Hässleholm Municipality

Hässleholm Municipality (Hässleholms kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.

Hässleholm Municipality Hässleholms kommun
Municipality
Hässleholm Railway Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°10′N 13°46′E
Country	Sweden
County	Scania County
Seat	Hässleholm
Area
• Total	1,306.27 km2 (504.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,268.53 km2 (489.78 sq mi)
• Water	37.74 km2 (14.57 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	52,241
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Scania
Municipal code	1293
Website	www.hassleholm.se

The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former City of Hässleholm, itself incorporated in 1914, was amalgamated with seven surrounding municipalities. In 1863, there were 29 local government units, all rural, in the area.

The municipal coat of arms was granted in 1920 and registered for the new municipality in 1974. The cross symbolizes the railway junction, which is the origin of the town Hässleholm. The hazelnuts allude to the name Hässleholm, which roughly translates as "Hazel-isle".

Geography

At 1,306.27 km² Hässleholm is the second largest municipality in Skåne County by total area. By land area Hässleholm is the largest in Scania County with 1,268.53 km² (Kristianstad Municipality short after with 1,246.25 km²), much due to its relatively small water area of 37.74 km².

Localities

There are 17 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hässleholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2020. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Hässleholm	19,435
2	Tyringe	4,838
3	Vinslöv	4,124
4	Bjärnum	2,805
5	Sösdala	1,873
6	Vittsjö	1,796
7	Hästveda	1,747
8	Sjörröd	1,470
9	Tormestorp	1,051
10	Stoby	747
11	Finja	530
12	Vankiva	387
13	Ballingslöv	361
14	Emmaljunga	313
15	Mala	223
16	Hörja	211
17	Västra Torup	211

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hässleholm 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 52,201 residents, including 39,480 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.1% voted for the left coalition and 61.7% for the right coalition.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Ballingslöv 1,219 946 31.2 67.0 79 87 13 23,799 33 Bjärnum N 1,738 1,255 33.1 65.6 78 75 25 22,900 28 Bjärnum S 1,556 1,093 33.2 65.5 72 74 26 20,659 28 Bokalyckan 1,228 1,031 44.8 54.5 74 74 26 22,655 42 Bokeberg 1,495 1,290 45.2 53.0 72 74 26 18,498 35 Djupadal 1,272 1,032 37.7 61.4 78 76 24 23,650 40 Finja 1,498 1,136 34.9 64.5 82 88 12 26,130 33 Fredentorp 1,199 987 40.9 58.0 78 81 19 21,123 29 Gäddastorp 1,137 873 36.0 63.5 84 82 18 28,937 52 Haga 1,484 1,061 47.3 51.7 65 59 41 18,131 30 Hässleholm C 1,500 1,187 40.0 58.2 72 64 36 20,364 36 Hästveda V 1,357 1,028 33.0 65.2 80 88 12 23,825 30 Hästveda Ö 1,531 1,074 33.2 65.5 73 77 23 20,860 27 Kristinehem-Ekedal 1,504 1,123 40.6 58.5 85 71 29 28,337 52 Ljungdala 1,642 1,272 48.8 50.1 84 69 31 26,322 42 Läreda 1,635 1,042 64.1 32.0 59 26 74 16,009 28 Röke-Hörja 1,540 1,167 29.3 69.2 80 89 11 23,281 33 Sjörröd 1,576 1,180 30.9 68.3 87 90 10 31,310 52 Stattena 1,717 1,291 36.5 62.0 81 73 27 25,939 39 Stoby-Ignaberga 1,823 1,351 31.1 68.5 85 86 14 27,078 40 Sösdala V 1,567 1,165 40.6 58.7 77 80 20 21,602 32 Sösdala Ö 1,430 1,017 36.4 62.7 73 83 17 21,926 32 T4-området 1,510 1,235 41.4 58.0 70 68 32 21,410 34 Tormestorp 1,401 1,071 33.3 65.5 85 90 10 28,531 43 Tyringe N 1,615 1,178 36.4 61.4 73 72 28 20,889 30 Tyringe S 1,643 1,280 32.8 65.7 78 86 14 22,751 36 Tyringe V 1,709 1,263 39.0 59.9 71 78 22 19,878 27 Vankiva 1,225 966 30.5 68.4 83 87 13 26,150 35 Vinslöv C 1,894 1,499 36.3 63.2 82 91 9 23,689 32 Vinslöv N 1,804 1,375 34.0 65.2 81 91 9 23,967 34 Vinslöv S 1,865 1,380 31.0 68.3 87 90 10 26,480 32 Vittsjö C 1,783 1,321 35.8 62.8 72 78 22 21,014 34 Vittsjö 1,300 983 27.4 71.2 76 85 15 21,579 33 Östervärn-Röinge 1,804 1,328 42.6 56.9 84 76 24 27,566 46 Source: SVT

Industry

• Hässleholms Workshops
• Göinge Mechanical Workshop
• Hässleholms Brewery
• Hässleholms Kapsyl- och Stanniolfabrik
• Hässleholms Filfabrik

Sport in Hässleholm

• IFK Hässleholm

Twin towns

• Darłowo, Poland
• Eckernförde, Germany
• Nykøbing-Rørvig, Denmark

Notable residents

• Bengt Bauler
• Johan T Karlsson
• Ida-Theres Nerell
• Pia Hansen
• Andreas Tilliander
• Grönwalls
• Andreas Dahl, football (soccer) player
• Jon Jönsson, football (soccer) player
• Ingrid Swede, film
• Jan Brink
• Åke "Kometen" Persson
• Jeanette Thelander
• Anders S. Nilsson
• Glenn Wish
• Neneh Cherry, Swedish-American singer born here but raised in London and New York City
• Martin Ingvarsson
• Joddla med Siv
• Freddie Ljungberg, footballer born in Vittsjö, but grew up in Halmstad
• Nilla Fischer, footballer
• Gustav Fridolin, Sweden's youngest parliament member, now a journalist for Kalla Fakta
• Bildsköne Bengtsson
• Peps Persson, musician
• KG Hammar, former archbishop
• Gunhild Sehlin

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Hässleholm Municipality - Official site