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Skellefteå

Västerbottens län

75,405 residents · 2025

+3.5%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 35,292/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 40 of 290, Median earned income

26.6%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 71 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Skellefteå

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

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

82.6%

Sweden: 80.5%

2.1 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

82.1%

Sweden: 80.2%

1.9 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 21,649 votes

Skellefteå 45.2%
Sweden 30.3%

Sweden Democrats 7,338 votes

Skellefteå 15.3%
Sweden 20.5%

Moderate Party 6,386 votes

Skellefteå 13.3%
Sweden 19.1%

Centre Party 3,536 votes

Skellefteå 7.4%
Sweden 6.7%

Left Party 3,184 votes

Skellefteå 6.6%
Sweden 6.7%

Christian Democrats 2,123 votes

Skellefteå 4.4%
Sweden 5.3%

Green Party 1,903 votes

Skellefteå 4.0%
Sweden 5.1%

Liberal Party 1,266 votes

Skellefteå 2.6%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 499 votes

Skellefteå 1.0%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Skellefteå Sweden
Skellefteå. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.9%86.0%93.0%1973198219912002201420221973, Skellefteå: 90.0%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Skellefteå: 90.7%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Skellefteå: 90.8%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Skellefteå: 90.9%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Skellefteå: 89.8%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Skellefteå: 86.5%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Skellefteå: 87.2%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Skellefteå: 88.0%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Skellefteå: 83.0%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Skellefteå: 81.4%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Skellefteå: 83.3%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Skellefteå: 85.6%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Skellefteå: 86.7%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Skellefteå: 87.9%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Skellefteå: 85.4%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

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

Skellefteå 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, 1973–2022.25.4%42.7%60.0%1973198219912002201420221973, Skellefteå: 49.4%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Skellefteå: 49.8%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Skellefteå: 51.3%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Skellefteå: 54.1%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Skellefteå: 53.1%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Skellefteå: 52.9%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Skellefteå: 50.6%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Skellefteå: 57.1%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Skellefteå: 48.8%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Skellefteå: 50.7%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Skellefteå: 50.3%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Skellefteå: 49.6%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Skellefteå: 50.2%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Skellefteå: 45.3%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Skellefteå: 45.2%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

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

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