Gislaved Municipality

{{about|the commune level of government "Gislaved"|the civic area|Gislaved, Sweden}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gislaved Municipality

| native_name = Gislaveds kommun

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Sweden

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Jönköping County

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| seat_type = Seat

| seat = Gislaved

| government_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Kommunens organisation |url=https://gislaved.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation |website=Gislaveds kommun |publisher=Gislaveds kommun |access-date=2021-06-18 |language=sv |date=2021-03-16}}

| government_type = Council-manager

| leader_party = Moderate

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Anton Sjödell

| leader_title2 = Manager

| leader_name2 = Stefan Eglinger

| unit_pref = Metric

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| website = [http://www.gislaved.se www.gislaved.se]

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Gislaved Municipality (Gislaveds kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Gislaved.

The municipality was created in 1974, when Gislaved locality where amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type. There are seventeen original units making up the present municipality. Within Sweden, and as part of Gnosjö region, it's regarded as being both cultural and industrially dominated. The municipality is notably home to Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, the only Swedish circuit to host a Formula One Grand Prix as it held the Swedish Grand Prix for six years in the 1970s.

History

The municipality has been inhabited for a long time, but without any significant urban areas. At the turn of the 19th century it contained some 700 inhabitants. By 1949 it was eligible to receive rights as a köping, comparable to town rights. A coat of arms was designed for the occasion, traditionally used by the cities of Sweden. When the municipal reform was carried out in the 1970s, Gislaved adapted the still unused coat of arms as the municipal arms. The arms depict the insignia for a historical hostel nearby.

There are 19 churches in the municipality, the oldest from 1350. In the small town of Burseryd is a church bell that is even older. Its inscription was made with the Futhark alphabet and reads in translation "The year Anno Domine 1238 was this bell made. Bero wrote the inscription".2: The Swedish translation at the webpage reads: "Året efter herrens födelse 1238 blev denna klocka gjord. Bero skrev skriften". It is today the second oldest church bell in Sweden.

Geography

There are six nature reserves in the municipality. Rare plants and animals include the provincial flower the Twinflower (Linnaea borealis), the only flower named after the botanist Carl von Linné. Lake Bolmen lies in the south-east part of the municipality, with its main part in the Ljungby Municipality. It is the tenth largest lake in Sweden and offers fishing, canoeing and other nature activities.

Gislaved used to have a large tire factory under the same name as the town but it has shut down.

=Localities=

There are eight urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Gislaved Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2015. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

class="wikitable" ! # !! Locality !! Population
1	Gislaved	10,180
2	Anderstorp	5,076
3	Smålandsstenar	4,564
4	Hestra	1,327
5	Reftele	1,289
6	Burseryd	932
7	Skeppshult	360
8	Broaryd	284

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gislaved 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-0662-gislaved.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Gislaved i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=1 January 2024}}

In total there were 29,515 inhabitants, including 21,367 Swedish citizens of voting age. 41.4% voted for the left coalition and 57.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" \|Location ! {{tooltip\|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status\|Residents}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote\|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %\|Left vote}} ! {{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}}
! ! style="background:{{party color\|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! style="background:{{party color\|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! ! ! ! !
data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \|
align="left" \|Anderstorp C \| 1,647 \| 1,194 \| 36.1 \| 63.4 \| 89 \| 78 \| 22 \| 28,347 \| 29
align="left" \|Anderstorp N \| 1,947 \| 1,445 \| 38.6 \| 60.7 \| 81 \| 65 \| 35 \| 25,019 \| 25
align="left" \|Anderstorp S \| 1,778 \| 1,176 \| 38.9 \| 59.2 \| 80 \| 55 \| 45 \| 25,251 \| 27
align="left" \|Burseryd-Sandvik \| 1,400 \| 1,019 \| 40.4 \| 59.0 \| 81 \| 78 \| 22 \| 24,926 \| 24
align="left" \|Gislaved C \| 1,755 \| 1,274 \| 51.9 \| 46.6 \| 77 \| 48 \| 52 \| 23,583 \| 26
align="left" \|Gryteryd-S Hestra \| 925 \| 677 \| 29.2 \| 69.9 \| 89 \| 86 \| 14 \| 26,417 \| 23
align="left" \|Gullvivan \| 1,944 \| 1,110 \| 66.3 \| 32.8 \| 60 \| 27 \| 73 \| 17,919 \| 18
align="left" \|Gyllenfors-Hult \| 1,449 \| 1,118 \| 45.9 \| 53.1 \| 80 \| 62 \| 38 \| 24,645 \| 20
align="left" \|Henja \| 1,653 \| 1,165 \| 48.5 \| 51.0 \| 80 \| 55 \| 45 \| 25,151 \| 22
align="left" \|Lundåker \| 1,696 \| 1,240 \| 46.7 \| 52.2 \| 85 \| 64 \| 36 \| 26,928 \| 28
align="left" \|Norra Hestra \| 1,967 \| 1,482 \| 38.2 \| 61.2 \| 87 \| 84 \| 16 \| 26,502 \| 32
align="left" \|Reftele \| 1,947 \| 1,474 \| 36.8 \| 62.2 \| 86 \| 81 \| 19 \| 26,970 \| 24
align="left" \|Smålandsstenar C \| 2,228 \| 1,531 \| 39.9 \| 59.5 \| 82 \| 67 \| 33 \| 26,715 \| 28
align="left" \|Smålandsstenar V \| 1,970 \| 1,505 \| 39.0 \| 60.0 \| 86 \| 73 \| 27 \| 25,953 \| 26
align="left" \|Smålandsstenar Ö \| 1,615 \| 1,158 \| 35.9 \| 63.0 \| 80 \| 66 \| 34 \| 25,059 \| 22
align="left" \|Sörgården \| 1,798 \| 1,374 \| 42.3 \| 56.6 \| 89 \| 73 \| 27 \| 28,288 \| 33
align="left" \|Våthult-Bosebo \| 836 \| 664 \| 38.7 \| 60.8 \| 86 \| 89 \| 11 \| 27,600 \| 31
align="left" \|Ås-Kållerstad \| 960 \| 761 \| 33.0 \| 66.9 \| 91 \| 92 \| 8 \| 28,355 \| 25
colspan="10" align="left" \|Source: SVT

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! rowspan="3" |Location

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

! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}

! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}

! {{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}}

! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |

! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |

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! data-sort-type="number" | %

! data-sort-type="number" |

align="left" |Anderstorp C

| 1,647

| 1,194

| 36.1

| 63.4

| 89

| 78

| 22

| 28,347

| 29

align="left" |Anderstorp N

| 1,947

| 1,445

| 38.6

| 60.7

| 81

| 65

| 35

| 25,019

| 25

align="left" |Anderstorp S

| 1,778

| 1,176

| 38.9

| 59.2

| 80

| 55

| 45

| 25,251

| 27

align="left" |Burseryd-Sandvik

| 1,400

| 1,019

| 40.4

| 59.0

| 81

| 78

| 22

| 24,926

| 24

align="left" |Gislaved C

| 1,755

| 1,274

| 51.9

| 46.6

| 77

| 48

| 52

| 23,583

| 26

align="left" |Gryteryd-S Hestra

| 925

| 677

| 29.2

| 69.9

| 89

| 86

| 14

| 26,417

| 23

align="left" |Gullvivan

| 1,944

| 1,110

| 66.3

| 32.8

| 60

| 27

| 73

| 17,919

| 18

align="left" |Gyllenfors-Hult

| 1,449

| 1,118

| 45.9

| 53.1

| 80

| 62

| 38

| 24,645

| 20

align="left" |Henja

| 1,653

| 1,165

| 48.5

| 51.0

| 80

| 55

| 45

| 25,151

| 22

align="left" |Lundåker

| 1,696

| 1,240

| 46.7

| 52.2

| 85

| 64

| 36

| 26,928

| 28

align="left" |Norra Hestra

| 1,967

| 1,482

| 38.2

| 61.2

| 87

| 84

| 16

| 26,502

| 32

align="left" |Reftele

| 1,947

| 1,474

| 36.8

| 62.2

| 86

| 81

| 19

| 26,970

| 24

align="left" |Smålandsstenar C

| 2,228

| 1,531

| 39.9

| 59.5

| 82

| 67

| 33

| 26,715

| 28

align="left" |Smålandsstenar V

| 1,970

| 1,505

| 39.0

| 60.0

| 86

| 73

| 27

| 25,953

| 26

align="left" |Smålandsstenar Ö

| 1,615

| 1,158

| 35.9

| 63.0

| 80

| 66

| 34

| 25,059

| 22

align="left" |Sörgården

| 1,798

| 1,374

| 42.3

| 56.6

| 89

| 73

| 27

| 28,288

| 33

align="left" |Våthult-Bosebo

| 836

| 664

| 38.7

| 60.8

| 86

| 89

| 11

| 27,600

| 31

align="left" |Ås-Kållerstad

| 960

| 761

| 33.0

| 66.9

| 91

| 92

| 8

| 28,355

| 25

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

Politics

= Municipal council =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2"| Election

! colspan="11"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Total
seats

! rowspan="2"| Turnout

style="background:#B00000;"|Left Party (Sweden)

|style="background:#ED1B34;"|Swedish Social Democratic Party

|style="background:#53A045;"|Green Party (Sweden)

|style="background:#D91A12;"|Communist Party (Sweden)

|style="background:#cc9999;"|Medborgarpartiet i Gislaved

|style="background:#FEDF09;"|Sweden Democrats

|style="background:#ffa500;"|Westbopartiet

|style="background:#016A39;"|Centre Party (Sweden)

|style="background:#006AB3;"|Liberals (Sweden)

|style="background:#005EA1;"|Christian Democrats (Sweden)

|style="background:#019CDB;"|Moderate Party

1973

|18

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|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="14"|

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="10"|

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="13"|

|16

|rowspan="15"|49

|93.60%

1976

|19

|16

|91.90%

1979

|19

|14

|90.20%

1982

|20

|12

|10

|90.50%

1985

|19

|11

|10

|88.10%

1988

|19

|11

|84.60%

1991

|18

|10

|84.50%

1994

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="1"|

|21

|84.90%

1998

|18

|11

|77.75%

2002

|19

|76.42%

2006

|18

|12

|77.56%

2010

|17

|13

|80.33%

2014

|18

|11

|82.18%

2018

|13

|10

|81.01%

2022

|10

|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="1"|

|77.37%

colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/aldre-statistik/innehall/sveriges-officiella-statistik-sos/valstatistik-19091999/ Statistics Sweden] and [https://www.val.se/ Swedish Election Authority].

= Mayors =

== List of mayors ==

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!Period

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|Arvid Persson

|1974–1977

bgcolor="{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | C

|Thage Mårtensson

|1977–1987

bgcolor="{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | C

|Kjell Magnusson

|1987–1991

bgcolor="{{party color|Moderate Party}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | M

|Bengt-Anders Johansson

|1991–1994

bgcolor="{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | S

|Agne Sahlin

|1994–2006

bgcolor="{{party color|Moderate Party}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | M

|Niclas Palmgren

|2006–2014

bgcolor="{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | S

|Marie Johansson

|2014–2018

bgcolor="{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | C

|Carina Johansson

|2018–2022

bgcolor="{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | S

|Marie Johansson

|2022–2024

bgcolor="{{party color|Moderate Party}}" style="text-align: center; color: white" | M

|Anton Sjödell

|2025–

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Gislaved Municipality has for most of its history been governed by the centre-right parties, with the Centre Party heading the municipality from 1974 to 1991 and again since 2018. The Moderate Party headed the municipality from 1991 to 1994 and from 2006 to 2014 while the Social Democrats did so from 1994 to 2006 and again from 2014 to 2018. The Social Democrats have been the largest party in the council since its founding in 1974.

Gislaved Municipality is currently governed by a majority coalition between the Social Democrats, the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Westbo Party and the Liberal Party. The coalition is led by Anton Sjödell from the Moderate Party, who is also Mayor since 1 January 2025, and Niclas Palmgren from the Moderate Party who is President of the City Council. Ruth Johannesson from the local Civic Party in Gisalved heads the opposition.{{cite web |title=Kommunalråd {{!}} Gislaveds kommun |url=https://www.gislaved.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/kommunalrad |website=www.gislaved.se |access-date=3 January 2025 |language=sv |date=1 January 2025}}