Kramfors Municipality

Kramfors Municipality Kramfors kommun
Municipality
Röviken Gulf in Ullånger, Kramfors, along the High Coast
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 62°56′N 17°48′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västernorrland County
Seat	Kramfors
Area
• Total	2,892.59 km2 (1,116.84 sq mi)
• Land	1,694.76 km2 (654.35 sq mi)
• Water	1,197.83 km2 (462.48 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	17,631
• Density	6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Ångermanland
Municipal code	2282
Website	http://www.kramfors.se

Kramfors Municipality (Kramfors kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Kramfors.

The rural municipality of Gudmundrå was in 1947 made one of the last administrative cities of Sweden and got the name Kramfors from an industrial settlement. In 1952 many of the surrounding entities were grouped into larger municipalities. The nationwide reform in 1971 made Kramfors a unitary municipality, but the amalgamation process was not fulfilled until 1974. The number of original units within the present municipality is eleven, including Bjärtrå.

The municipality features the Sandö Bridge, crossing the Ångerman River. It is a concrete bridge in one span, and with a length of 264 meters it was the longest of that kind from its inauguration 1943 to 1964.

Nearby is a monument to the people killed in the Ådalen shootings, 1931, when the Swedish military shot socialist demonstrators, killing five.

The UNESCO World Heritage Area Höga kusten ("High coast" in English) is located on the east coast of Kramfors municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kramfors 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 17,991 residents, including 14,021 Swedish citizens of voting age. 61.0% voted for the left coalition and 37.6% 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 % % Bjärtrå 1,334 1,054 61.5 37.1 73 86 14 22,649 25 Björsta 1,546 1,159 62.8 35.4 73 75 25 21,647 26 Blästa 1,335 1,039 57.1 41.4 75 87 13 23,275 22 Bollsta 1,359 1,045 56.6 42.6 72 84 16 21,481 20 Centrum 1,665 1,303 68.4 30.0 74 73 27 20,052 27 Docksta 825 677 59.3 38.3 81 92 8 23,581 34 Frånö-Lunde 1,248 982 60.5 38.3 71 87 13 21,510 25 Gumås 1,789 1,351 62.5 37.0 86 89 11 27,951 35 Nora-Skog 1,570 1,250 61.3 37.5 79 89 11 23,690 33 Nordingrå 1,239 1,037 63.5 35.4 82 89 11 22,967 40 Nyland 1,475 1,242 55.3 42.9 74 90 10 21,355 25 Ullånger 1,143 879 60.3 38.4 83 86 14 22,882 29 Östby 1,463 1,003 63.8 35.0 70 74 26 20,412 22 Source: SVT

External links

• Media related to Kramfors Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Kramfors - Official site