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Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden
Grums Municipality Grums kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Grums MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 59°21′N 13°06′E / 59.350°N 13.100°E / 59.350; 13.100
CountrySweden
CountyVärmland County
SeatGrums
Area
 • Total478.82 km (184.87 sq mi)
 • Land386.38 km (149.18 sq mi)
 • Water92.44 km (35.69 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total9,057
 • Density19/km (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland
Municipal code1764
Websitewww.grums.se

Grums Municipality (Grums kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grums, with about 5,200 inhabitants.

As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created in 1971. The market town (köping) Grums (instituted as such in 1948) was amalgamated with Ed and the parish Värmskog from the dissolved Stavnäs Municipality, thus forming Grums Municipality.

Geographically it is situated on the north-west shore of Lake Vänern in the province of Värmland. Transportations are reliable with the European route E18 intersecting the town.

Historically the town was the center of the historical jurisdiction Grums Hundred, with its oldest seal stemming from 1617. The seal showed an accurate image of the local church.

The coat of arms is derived from that of the hundred. It also depicts three saw-blades, symbolizing the forest industry.

The local political party is known as Grums medborgarparti, abbreviated gm. It was founded in 1994, in the wake of the short-lived unconventional party Ny Demokrati. The party was the municipality's third largest in the election of 1994 and 1998.

Localities

In addition, the village Värmskog, with 65 inhabitants (2000), is known as the birthplace of inventor Lars Magnus Ericsson.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Grums 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 9,080 residents, including 6,952 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.1% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Gamla Slottsbron 1,538 1,190 53.2 45.9 80 88 12 25,554 28
Grums C 1,283 969 50.3 49.3 79 87 13 24,004 22
Grums N 1,109 879 42.2 56.3 86 91 9 27,077 30
Grums S 1,037 730 50.8 49.0 73 80 20 22,662 20
Grums V 1,426 1,149 58.6 40.3 71 84 16 20,373 25
Segmon 741 580 50.5 47.9 74 86 14 22,017 22
Slottsbron 1,298 960 45.0 53.7 72 84 16 23,000 21
Värmskog 648 495 37.3 62.0 83 92 8 26,545 39
Source: SVT

References

  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Grums i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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Places adjacent to Grums Municipality
Arvika
Kil
Säffle Grums Karlstad
Säffle Vänern
Municipalities and seats of Värmland County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Värmland County
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Localities in Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden
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