Gagnef Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Dalarna County

Dalarna County

Dalarna County is a county or län in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It is also bordered by the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Sør-Trøndelag in the west...

 in central Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its seat is located in the town of Djurås

Djurås

Djurås is a locality and the seat of Gagnef Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,862 inhabitants in 2009.- References :...

 with 2,257 inhabitants, with the largest town being Mockfjärd with 2365 inhabitants.

In 1971 "old" Gagnef was amalgamated with Floda, forming the present municipality.

The industry is dominated by small and semi-small companies mainly operating in the forest industry.

Geographically, there are three rivers intersecting the municipality: the Västerdal River

Västerdal River

Västerdalälven is a 300 km long river in Sweden that flows southeast through Dalarna. Its sources are Görälven and Fuluälven and the end point is Djurås, in the municipality of Gagnef, where it connects with Österdalälven to form Dalälven...

, the Österdal River

Österdal River

Österdalälven is a 300 km long river in Sweden that flows southeast through Dalarna. Its sources are Storån, Grövlan and Sörälven and the end point is Djurås, in the municipality of Gagnef, where it connects with Västerdalälven to form Dalälven. Österdalälven flows through the Trängslet dam...

 and the Dalecarlia River.

Localities

• Björbo
• Bäsna
• Djurmo
• Djurås
  Djurås
  Djurås is a locality and the seat of Gagnef Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,862 inhabitants in 2009.- References :...
  
   (seat)
• Floda
  Floda, Gagnef
  Floda or Dala-Floda is a locality situated in Gagnef Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 695 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Gagnef
  Gagnef
  Gagnef is the second largest locality situated in Gagnef Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,115 inhabitants in 2005.Gagnef consists of several small villages: the church village, the station village, Moje, Tjaerna, Graev, Gaersholn, Gagnefs Grauda, Osterfors, Vaesterfors, Nordbaeck,...
  
  
• Mockfjärd
  Mockfjärd
  Mockfjärd is a locality situated in Gagnef Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,935 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Sifferbo

Government and politics

Distribution of the 35 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

• Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
    12
• Centre Party
  Centre Party (Sweden)
  The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social...
  
    12
• Moderate Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
    5
• Green Party
  Green Party (Sweden)
  -External links:**...
  
    2
• Christian Democrats
  Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf...
  
    2
• Sweden Democrats
  Sweden Democrats
  The Sweden Democrats is a political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. SD describes itself as a nationalist movement although others use the term far-right. Since 2005, its party chairman is Jimmie Åkesson, while Björn Söder is the party secretary and parliamentary group leader. An Anemone...
  
    1
• Liberal People's Party
  Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...
  
    1

Results of the Swedish general election, 2010

Swedish general election, 2010

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 in Gagnef:

• Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
    34.9%
• Moderate Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
    23.7%
• Centre Party
  Centre Party (Sweden)
  The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social...
  
    12.3%
• Sweden Democrats
  Sweden Democrats
  The Sweden Democrats is a political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. SD describes itself as a nationalist movement although others use the term far-right. Since 2005, its party chairman is Jimmie Åkesson, while Björn Söder is the party secretary and parliamentary group leader. An Anemone...
  
    7.3%
• Green Party
  Green Party (Sweden)
  -External links:**...
  
    6.1%
• Christian Democrats
  Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf...
  
    5.7%
• Left Party
  Left Party (Sweden)
  The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations...
  
    5.0%
• Liberal People's Party
  Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...
  
  4.1%

External links

• Gagnef Municipality – Official site