Ödeshög Municipality

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Ödeshög Municipality (Ödeshögs kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County, Sweden. The seat is situated in the small town of Ödeshög.

The coat of arms was created in 1972 at the time the modern municipalities of Sweden were created. It mainly represents the medieval monastery of Alvastra: An abbacy staff, a rising moon (historically representing the Virgin Mary), and a six-pointed star (representing a higher deity).

Nature

A large part of the municipality borders lake Vättern. There is a small harbour.

There are two nature reserves within the municipal borders: Isberga with a distinguished steppe meadow flora [http://www5.e.lst.se/reservat/lst/reservat.asp?id=100&sprak=eng], and Kråkeryd located on rocks above Vättern at 60 meters altitude. Kråkeryd has a geology rich in lime, and the uncultivated rocky terrain is the location for several unusual flowers and plants [http://www5.e.lst.se/reservat/lst/reservat.asp?id=101&sprak=se].

Localities

There are two urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ödeshög Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

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! # !! Locality !! Population

1

Ödeshög

2,651

2

Hästholmen

372

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ödeshög Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0509-odeshog.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Ödeshög i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}

In total there were 5,303 residents, including 4,109 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.8% voted for the left coalition and 59.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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! ! style="background:{{party color\|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! style="background:{{party color\|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! ! ! ! !
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align="left" \|Alvastra \| 1,225 \| 986 \| 37.3 \| 60.6 \| 84 \| 92 \| 8 \| 25,548 \| 34
align="left" \|Fridtjuv Berg \| 1,680 \| 1,258 \| 39.8 \| 58.2 \| 78 \| 78 \| 22 \| 21,472 \| 25
align="left" \|Holaveden \| 774 \| 638 \| 37.1 \| 61.8 \| 84 \| 93 \| 7 \| 23,025 \| 31
align="left" \|Lysing \| 1,624 \| 1,227 \| 38.9 \| 59.6 \| 86 \| 87 \| 13 \| 22,772 \| 24
colspan="10" align="left" \|Source: SVT

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! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}

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! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}

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align="left" |Alvastra

| 1,225

| 986

| 37.3

| 60.6

| 84

| 92

| 8

| 25,548

| 34

align="left" |Fridtjuv Berg

| 1,680

| 1,258

| 39.8

| 58.2

| 78

| 22

| 21,472

| 25

align="left" |Holaveden

| 774

| 638

| 37.1

| 61.8

| 84

| 93

| 7

| 23,025

| 31

align="left" |Lysing

| 1,624

| 1,227

| 38.9

| 59.6

| 86

| 87

| 13

| 22,772

| 24

colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT

Sights

File:Alvastra kloster - KMB - 16000300019411.jpg

Within the borders of the municipalities lies the monastery of Alvastra. One of the world's most famous runestones, the Rök runestone, is also situated within the municipal borders.

There are also other ancient remains: the two hillforts Borgberget and Hjässaborgen. Both are open for visits although not much remains, and both are somewhat difficult to access. The municipality also contains burial grounds, etc.

Besides the monastery of Alvastra, there are seven other notable churches, several of which have a medieval foundation. Noteworthy are: Rök Church from 1845 (outside which stands the Rök runestone), Stora Åby Church, from the 1750s, with several older artifacts (baptismal font, triptych), and Ödeshögs Church with a medieval foundation.

In Eketorp, an ancient Thor's hammer amulet was found.

File:Ödeshög hammer (494755).png found in Eketorp, Ödeshög parish.]]

Famous citizens

Klas Ingesson, former Sheffield Wednesday and PSV Eindhoven footballer
Helen Svensson Fletre (1909–1987), American author and journalist

Twin towns

{{flagicon|Belarus}} Obal, Belarus{{in lang|sv}} [http://www.odeshog.se/kommundemokrati/kommuninformation/samverkan.4.1a95f7bc121e4b144358000112769.html Info at Ödeshög municipal website]

References

[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

External links

[http://www.odeshog.se/ Ödeshög Municipality] - Official site
[http://turism.odeshog.se/ Welcome to Ödeshög] - Official tourism page, Swedish/English/German

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Ödeshög

| N = Vadstena

| NE = Mjölby

| E = Boxholm

| S = Tranås (Jönköping)

| SW = Jönköping (Jönköping)

| W = Hjo (Västra Götaland) / Vättern

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Category:Municipalities of Östergötland County