Borlänge Municipality

Borlänge Municipality (Borlänge kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km2. The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.

Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Borlänge 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 52,132 residents, including 38,802 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.5% for the right coalition.

Education

 * Dalarna University College
 * Soltorgsgymnasiet

Notable natives

 * Jussi Björling, tenor
 * Lars Frölander, swimmer
 * Mando Diao, rock band
 * Sugarplum Fairy, pop band
 * Per Fosshaug, bandy player
 * Dozer, stoner rock band
 * Erik Eriksson, Centre Party's first chairman
 * Lars Jonsson, ice hockey player
 * Sator, rock band
 * Nadja Brandt, writer and also appeared as an extra in Twilight
 * Linda Carlsson, musician (also known as Miss Li)
 * Tove Alexandersson, orienteering, ski-orienteering and skyrunning world champion
 * Per Johansson, swimmer