Hudiksvall Municipality

Hudiksvall is located approximately from Stockholm, from Gävle, and from Sundsvall. The municipality furthermore comprises several islands, such as Agön, Innerston, Kråkön, and Olmen. Localities Figures as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden: • Hudiksvall 15,325 (2002) • Iggesund, 3,444 • Delsbo, 2,284 • Enånger, 724 • Friggesund, 599 • Sörforsa, 1,540 ==Demographics==

This is a demographic table based on Hudiksvall 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 37,708 inhabitants with 29,561 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote. The political demographics were 55.3% for the left coalition and 43.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. ==Climate==

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The largest employer is the municipality and the county council, where around 38% of the work force have its work place. The largest private employer is the paper product company Holmen where about 10% of the work force work. In the old history, the industry was dominated by fishing. In the 19th century the forest industry came to dominate, further enhanced by the improved transportations which the rail roads provided in the second half of that century. Although in decline during the 20th century, half of the municipal industry is still based around forest industry. Employees per sectors: • Pulp, paper, and paper goods: 29% • Machine technical industry: 20% • Electronics 19% • Metal products: 8% • Wood products 7%. The electronics industry is dominated by Ericsson Network Technologies making optical and copper wires for telecommunication systems. (Sources: [http://www.holmen.com/ Holmen.com) == Transportation ==

Hudiksvall is accessible via the European route E4 highway, and the East Coast Railway (Ostkustbanan). == References ==