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Forshaga

Värmlands län

11,439 residents · 2025

−0.7%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 32,158/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 156 of 290, Median earned income

22.3%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 114 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Forshaga

Voter turnout and parliamentary election results in Forshaga, election year 2022.

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

85.4%

Sweden: 80.5%

4.9 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

84.9%

Sweden: 80.2%

4.7 percentage points above Sweden

Parliamentary election results

Parties’ shares of valid votes in the 2022 parliamentary election.

Social Democratic Party had the largest share of valid votes.

Social Democratic Party 2,861 votes

Forshaga 37.7%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 2,023 votes

Forshaga 26.7%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 1,079 votes

Forshaga 14.2%
Sweden 19.1%

Christian Democrats 448 votes

Forshaga 5.9%
Sweden 5.3%

Centre Party 379 votes

Forshaga 5.0%
Sweden 6.7%

Left Party 322 votes

Forshaga 4.2%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 210 votes

Forshaga 2.8%
Sweden 5.1%

Liberal Party 177 votes

Forshaga 2.3%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 83 votes

Forshaga 1.1%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Forshaga Sweden
Forshaga. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.6%87.3%95.9%1973198219912002201420221973, Forshaga: 93.8%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Forshaga: 94.4%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Forshaga: 93.0%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Forshaga: 93.5%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Forshaga: 92.0%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Forshaga: 87.1%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Forshaga: 88.3%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Forshaga: 88.7%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Forshaga: 82.6%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Forshaga: 80.9%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Forshaga: 83.2%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Forshaga: 86.4%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Forshaga: 87.3%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Forshaga: 88.7%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Forshaga: 86.9%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.

Forshaga Sweden
Social Democratic Party. Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.25.1%43.9%62.6%1973198219912002201420221973, Forshaga: 59.4%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Forshaga: 55.7%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Forshaga: 55.9%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Forshaga: 57.9%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Forshaga: 57.0%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Forshaga: 57.1%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Forshaga: 49.1%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Forshaga: 55.9%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Forshaga: 48.7%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Forshaga: 51.9%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Forshaga: 51.2%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Forshaga: 47.2%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Forshaga: 46.9%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Forshaga: 39.0%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Forshaga: 37.7%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

Source: SCB · TAB2707 · TAB2707 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.

Source: SCB · TAB2706 · TAB2706 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.