 20 26,726 45 Centrum V 1,424 1,227 47.7 50.5 81 72 28 25,647 44 Centrum Ö-Gamletull 1,409 1,153 49.1 48.7 68 73 27 18,682 51 Eldsberga-Tönnersjö 1,483 1,049 39.7 59.6 86 87 13 27,617 35 Engelbrekt V 1,221 987 50.5 47.7 65 74 26 18,084 47 Engelbrekt Ö 1,186 927 42.4 56.3 65 71 29 20,222 39 Frennarp 1,517 1,138 53.5 45.9 89 87 13 29,137 53 Frösakull V-Tylösand 1,274 1,134 20.7 79.0 75 91 9 31,661 55 Frösakull Ö 1,485 1,211 31.2 68.2 83 91 9 30,103 58 Furet 1,623 1,204 48.1 50.9 86 83 17 30,348 49 Fyllinge N/Ö 1,623 1,309 50.8 47.4 82 60 40 27,333 43 Fyllinge S/V 1,725 1,258 55.2 42.7 75 60 40 24,790 34 Galgberget V 1,319 1,113 37.3 62.1 83 79 21 28,705 55 Galgberget Ö 1,527 1,230 46.3 51.3 80 76 24 26,260 47 Gamletull N/Ö 1,620 1,329 48.1 49.2 80 72 28 23,089 45 Gamletull V 1,629 1,454 43.8 55.1 84 84 16 29,237 56 Getinge N 1,382 975 46.5 52.7 81 81 19 25,550 32 Getinge S-Rävinge 1,365 993 47.4 51.5 87 87 13 25,685 35 Gullbrandstorp N 1,458 1,055 41.5 57.7 90 93 7 31,244 54 Gullbrandstorp S 1,480 1,181 40.2 58.8 87 92 8 27,667 54 Gullbranna-Laxvik 1,321 1,051 37.9 61.2 87 88 12 28,394 42 Gustavsfält N 1,341 989 57.3 39.8 74 41 59 23,054 30 Gustavsfält S 1,450 950 59.1 37.4 66 34 66 18,750 32 Harplinge 2,080 1,518 47.4 51.5 88 91 9 28,341 48 Haverdal 1,870 1,571 43.0 56.2 83 92 8 29,203 57 Holm-Vapnö 1,423 916 38.9 60.8 88 86 14 29,207 45 Kattegatt Ö 1,341 1,128 47.0 52.3 80 81 19 28,026 50 Kvibille-Slättåkra 1,753 1,314 39.4 59.3 87 91 9 26,918 40 Kärleken-Sofieberg V 1,696 1,236 46.3 52.7 88 87 13 30,281 54 Kärleken-Sofieberg Ö 1,446 1,099 48.4 50.6 87 86 14 29,206 53 Linehed N 1,508 1,324 52.7 45.6 77 47 53 22,272 37 Linehed S 1,603 1,089 63.6 32.7 56 29 71 15,919 29 Mickedala 1,666 1,272 49.6 49.6 82 87 13 30,951 62 Nyatorp N 1,713 1,348 45.5 52.8 79 72 28 24,985 46 Nyatorp S 1,443 1,124 43.7 54.1 72 64 36 21,400 40 Nyhem S 1,754 1,264 49.2 47.9 57 55 45 13,621 52 Nyhem V 1,752 1,289 53.4 44.8 74 57 43 22,129 40 Nyhem Ö 1,722 1,251 58.8 37.3 58 46 54 16,424 36 Oskarström N 1,603 1,116 46.1 52.3 80 75 25 24,570 28 Oskarström S/V 1,592 1,050 46.2 51.7 73 67 33 21,315 24 Oskarström Ö 1,792 1,322 45.1 54.3 85 83 17 25,927 35 Rotorp N 1,576 1,329 54.3 44.3 75 77 23 26,030 49 Rotorp S-Alet 1,383 1,097 48.7 49.7 83 87 13 29,857 56 Simlångsdalen 1,610 1,234 41.3 58.1 88 90 10 26,287 34 Skedala-Marbäck 1,442 1,154 36.7 62.6 89 90 10 29,346 35 Slottsjord-Kattegatt V 1,253 1,079 46.5 52.2 76 78 22 23,965 48 Snöstorp S/V 1,891 1,385 47.3 52.1 87 74 26 29,402 46 Snöstorp Ö-Brogård 1,630 1,202 49.1 49.7 87 81 19 28,642 46 Stenhuggeriet 1,391 1,108 36.3 63.4 85 91 9 33,849 58 Steninge-Särdal 1,400 1,099 45.6 53.5 87 91 9 30,903 62 Söndrum C 1,343 1,091 39.3 60.2 89 91 9 30,697 58 Söndrum N 1,699 1,245 36.5 63.1 89 90 10 31,322 58 Söndrum S-Eketånga 1,464 1,124 39.4 59.7 87 89 11 32,915 65 Trönninge 1,871 1,356 40.2 58.5 85 83 17 28,171 38 Vallås N 1,672 1,309 57.7 39.7 72 61 39 19,496 36 Vallås S 1,571 1,157 58.5 40.5 71 54 46 20,129 34 Vallås V 1,724 1,186 61.3 34.8 56 48 52 16,381 25 Vallås Ö 1,678 1,289 54.0 44.6 79 67 33 24,257 39 Åled V 1,396 1,007 43.8 55.6 88 90 10 28,927 40 Åled Ö-Sennan 1,292 970 40.4 59.0 84 86 14 25,776 36 Östra Förstaden 1,300 1,123 46.1 52.4 79 78 22 25,674 50 Source: SVT

See also

• University College of Halmstad
• Hallandsposten
• Swedish Army
• Swedish Air Force

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Halmstad Municipality - Official site