Ludvika Municipality


Ludvika Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.
In 1971 the City of Ludvika was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

Localities

Figures as of 2004.
  1. Ludvika 13,724
  2. Grängesberg 3,356
  3. Sunnansjö 758
  4. Saxdalen 752
  5. Fredriksberg 741
  6. Nyhammar 682
  7. Sörvik 540
  8. Blötberget 529
  9. Persbo/Gräsberg 459
  10. Gonäs 432
  11. Landforsen/Håksberg 438
  12. Grangärde 374
  1. ABB Group 2,400
  2. County medical facilities 600
  3. Spendrups brewery 285
  4. VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
  5. RSV Tax Office 110
  6. Samhall-gruppen 80
  7. GIA Industri AB 75
  8. Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
  9. Connex Sverige AB 70
  10. Seco Tools AB 70
  11. ISS Cleaning 60

    Twin Towns & Sister cities

Ludvika has three twin towns:
Many sport teams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. The soccer teams "Östansbo IS", "Ludvika FK" and "IFK Ludvika" come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. All three also have junior teams. There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning. Other teams include ping-pong teams as well as other sports.