# Ludvika Municipality

Ludvika Municipality (Ludvika kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.
In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

## Localities

Figures as of 2004.
* Ludvika 13,724
* Grängesberg 3,356
* Sunnansjö 758
* Saxdalen 752
* Fredriksberg 741
* Nyhammar 682
* Sörvik 540
* Blötberget 529
* Persbo/Gräsberg 459
* Gonäs 432
* Landforsen/Håksberg 438
* Grangärde 374
* Other/countryside 2,967

## Economy

These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:
* Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400
* County medical facilities 600
* Spendrups brewery 285
* VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
* RSV Tax Office 110
* Samhall-gruppen 80
* GIA Industri AB 75
* Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
* Connex Sverige AB 70
* Seco Tools AB 70
* ISS Cleaning 60

## Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ludvika 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 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 48.8 % voted for the left coalition and 49.8 % 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 |
| Location | | | % | % | | | | | |
| Björkås-Stallbacken | 1,971 | 1,542 | 42.0 | 56.7 | 76 | 87 | 13 | 24,444 | 20 |
| Blötberget-Gonäs | 1,144 | 884 | 41.9 | 57.1 | 78 | 90 | 10 | 25,559 | 28 |
| Fredriksberg | 753 | 599 | 65.0 | 32.8 | 74 | 83 | 17 | 20,190 | 24 |
| Högberget | 1,597 | 1,070 | 52.6 | 46.4 | 77 | 70 | 30 | 26,692 | 47 |
| Knutsbo | 1,858 | 1,338 | 48.8 | 50.5 | 90 | 82 | 18 | 31,600 | 56 |
| Kyrkbyn-Nyhammar | 1,783 | 1,430 | 47.9 | 50.4 | 80 | 90 | 10 | 23,048 | 26 |
| Lorentsberga | 1,765 | 1,334 | 51.3 | 47.9 | 86 | 83 | 17 | 28,276 | 42 |
| Ludvika gård | 2,065 | 1,319 | 55.4 | 43.0 | 64 | 59 | 41 | 19,595 | 31 |
| Ludvika Ulrika | 2,266 | 1,664 | 49.0 | 50.3 | 73 | 71 | 29 | 22,487 | 35 |
| Magneten | 1,397 | 989 | 48.0 | 51.2 | 77 | 66 | 34 | 26,360 | 40 |
| Marnäs | 2,065 | 1,601 | 52.4 | 46.3 | 69 | 68 | 32 | 21,042 | 32 |
| Näset | 2,188 | 1,393 | 61.1 | 36.7 | 53 | 49 | 51 | 16,501 | 25 |
| Sunnansjö-Saxdalen | 1,929 | 1,561 | 40.0 | 58.6 | 81 | 92 | 8 | 23,389 | 26 |
| Sörvik-Håksberg | 2,072 | 1,610 | 43.8 | 54.9 | 88 | 90 | 10 | 29,261 | 40 |
| Öraberget | 1,588 | 1,276 | 46.2 | 50.9 | 76 | 84 | 16 | 22,523 | 17 |
| Source: SVT ||||||||||

## Riksdag elections

| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
| 1973 | 89.0 | 21,040 | 9.3 | 56.6 | | 20.5 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 6.8 | | | 65.8 | 32.4 |
| 1976 | 90.4 | 22,021 | 7.8 | 57.4 | | 19.5 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 7.7 | | | 65.2 | 33.5 |
| 1979 | 90.1 | 21,727 | 8.7 | 59.1 | | 13.2 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 10.9 | | | 67.7 | 30.5 |
| 1982 | 91.1 | 21,687 | 8.2 | 61.7 | 1.7 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 12.6 | | | 70.0 | 27.2 |
| 1985 | 89.3 | 20,718 | 8.9 | 59.5 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 9.3 | | 12.0 | | | 68.4 | 29.8 |
| 1988 | 84.9 | 19,133 | 9.4 | 57.4 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 2.2 | 9.5 | | | 72.1 | 25.5 |
| 1991 | 85.0 | 18,880 | 6.7 | 53.5 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 12.1 | | 6.6 | 60.1 | 29.5 |
| 1994 | 86.1 | 18,636 | 9.5 | 60.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 12.1 | | 1.0 | 74.4 | 24.0 |
| 1998 | 80.4 | 16,620 | 20.8 | 46.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 13.1 | | | 71.1 | 27.0 |
| 2002 | 77.5 | 15,521 | 13.2 | 53.9 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 1.1 | | 71.0 | 27.1 |
| 2006 | 79.2 | 15,656 | 10.0 | 49.2 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 16.6 | 2.9 | | 62.4 | 31.1 |
| 2010 | 82.7 | 16,552 | 8.2 | 45.1 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 20.7 | 7.6 | | 58.4 | 32.9 |
| 2014 | 85.5 | 16,841 | 7.6 | 40.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 15.4 | 20.0 | | 52.9 | 25.0 |
| 2018 | 87.1 | 16,868 | 8.3 | 35.4 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 14.1 | 23.2 | | 53.1 | 45.3 |
| 2022 | 84.3 | 16,327 | 6.2 | 35.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 14.1 | 28.1 | | 48.8 | 49.8 |

## Twin Towns & Sister cities

Ludvika has three twin towns:
* Bad Honnef, Germany
* Imatra, Finland
* Kontiolahti, Finland

## Sports

Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The soccer teams "Östansbo IS" (ÖIS), "Ludvika FK" (LFK, male) and "IFK Ludvika" (female) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include ping-pong teams as well as other sports.