Höganäs Municipality

Höganäs Municipality Höganäs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°12′N 12°34′E
Country	Sweden
County	Skåne County
Seat	Höganäs
Area
• Total	676.12 km2 (261.05 sq mi)
• Land	150.84 km2 (58.24 sq mi)
• Water	525.28 km2 (202.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	28,193
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1284
Website	www.hoganas.se

Höganäs Municipality (Höganäs kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.

The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough managing matters of urban character) of Sweden had been established in 1875, received the title of a city in 1936. In 1967 it was merged with Väsby. The present municipality was created with the reform in 1971 when the city was amalgamated with Brunnby and Jonstorp.

Geography

The municipality is located on the Kullen peninsula, the extreme part of which is known as the nature reserve Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque villages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species.

The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.

Localities

There were eight localities in the municipality as of 2018. The municipal seat is marked in bold.

Urban area	Population
Höganäs	15,444
Viken (part of)	4,575
Jonstorp	2,044
Arild	715
Mölle	601
Mjöhult	327
Farhult	315
Ingelsträde	250

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Höganäs 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 27,560 residents, including 21,308 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.5% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% 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 % % Höganäs C 1,993 1,732 46.5 52.5 77 82 18 24,076 44 Höganäs NV 2,046 1,582 42.0 55.9 80 84 16 25,876 41 Höganäs NÖ 1,993 1,448 42.8 56.2 80 77 23 22,806 31 Höganäs S 1,732 1,170 46.5 52.3 72 65 35 22,595 39 Höganäs SÖ 1,906 1,401 49.5 49.2 76 75 25 22,551 38 Höganäs Ö 1,946 1,349 41.0 57.8 76 69 31 23,442 32 Jonstorp V 2,330 1,744 33.3 65.5 83 87 13 28,441 47 Jonstorp Ö 2,149 1,692 34.4 64.6 84 88 12 27,863 47 Lerberget N 1,665 1,226 36.3 63.1 89 89 11 31,827 56 Lerberget S 1,165 841 35.9 63.3 84 87 13 29,738 50 Nyhamn V 1,828 1,549 42.4 56.8 80 87 13 27,052 60 Nyhamn Ö 1,829 1,497 41.7 57.3 82 86 14 28,844 55 Viken N 1,459 1,142 31.2 67.9 83 90 10 33,061 61 Viken S 1,226 1,206 25.8 73.2 72 89 11 30,034 64 Viken Ö 2,293 1,729 29.7 68.7 85 87 13 30,704 56 Source: SVT

Elections

Below are the results since the 1973 municipal reform listed. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.

Riksdag

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1973	93.2	13,028	1.3	43.0	0.0	23.5	7.9	1.1	22.9	0.0	0.0
1976	94.6	14,366	1.4	39.4	0.0	21.3	11.1	1.0	25.7	0.0	0.0
1979	93.0	14,667	1.8	38.7	0.0	14.5	10.3	1.0	32.9	0.0	0.0
1982	93.8	15,027	1.9	39.2	2.0	11.9	5.8	1.3	37.8	0.0	0.0
1985	91.7	14,966	2.0	37.4	1.8	9.4	15.8	0.0	33.4	0.0	0.0
1988	87.6	14,446	2.6	36.7	6.9	8.6	12.7	2.5	29.6	0.0	0.0
1991	88.3	14,950	2.2	31.1	3.1	5.9	8.7	8.5	31.7	0.0	6.6
1994	88.3	15,083	3.0	38.7	4.6	6.3	7.4	4.2	33.8	0.0	1.3
1998	83.5	14,295	6.4	30.5	3.3	3.0	5.7	13.8	33.4	0.0	0.0
2002	82.3	14,277	4.7	32.7	3.5	3.9	16.1	11.5	22.8	2.7	0.0
2006	83.7	15,114	2.5	27.2	4.0	5.8	8.4	7.8	37.3	4.2	0.0
2010	85.9	16,110	2.6	20.2	5.9	5.4	9.1	6.7	42.4	6.4	0.0
2014	87.7	16,846	3.0	22.0	6.3	5.3	6.4	5.4	33.9	14.8	0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year	Turnout	Votes	Left	Right	SD	Other	Elected
1973	93.2	13,028	44.3	54.3	0.0	1.4	98.6
1976	94.6	14,366	40.8	58.1	0.0	1.1	98.9
1979	93.0	14,667	40.5	57.7	0.0	1.8	98.2
1982	93.8	15,027	41.1	55.5	0.0	3.4	96.6
1985	91.7	14,966	39.4	58.6	0.0	2.0	98.0
1988	87.6	14,446	46.2	50.9	0.0	2.9	97.1
1991	88.3	14,950	33.3	54.8	0.0	11.9	94.7
1994	88.3	15,083	46.3	51.7	0.0	2.0	98.0
1998	83.5	14,295	40.2	55.9	0.0	3.9	96.1
2002	82.3	14,277	40.9	54.3	0.0	4.7	95.3
2006	83.7	15,114	33.7	59.3	0.0	7.0	93.0
2010	85.9	16,110	28.7	63.6	6.4	1.3	98.7
2014	87.7	16,846	31.3	50.0	14.8	3.9	96.1

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Höganäs Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms
• Höganäs Keramik Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine - Höganäs Pottery