Hofors Municipality Hofors kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°33′N 16°17′E / 60.550°N 16.283°E / 60.550; 16.283
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Hofors
Area [1]
• Total	445.71 km2 (172.09 sq mi)
• Land	409.94 km2 (158.28 sq mi)
• Water	35.77 km2 (13.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	9,578
• Density	21/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Gästrikland
Municipal code	2104
Website	www.hofors.se

Hofors Municipality (Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at 60°33′N 16°17′E / 60.550°N 16.283°E / 60.550; 16.283.

The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925. In 1971 the two entities were reunited to form the present municipality.

The coat of arms stem from 1968, and is derived from a map from 1539, where the town Hofors was surrounded by iron mines. ([1]).

Geography

Nearest cities are Gävle, 50 kilometers away, and Falun, 30 kilometers away.

Localities

• Hofors (seat)
• Torsåker

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hofors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 7,375 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[3] 50.8% voted for the left coalition and 48.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

Two sister cities:

• Denmark: Fladså,
• Finland: Kontiolahti

Until recently, Tokke in Norway was a sister city, but it has for some reason been discontinued. (Source: [2])