Säffle Municipality

Säffle Municipality Säffle kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°08′N 12°56′E / 59.133°N 12.933°E / 59.133; 12.933Coordinates: 59°08′N 12°56′E / 59.133°N 12.933°E / 59.133; 12.933
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Säffle
Area [1]
• Total	2,497.51 km2 (964.29 sq mi)
• Land	1,220.78 km2 (471.35 sq mi)
• Water	1,276.73 km2 (492.95 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	15,455
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland and Dalsland
Municipal code	1785
Website	www.saffle.se

Säffle Municipality (Säffle kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Säffle.

Säffle was the last local government unit in Sweden to get the title of a city, in 1951. In 1952 the system with different types of municipalities was made obsolete, but it formally existed until 1971. The present municipality was created in that year, when the city was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities.

The municipality covers a peninsula in Lake Vänern (), and has a large fresh water archipelago.

Värmlandsnäs[]

, also called Näset, is a big and important part of the municipality. The area which reaches out into the middle of Lake Vänern as a big peninsula is very significant to the economy by the produce of pork. The area supplies more than 200,000 people with pork.^{[citation needed]}

Näset also has an archipelago on the east side. The boat people talk very well of Millesvik Archipelago (Millesviks skärgård), which also has a lot of old runestones and other ancient monuments.^{[citation needed]}

From harbor you can take the tourist boat to , a small island in Lake Vänern. At Lurö you can dine and stay over night.^{[citation needed]}

Many people who visit Värmlandsnäs in the summer wants to take a swim in Lake Vänern. The opportunities are plenty and good. At Ekenäs you will find a very nice bathing place. From this place you can almost walk all the way out to Lurö. Other popular bathing places are Ekôrn and the bathing place at near Örö harbor (Örö hamn).^{[citation needed]}

Localities[]

• Säffle, pop. 9,500 (seat)
• Värmlandsbro, 630
• Svanskog, ca 600
• Nysäter, ca 200
• Hulta^[3]

Government and politics[]

The municipal commissioner of Säffle Municipality is Daniel Bäckström and he was elected in 2006. He represents the Centre Party.

Distribution of the 41 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

• Social Democratic Party 12
• Centre Party 12
• Moderate Party 6
• Sjukvårdspartiet i Värmland 6
• Sweden Democrats 2
• Green Party 1
• Liberal People's Party 1
• Christian Democrats 1

Results of the 2010 Swedish general election in Säffle:

• Social Democratic Party 33.6%
• Moderate Party 27.4%
• Centre Party 12.1%
• Sweden Democrats 6.4%
• Christian Democrats 5.9%
• Liberal People's Party 5.6%
• Green Party 4.4%
• Left Party 3.9%

International relations[]

Twin towns — Sister cities[]

Säffle Municipality is twinned with:

	Hol, Norway
	Tørring, Denmark[citation needed]
	Mäntyharju, Finland
	Antsla, Estonia[4]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Säffle Municipality.

• Säffle Municipality - Official site