Mörbylånga Municipality () is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden, located on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The seat is located in the town of Mörbylånga, while the largest town is Färjestaden.

The present municipality, making up the southern part of Öland, was formed in 1974. The eighteen original entities (as of 1863) had during the nationwide subdivision reform of 1952 been regrouped into three larger units. Ottenby was amalgamated with Mörbylånga in 1967 and 1974 Torslunda was added.

Mörbylånga Municipality contains several ancient remains, just like the northern Öland municipality of Borgholm. All in all, there are about 20 hillforts on Öland. The most notable in southern Öland is the fortress Eketorp.

The southern parts of Öland contain certain wildlife areas. Many migratory birds halt here on their way north or south. Especially the southernmost outpost, the lighthouse Långe Jan (Tall John) is visited by many birdwatchers every day, as many birds flock here until setting away over the sea.

Localities There are 9 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Mörbylånga Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population 1 Färjestaden 4,636 2 Mörbylånga 1,784 3 Skogsby 528 4 Algutsrum 499 5 Degerhamn 372 6 Vickleby 310 7 Gårdby 262 8 Arontorp 231 9 Kastlösa 208

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Mörbylånga 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 15,717 inhabitants, with 12,229 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.1 % voted for the left coalition and 53.1 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Algutsrum 1,702 1,269 41.6 57.6 90 94 6 28,739 46Glömminge 673 537 40.6 58.4 87 94 6 27,400 47Gårdby 1,495 1,176 48.2 51.4 88 95 5 23,869 38Mörbylånga 2,225 1,781 53.7 45.3 80 82 18 22,923 35Runsbäck 2,505 1,839 46.8 52.6 88 91 9 27,866 45Skogsby 1,884 1,449 44.6 54.7 86 91 9 27,331 48Snäckstrand 1,804 1,422 42.0 57.6 87 92 8 28,633 46Sydöland 967 849 46.9 52.4 75 86 14 21,700 35Talludden 1,559 1,178 45.8 53.4 82 85 15 23,450 39Vickleby-Resmo 903 729 48.0 50.6 81 93 7 27,913 56Source: SVT

Elections

Riksdag These are the results of the elections to the Riksdag since the first election after the municipal reform that was held in 1973. The results only include parties that have won representation in the Riksdag assembly at least once during this timeframe. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the number of voters who cast a ballot in the polling station, but "Votes" only counts those casting valid ballots.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND 1973 92.0 6,857 1.8 34.3 0.0 39.2 6.8 1.0 16.8 0.0 0.0 1976 92.6 7,915 1.8 35.2 0.0 35.8 7.9 0.6 18.6 0.0 0.0 1979 92.3 8,341 2.7 34.6 0.0 30.1 8.4 0.8 23.3 0.0 0.0 1982 92.2 8,488 2.1 37.1 1.3 27.2 4.9 1.2 26.2 0.0 0.0 1985 90.7 8,463 2.2 36.5 1.3 24.3 11.4 0.0 24.2 0.0 0.0 1988 87.7 8,298 2.7 37.8 4.4 24.6 8.9 2.2 19.0 0.0 0.0 1991 88.9 8,812 2.6 31.7 3.0 19.2 6.4 6.4 21.1 0.0 8.8 1994 87.4 8,848 4.2 40.3 5.1 17.1 5.2 3.4 22.3 0.0 1.5 1998 83.5 8,303 9.4 32.5 4.8 11.5 3.1 15.6 21.5 0.0 0.0 2002 82.9 8,410 6.3 37.7 3.8 13.1 10.4 12.0 15.3 0.6 0.0 2006 85.5 8,757 4.1 34.9 4.2 13.3 6.0 7.2 25.2 3.0 0.0 2010 87.9 9,490 4.3 28.2 6.3 11.0 5.8 6.5 31.2 5.9 0.0 2014 90.3 10,127 3.8 29.4 5.5 9.7 4.1 4.5 24.8 15.2 0.0 2018 91.7 10,367 5.9 27.1 4.0 11.2 3.9 7.3 18.5 20.6 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected 1973 92.0 6,857 36.1 62.8 0.0 1.1 98.9 1976 92.6 7,915 37.0 62.3 0.0 0.7 99.3 1979 92.3 8,341 37.3 61.8 0.0 0.9 99.1 1982 92.2 8,488 39.2 58.3 0.0 2.5 97.5 1985 90.7 8,463 38.7 59.9 0.0 1.4 98.6 1988 87.7 8,298 44.9 52.5 0.0 2.6 97.4 1991 88.9 8,812 34.3 53.1 0.0 12.6 96.2 1994 87.4 8,848 49.6 48.0 0.0 2.4 97.6 1998 83.5 8,303 46.7 51.7 0.0 1.6 98.4 2002 82.9 8,410 47.8 50.8 0.0 1.4 98.4 2006 85.5 8,757 43.2 51.7 0.0 5.1 94.9 2010 87.9 9,490 38.8 54.5 5.9 0.8 99.2 2014 90.3 10,127 38.7 43.1 15.2 3.0 97.0 2018 91.7 10,367 37.1 41.0 20.6 1.4 98.6

Mörbylånga and surroundings

References Statistics Sweden

External links

Mörbylånga Municipality - Official site Southern Öland - Tourism page (in Swedish, English and German)