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Norberg Municipality

Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden

Norberg Municipality Norbergs kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°05′N 15°57′E / 60.083°N 15.950°E / 60.083; 15.950
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Norberg
Area ^[1]
• Total	447.67 km² (172.85 sq mi)
• Land	417.8 km² (161.3 sq mi)
• Water	29.87 km² (11.53 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	5,517
• Density	12/km² (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1962
Website	www.norberg.se

Norberg Municipality (Norbergs kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Norberg.

History

The area, located within Bergslagen, the mining district of central Sweden, has historically been a mining area directed at iron. In the 1970s, archeological finds traced the blast furnace in Lapphyttan to the 12th century, predating the earlier known with 300 years.

In the 1390s, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was born on a farm outside the town Norberg. He was later to lead notable freedom-rebellions in 1434 against the King.

The coat of arms was created in 1948, and was formally granted and registered as a municipal arms with the municipal reform of 1971. The lower half corresponds to the arms of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson: Three half lilies in a triangle; the upper half is the sign of iron.

Geography

Geographically the town is situated by the small rivulet Norbergsån, around which its oldest part, including the 14th century Norberg Church and the Mill, are situated. Several houses are from the 18th century.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Norberg 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 5,707 residents, including 4,352 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 50.5% voted for the left coalition and 47.8% 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

Björkängen

1,842

1,293

54.9

43.0

20,602

Karbenning

466

408

42.0

56.4

23,568

Kärrgruvan

1,225

929

47.1

51.1

25,893

Skallberget

2,174

1,722

52.0

46.8

23,929

Source: SVT^[3]

Twin towns – sister cities

Raasiku Parish, Estonia

References

^ "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 Norberg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.