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Gävle

Gävleborgs län

104,108 residents · 2025

+1.2%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 32,833/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 109 of 290, Median earned income

28.3%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 61 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Gävle

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

81.2%

Sweden: 80.5%

0.7 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

80.9%

Sweden: 80.2%

0.7 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 21,861 votes

Gävle 33.3%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 14,794 votes

Gävle 22.6%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 12,560 votes

Gävle 19.2%
Sweden 19.1%

Left Party 4,251 votes

Gävle 6.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Centre Party 3,287 votes

Gävle 5.0%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 2,806 votes

Gävle 4.3%
Sweden 5.3%

Green Party 2,627 votes

Gävle 4.0%
Sweden 5.1%

Liberal Party 2,464 votes

Gävle 3.8%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 908 votes

Gävle 1.4%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Gävle Sweden
Gävle. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.77.5%85.3%93.1%1973198219912002201420221973, Gävle: 88.9%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Gävle: 90.4%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Gävle: 89.7%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Gävle: 90.8%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Gävle: 89.2%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Gävle: 84.9%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Gävle: 86.0%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Gävle: 85.9%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Gävle: 80.3%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Gävle: 78.8%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Gävle: 80.8%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Gävle: 84.7%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Gävle: 86.8%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Gävle: 87.5%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Gävle: 84.0%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Gävle 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, 1973–2022.25.5%42.3%59.0%1973198219912002201420221973, Gävle: 53.1%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Gävle: 53.2%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Gävle: 54.0%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Gävle: 56.2%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Gävle: 54.5%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Gävle: 52.3%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Gävle: 47.1%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Gävle: 54.0%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Gävle: 43.0%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Gävle: 46.5%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Gävle: 40.6%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Gävle: 34.6%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Gävle: 34.1%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Gävle: 32.1%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Gävle: 33.3%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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