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Hofors

Gävleborgs län

9,138 residents · 2025

−4.5%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 32,958/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 104 of 290, Median earned income

15.0%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 265 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Hofors

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

78.8%

Sweden: 80.5%

1.7 percentage points below Sweden

Regional election

77.8%

Sweden: 80.2%

2.4 percentage points below 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 2,188 votes

Hofors 36.4%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 1,671 votes

Hofors 27.8%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 814 votes

Hofors 13.6%
Sweden 19.1%

Left Party 499 votes

Hofors 8.3%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 265 votes

Hofors 4.4%
Sweden 5.3%

Centre Party 236 votes

Hofors 3.9%
Sweden 6.7%

Liberal Party 139 votes

Hofors 2.3%
Sweden 4.6%

Green Party 129 votes

Hofors 2.1%
Sweden 5.1%

Other parties 65 votes

Hofors 1.1%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Hofors Sweden
Hofors. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.75.0%84.6%94.1%1973198219912002201420221973, Hofors: 90.6%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Hofors: 90.7%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Hofors: 91.0%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Hofors: 92.5%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Hofors: 90.4%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Hofors: 86.2%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Hofors: 85.8%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Hofors: 86.0%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Hofors: 79.4%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Hofors: 76.6%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Hofors: 78.6%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Hofors: 83.2%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Hofors: 84.1%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Hofors: 84.6%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Hofors: 82.3%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Hofors 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, 1973–2022.24.5%47.3%70.0%1973198219912002201420221973, Hofors: 58.5%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Hofors: 61.5%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Hofors: 64.5%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Hofors: 66.2%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Hofors: 65.9%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Hofors: 63.3%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Hofors: 60.8%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Hofors: 63.2%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Hofors: 51.9%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Hofors: 56.4%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Hofors: 51.0%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Hofors: 49.7%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Hofors: 47.4%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Hofors: 39.4%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Hofors: 36.4%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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