Kungälv Municipality

Kungälv Municipality (Kungälvs kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kungälv. It is the 50th largest municipality in Sweden by population size, which exceeded 50 000 during May 2024.

Kungälv Municipality Kungälvs kommun
Municipality
Kungälv City Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°52′N 11°58′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Kungälv
Area
• Total	682.43 km2 (263.49 sq mi)
• Land	362.59 km2 (140.00 sq mi)
• Water	319.84 km2 (123.49 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	49,785
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1482
Website	www.kungalv.se

The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Kungälv, the City of Marstrand and territories belonging to four rural municipalities. In 1974 a minor part (situated on the island of Hisingen) was transferred to Gothenburg Municipality.

Geography

Geographically it borders to Gothenburg Municipality (south), Ale Municipality (east), Lilla Edet Municipality (north-east) and Stenungsund Municipality (north). To the east flows the river Göta älv and to the south, marking the border to Gothenburg, flows the river Nordre älv. On an island in the river, the medieval Bohus Fortress faces the city of Kungälv.

Localities

• Marstrand, which was historically a largely autonomous island territory as the Marstrand Free Port. It's the location of the stone fortress Carlsten.
• Diseröd
• Kareby
• Kode
• Kungälv
• Kärna
• Solberga, where the oldest parts of the church dates back to the 12th century
• Årsnäs

• 
  Carsten, Marstrand
• 
  Bohus Fortress, Kungälv

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kungälv 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 48,219 residents, including 36,298 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.6 % voted for the left coalition and 54.9 % 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 % % Aröd-Skålldal 1,424 1,132 35.3 63.0 89 93 7 29,533 37 Centrum 1,380 1,218 48.5 50.7 81 88 12 24,728 45 Diseröd-Dösebacka 1,904 1,341 43.3 54.4 88 85 15 29,608 41 Fontin-Gamla Staden 1,532 1,215 45.1 53.6 82 83 17 29,004 46 Fridhem-Tveten 1,894 1,428 52.7 46.4 84 85 15 27,749 49 Harestad 1,117 827 42.2 57.1 89 89 11 30,121 38 Hålta-Lökeberg 1,309 1,016 39.8 59.2 87 92 8 31,111 43 Kareby-Ullstorp 1,970 1,356 39.1 59.9 91 90 10 34,842 48 Kode 1,590 1,095 40.9 58.3 89 89 11 30,793 46 Komarken N-G:a Grinden 1,902 1,440 55.8 42.2 76 63 37 24,391 38 Komarken S-Grinden 1,595 1,265 47.1 51.0 86 86 14 31,809 52 Komarken V 1,621 1,200 53.8 43.1 72 56 44 22,773 28 Komarken Ö 1,072 900 52.0 44.9 74 73 27 22,723 34 Kovikshamn-Glose 1,836 1,476 43.4 55.4 86 92 8 29,808 46 Kärna-Staby 2,038 1,450 40.7 57.7 87 90 10 30,321 41 Lundby-Skårby-Arnebo 1,552 1,154 39.4 59.4 90 93 7 31,261 38 Marstrand 1,408 1,272 32.7 66.2 82 92 8 29,967 52 Munkegärde 1,863 1,394 46.7 52.6 88 83 17 30,022 44 Rollsbo-Bredsten 1,239 969 44.6 53.3 89 89 11 32,664 55 Sadelmakaren-Reparatören 1,193 1,035 52.4 46.0 76 82 18 22,095 37 Skälebräcke-Kongahälla 2,557 2,113 43.6 55.0 86 80 20 29,309 42 Solberg-Duvesjön 1,677 1,233 38.0 60.5 88 88 12 30,302 39 Solberga-Rörtången 1,676 1,277 40.8 58.5 89 93 7 32,126 45 Sparrås-Tornhaga 1,880 1,334 47.3 51.2 82 87 13 28,865 47 Tega-Vena-Ulvesund 2,781 2,108 40.1 58.2 89 88 12 33,640 54 Tjuvkil-Instön-Tofta 2,073 1,656 38.2 60.8 88 93 7 33,787 50 Ulvegärde-Solbräcke 2,112 1,446 42.0 56.1 84 82 18 30,291 45 Ytterby C-Kastellegården 2,024 1,578 47.1 50.7 84 83 17 25,940 44 Source: SVT

External links

• Media related to Kungälv Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in Swedish)