Mörbylånga Municipality

Mörbylånga Municipality (Mörbylånga kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden, located on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The seat is located in the town of Mörbylånga, while the largest town is Färjestaden.

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Mörbylånga
Area [1]
• Total	3,043.42 km^2 (1,175.07 sq mi)
• Land	666.79 km^2 (257.45 sq mi)
• Water	2,376.63 km^2 (917.62 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	15,249
• Density	5.0/km^2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Öland
Municipal code	0840
Website	www.morbylanga.se

The present municipality, making up the southern part of Öland, was formed in 1974. The eighteen original entities (as of 1863) had during the nationwide subdivision reform of 1952 been regrouped into three larger units. Ottenby was amalgamated with Mörbylånga in 1967 and 1974 Torslunda was added.

Mörbylånga Municipality contains several ancient remains, just like the northern Öland municipality of Borgholm. All in all, there are about 20 hillforts on Öland. The most notable in southern Öland is the fortress Eketorp.

The southern parts of Öland contain certain wildlife areas. Many migratory birds halt here on their way north or south. Especially the southernmost outpost, the lighthouse Långe Jan (Tall John) is visited by many birdwatchers every day, as many birds flock here until setting away over the ocean.

Localities

There are 9 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Mörbylånga Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Färjestaden	4,636
2	Mörbylånga	1,784
3	Skogsby	528
4	Algutsrum	499
5	Degerhamn	372
6	Vickleby	310
7	Gårdby	262
8	Arontorp	231
9	Kastlösa	208

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag since the first election after the municipal reform that was held in 1973. The results only include parties that have won representation in the Riksdag assembly at least once during this timeframe. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the number of voters who cast a ballot in the polling station, but "Votes" only counts those casting valid ballots.

Year	Turnout	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	ND
1973[3]	92.0	6,857	1.8	34.3	0.0	39.2	6.8	1.0	16.8	0.0	0.0
1976[4]	92.6	7,915	1.8	35.2	0.0	35.8	7.9	0.6	18.6	0.0	0.0
1979[5]	92.3	8,341	2.7	34.6	0.0	30.1	8.4	0.8	23.3	0.0	0.0
1982[6]	92.2	8,488	2.1	37.1	1.3	27.2	4.9	1.2	26.2	0.0	0.0
1985[7]	90.7	8,463	2.2	36.5	1.3	24.3	11.4	0.0	24.2	0.0	0.0
1988[8]	87.7	8,298	2.7	37.8	4.4	24.6	8.9	2.2	19.0	0.0	0.0
1991[9]	88.9	8,812	2.6	31.7	3.0	19.2	6.4	6.4	21.1	0.0	8.8
1994[10]	87.4	8,848	4.2	40.3	5.1	17.1	5.2	3.4	22.3	0.0	1.5
1998[11]	83.5	8,303	9.4	32.5	4.8	11.5	3.1	15.6	21.5	0.0	0.0
2002[12]	82.9	8,410	6.3	37.7	3.8	13.1	10.4	12.0	15.3	0.6	0.0
2006[13]	85.5	8,757	4.1	34.9	4.2	13.3	6.0	7.2	25.2	3.0	0.0
2010[14]	87.9	9,490	4.3	28.2	6.3	11.0	5.8	6.5	31.2	5.9	0.0
2014[15]	90.3	10,127	3.8	29.4	5.5	9.7	4.1	4.5	24.8	15.2	0.0
2018[16]	91.7	10,367	5.9	27.1	4.0	11.2	3.9	7.3	18.5	20.6	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	92.0	6,857	36.1	62.8	0.0	1.1	98.9
1976	92.6	7,915	37.0	62.3	0.0	0.7	99.3
1979	92.3	8,341	37.3	61.8	0.0	0.9	99.1
1982	92.2	8,488	39.2	58.3	0.0	2.5	97.5
1985	90.7	8,463	38.7	59.9	0.0	1.4	98.6
1988	87.7	8,298	44.9	52.5	0.0	2.6	97.4
1991	88.9	8,812	34.3	53.1	0.0	12.6	96.2
1994	87.4	8,848	49.6	48.0	0.0	2.4	97.6
1998	83.5	8,303	46.7	51.7	0.0	1.6	98.4
2002	82.9	8,410	47.8	50.8	0.0	1.4	98.4
2006	85.5	8,757	43.2	51.7	0.0	5.1	94.9
2010	87.9	9,490	38.8	54.5	5.9	0.8	99.2
2014	90.3	10,127	38.7	43.1	15.2	3.0	97.0
2018	91.7	10,367	37.1	41.0	20.6	1.4	98.6

Mörbylånga and surroundings

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References

• Statistics Sweden

1. "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.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
3. "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 163)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
4. "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 158)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
5. "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 182)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
6. "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 183)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
7. "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 184)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
8. "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 164)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
9. "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 24)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
10. "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 38)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
11. "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 35)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
12. "Valresultat Riksdag Mörbylånga kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
13. "Valresultat Riksdag Mörbylånga kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
14. "Valresultat Riksdag Mörbylånga kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
15. "Valresultat Riksdag Mörbylånga kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
16. "Valresultat Riksdag Mörbylånga kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

External links

• Mörbylånga Municipality - Official site
• Southern Öland - Tourism page (in Swedish, English and German)