Höganäs Municipality () is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, in Skåne County in the southern part of the country. Its seat is located in the city of Höganäs.

The rural municipality Höganäs, in which the first municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough managing matters of urban character) of Sweden had been established in 1875, received the title of a city in 1936. In 1967 it was merged with Väsby. The present municipality was created with the reform in 1971 when the city was amalgamated with Brunnby and Jonstorp.

Geography The municipality is located on the Kullen peninsula, the extreme part of which is known as the nature reserve Kullaberg hill, with the picturesque villages of Mölle and Arild. The nature reserve is an Important Bird Area of Sweden and a location of several rare plant species.C.Michael Hogan, Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Lumina Technologies, Aberdeen Library Archives, July 17, 2004

The Kullen Lighthouse, the most powerful lighthouse in Scandinavia, is located on the western point of Kullaberg. The nature reserve is also home to a series of wooden structures along the coastline, which were begun by artist by Lars Vilks in 1980, and which have become known as Nimis. This is a tourist attraction despite being unauthorised by the Swedish authorities and therefore not marked on maps or signposted.

Localities There were eight localities in the municipality as of 2018. The municipal seat is marked in bold.

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Höganäs Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 27,560 residents, including 21,308 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.5% voted for the left coalition and 60.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Höganäs C 1,993 1,732 46.5 52.5 77 82 18 24,076 44Höganäs NV 2,046 1,582 42.0 55.9 80 84 16 25,876 41Höganäs NÖ 1,993 1,448 42.8 56.2 80 77 23 22,806 31Höganäs S 1,732 1,170 46.5 52.3 72 65 35 22,595 39Höganäs SÖ 1,906 1,401 49.5 49.2 76 75 25 22,551 38Höganäs Ö 1,946 1,349 41.0 57.8 76 69 31 23,442 32Jonstorp V 2,330 1,744 33.3 65.5 83 87 13 28,441 47Jonstorp Ö 2,149 1,692 34.4 64.6 84 88 12 27,594 47Lerberget N 1,665 1,226 36.3 63.1 89 89 11 31,827 56Lerberget S 1,165 841 35.9 63.3 84 87 13 29,738 50Nyhamn V 1,828 1,549 42.4 56.8 80 87 13 27,052 60Nyhamn Ö 1,829 1,497 41.7 57.3 82 86 14 28,844 55Viken N 1,459 1,142 31.2 67.9 83 90 10 33,061 61Viken S 1,226 1,206 25.8 73.2 72 89 11 30,034 64Viken Ö 2,293 1,729 29.7 68.7 85 87 13 30,704 56Source: SVT

Elections Below are the results since the 1973 municipal reform listed. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.

Riksdag Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND 1973 93.2 13,028 1.3 43.0 0.0 23.5 7.9 1.1 22.9 0.0 0.0 1976 94.6 14,366 1.4 39.4 0.0 21.3 11.1 1.0 25.7 0.0 0.0 1979 93.0 14,667 1.8 38.7 0.0 14.5 10.3 1.0 32.9 0.0 0.0 1982 93.8 15,027 1.9 39.2 2.0 11.9 5.8 1.3 37.8 0.0 0.0 1985 91.7 14,966 2.0 37.4 1.8 9.4 15.8 0.0 33.4 0.0 0.0 1988 87.6 14,446 2.6 36.7 6.9 8.6 12.7 2.5 29.6 0.0 0.0 1991 88.3 14,950 2.2 31.1 3.1 5.9 8.7 8.5 31.7 0.0 6.6 1994 88.3 15,083 3.0 38.7 4.6 6.3 7.4 4.2 33.8 0.0 1.3 1998 83.5 14,295 6.4 30.5 3.3 3.0 5.7 13.8 33.4 0.0 0.0 2002 82.3 14,277 4.7 32.7 3.5 3.9 16.1 11.5 22.8 2.7 0.0 2006 83.7 15,114 2.5 27.2 4.0 5.8 8.4 7.8 37.3 4.2 0.0 2010 85.9 16,110 2.6 20.2 5.9 5.4 9.1 6.7 42.4 6.4 0.0 2014 87.7 16,846 3.0 22.0 6.3 5.3 6.4 5.4 33.9 14.8 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 93.2 13,028 44.3 54.3 0.0 1.4 98.6 1976 94.6 14,366 40.8 58.1 0.0 1.1 98.9 1979 93.0 14,667 40.5 57.7 0.0 1.8 98.2 1982 93.8 15,027 41.1 55.5 0.0 3.4 96.6 1985 91.7 14,966 39.4 58.6 0.0 2.0 98.0 1988 87.6 14,446 46.2 50.9 0.0 2.9 97.1 1991 88.3 14,950 33.3 54.8 0.0 11.9 94.7 1994 88.3 15,083 46.3 51.7 0.0 2.0 98.0 1998 83.5 14,295 40.2 55.9 0.0 3.9 96.1 2002 82.3 14,277 40.9 54.3 0.0 4.7 95.3 2006 83.7 15,114 33.7 59.3 0.0 7.0 93.0 2010 85.9 16,110 28.7 63.6 6.4 1.3 98.7 2014 87.7 16,846 31.3 50.0 14.8 3.9 96.1

References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Höganäs Municipality - Official site Coat of arms Höganäs Keramik - Höganäs Pottery