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Örkelljunga Municipality

municipality in Skåne County, Sweden
Organization Municipality Of Sweden Q297936

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Sweden
Official website
www.orkelljunga.se, www.orkelljunga.se[16][17]
Short name
Örkeljunga[39]
Legal form
municipality of Sweden[38]

Status and dates

Inception
1971[15]
Replaces
Skånes-Fagerhults landskommun, Örkelljunga landskommun[36][37]

Location

Country
Sweden[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 56.283°, 13.283°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Skåne County, Kristianstad County[1]

Financials

Employees
1.2k (1.2k–1.2k, n=3)[32][33]

Relations

Part of
Scania, Klippans domsaga, Helsingborgs domkrets[13][14]
More facts +12
Area
10.3 (10.3–331.5, n=4)
Capital
Örkelljunga[4]
Coat of arms
Герб комуни Еркельюнга[12]
Head of government
Christian Larsson, Carina Zachau, Jan Erik Einarsson, Niclas Bengtsson[3]
Main regulatory text
The Swedish Local Government Act[11]
Office held by the head of government
chairman of the municipal board in Örkelljunga Municipality, Sweden[34]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Open data portal
Wikidata item
Phone number
+46-435-55000[35]
Population
10k (10.0k–10k, n=38)[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Position held by head of the organization
chairman of the municipal council in Örkelljunga Municipality
Shares border with
Ängelholm Municipality, Klippan Municipality, Perstorp Municipality, Hässleholm Municipality, Laholm Municipality, Markaryd Municipality[5][6][7][8][9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Örkelljunga kommun en Orkelljunga municipality en Örkelljunga Municipality en Orkelljunga da Örkelljunga Kommune da Ørkelljunga kommun de Örkelljunga es Municipio de Örkelljunga fa بخش اورکلیونگا fi Örkelljungan kunta fr Commune d'Örkelljunga fr Commune d'Orkelljunga it Municipalità di Örkelljunga ko 외르셸융아시 pl Gmina Orkelljunga pl Gmina Örkelljunga ro Comuna Örkelljunga ru Эркелъюнга sv Örkelljunga sv Örkelljungas kommun
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
0000000404342702
VIAF cluster ID
15150999635229870046
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Örkelljunga kommunhus.jpg ↗
Email address
mailto:kommunkontor@orkelljunga.se
Facebook username
kommunenorkelljunga
Fandom article ID
sweden:Örkelljunga_Municipality
Freebase ID
/m/0zdcd
Freedom of information requests URL
handlingar.se
GADM ID
SWE.13.20_1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2510195
GeoNames ID
2686595
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Örkelljunga
Show all 21 identifiers +9
Hembygdsportalen ID
119
INaturalist place ID
44951
LinkedIn company or organization ID
orkelljunga-kommun
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/11F46DCD-2A39-407A-AA95-CF581FCEB519
OpenCorporates organization ID
se/212000-0878
OpenStreetMap relation ID
935449
Swedish Organization Number
212000-0878
Swedish municipality code
1257, 1137
Topic's main category
Category:Örkelljunga Municipality

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 6
Örkelljunga, Åsljunga, Eket, Skånes-Fagerhult, Hallandsåsen, Skåneleden
Shares border with 6
Hässleholm Municipality, Ängelholm Municipality, Laholm Municipality, Markaryd Municipality, Klippan Municipality, Perstorp Municipality
← Shares border with 6
Hässleholm Municipality, Ängelholm Municipality, Laholm Municipality, Markaryd Municipality, Klippan Municipality, Perstorp Municipality
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Skåne County, Kristianstad County
Capital 1
Örkelljunga
Country 1
Sweden
Instance of 1
municipality of Sweden
Legal form 1
municipality of Sweden
Main regulatory text 1
The Swedish Local Government Act
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Part of 1
Scania
Topic's main category 1
Category:Örkelljunga Municipality
← Capital of 1
Örkelljunga
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Populated places in Örkelljunga Municipality
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Örkelljunga Municipality
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Skåne County
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . orkelljunga.tromanpublik.se. Retrieved . orkelljunga.tromanpublik.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Q41769039. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Q42887356. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Q49772875. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Q53325312. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Q56150720. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Q58480915. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2018 och befolkningsförändringar 1 oktober–31 december 2018. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Q64896681. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Q66651709. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Population in the nation, county and municipalities 30 Sep 2019 and population changes July 1-September 30 2019. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Q85680348. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Q95627064. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Q98479304. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Q102041769. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . ekonomifakta.se. ekonomifakta.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Q57831450. Retrieved . ekonomifakta.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . catalog.skl.se. Retrieved . catalog.skl.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · Larske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Population: 10,258, Set rank of 2026Q2 population statement to normal"
  2. 6h ago · Larske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 9,977, 10,009, 10,047 +32
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #66927: adding P1082 as of 2026Q3 for Swedish municipalities"
  3. 11w ago · Larske · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 9,977, 10,009, 10,047 +32
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48879: adding P1082 as of 2026Q2 for Swedish municipalities"
  4. 14w ago · Tillnius · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.orkelljunga.se, https://www.orkelljunga.se
    "Changed claim: Official website: http://www.orkelljunga.se"
  5. 25w ago · LarskeBot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Örkelljunga
    Coordinate location → 56.283°, 13.283°
    Inception → January 1, 1971
    Employees → 1,225, 1,175
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Population: 10,282, Adding P1082 for 2026-03-31"
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