Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
In depth · Örnsköldsvik
Immigration and foreign background in Örnsköldsvik
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Örnsköldsvik: 6,632 residents (12.0%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 55,338 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 5,351 residents were born abroad (9.7%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference −15.7 percentage points (2025).
Foreign background means born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. These are population stocks, not annual immigration flows.
Last updated: View changelog
Örnsköldsvik in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 12.0 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +7.0 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: −15.7 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 249 of 290
- Same definition and year (2025) for all ranked municipalities.
Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2 — observed population composition (stock). People received further down are a flow and measure something else. Stock vs flow
Trend 2002–2025
Share of the population in Örnsköldsvik with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 5.0 %; 2003: 5.3 %; 2004: 5.4 %; 2005: 5.6 %; 2006: 6.0 %; 2007: 6.3 %; 2008: 6.6 %; 2009: 6.9 %; 2010: 7.2 %; 2011: 7.4 %; 2012: 7.7 %; 2013: 7.9 %; 2014: 8.3 %; 2015: 9.1 %; 2016: 10.0 %; 2017: 10.8 %; 2018: 11.1 %; 2019: 11.5 %; 2020: 11.5 %; 2021: 11.6 %; 2022: 11.7 %; 2023: 11.7 %; 2024: 12.0 %; 2025: 12.0 %
How to verify this figure
- Source
- Statistics Sweden (SCB)
- Period
- 2025
- Definition
- Share of the population with a foreign background (born abroad, or born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents).
- Geography
- Örnsköldsvik
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth
Residents by region of birth. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
5,395 people
9.7% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden90.3 %(50,048)
Nordics excluding Sweden1.3 %(734)
Other Europe2.4 %(1,302)
Outside Europe6.1 %(3,359)
Thin line = national average. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
People received, vulnerable areas & marginal cost
Received 2020–2024 (a flow), the Police's vulnerable areas and a own illustrative scenario.
Reception & illustrative scenario
2020–2024
- Foreign-born (20–64)
- 13.6 %
- Received, 5 years
- 285
- 5.1 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- —
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −76 kr
- Range −54 kr → −97 kr
- Model: Ruist (ESO 2018:3; calculations based on 2015 public finances), unadjusted amount from the report (low/mid/high)
Analysis/model Own illustrative scenario: mean annual reception 2020–2024 × Ruist’s national refugee life-cycle estimate using 2015 public finances, divided by 2024 population; no price adjustment. Assumes the national estimate applies locally. Not an observed municipal cost; not everyone with a foreign background. Formula, assumptions and limitations
No vulnerable areas in this municipality according to the Swedish Police situational report 2025.
Compare Örnsköldsvik with other municipalities →Compare Örnsköldsvik with other municipalities
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- Örnsköldsvik12.0 %
Örnsköldsvik — 2002: 5.0 %; 2003: 5.3 %; 2004: 5.4 %; 2005: 5.6 %; 2006: 6.0 %; 2007: 6.3 %; 2008: 6.6 %; 2009: 6.9 %; 2010: 7.2 %; 2011: 7.4 %; 2012: 7.7 %; 2013: 7.9 %; 2014: 8.3 %; 2015: 9.1 %; 2016: 10.0 %; 2017: 10.8 %; 2018: 11.1 %; 2019: 11.5 %; 2020: 11.5 %; 2021: 11.6 %; 2022: 11.7 %; 2023: 11.7 %; 2024: 12.0 %; 2025: 12.0 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
Sollefteå
- Share 2025
- 15.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.7 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Sollefteå
Västernorrlands län
- Share 2025
- 14.8 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.2 pp
- Immigration page
Timrå
- Share 2025
- 13.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +1.8 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Timrå
Örnsköldsvik
- Share 2025
- 12.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.9 pp
- Immigration page
Bjurholm
- Share 2025
- 11.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- 0.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Bjurholm
Nordmaling
- Share 2025
- 10.5 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +1.3 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Nordmaling
Ånge
- Share 2025
- 10.5 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.3 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Ånge
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Sollefteå | 15.0 % | +2.7 pp | Immigration in Sollefteå |
| Västernorrlands län | 14.8 % | +3.2 pp | |
| Timrå | 13.2 % | +1.8 pp | Immigration in Timrå |
| Örnsköldsvik | 12.0 % | +2.9 pp | |
| Bjurholm | 11.7 % | 0.0 pp | Immigration in Bjurholm |
| Nordmaling | 10.5 % | +1.3 pp | Immigration in Nordmaling |
| Ånge | 10.5 % | +2.3 pp | Immigration in Ånge |
Foreign background, all ages/sexes. County and national shares: own ratios of SCB published geographic counts; change 2015–2025 in percentage points. CKM method break 2025; subgroup cells may not sum to the published total. SCB
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 84.25 %
- Seats
- 61
- Valid votes
- 36,785
- Blank votes
- 518
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.88 % | – | 13,197 | 22 | |
| 17.28 % | – | 6,355 | 11 | |
| 12.26 % | – | 4,510 | 8 | |
| 9.79 % | – | 3,602 | 6 | |
| 7.72 % | – | 2,841 | 5 | |
| 7.61 % | – | 2,799 | 5 | |
| 5.92 % | – | 2,179 | 4 | |
| Other parties (10) | 3.54 % | – | 1,302 | – |
Results by constituency (2)
Seats per constituency include allocated adjustment seats.
Örnsköldsviks Norra83.26 % turnout · 28 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.92 % | – | 5,972 | 10 | |
| 17.87 % | – | 2,972 | 5 | |
| 12.78 % | – | 2,125 | 4 | |
| 9.51 % | – | 1,581 | 3 | |
| 7.05 % | – | 1,172 | 2 | |
| 6.68 % | – | 1,110 | 2 | |
| 6.51 % | – | 1,083 | 2 | |
| Other parties (8) | 3.68 % | – | 612 | – |
Örnsköldsviks Södra85.08 % turnout · 33 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.84 % | – | 7,225 | 12 | |
| 16.78 % | – | 3,383 | 6 | |
| 11.83 % | – | 2,385 | 4 | |
| 10.03 % | – | 2,021 | 3 | |
| 8.72 % | – | 1,758 | 3 | |
| 8.07 % | – | 1,627 | 3 | |
| 5.30 % | – | 1,069 | 2 | |
| Other parties (8) | 3.42 % | – | 690 | – |
Latest actual election: 13 September 2026 (final count). Turnout figures in Kolada series elsewhere on this page refer to an earlier election and are labelled with their series year.
Full municipal election result →Results by voting district →
Earlier election results in Örnsköldsvik (2014–2022)
Everything about Örnsköldsvik
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Open Örnsköldsvik municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Örnsköldsvik has a foreign background?
In 2025, 12.0 % of the population in Örnsköldsvik had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 15.7 percentage points below the national average (27.7 %). "Foreign background" is the broader Statistics Sweden definition and includes both people born abroad and people born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. The share is a stock measure and does not show annual immigration (inflow).
›How many residents of Örnsköldsvik have a foreign background?
6,632 residents of Örnsköldsvik had a foreign background (2025). Source: Statistics Sweden, UtlSvBakgGrovCKM, published count. CKM-protected component cells need not sum exactly to the published total.
›How has the share with a foreign background in Örnsköldsvik changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 5.0 % (2002) to 12.0 % (2025), a change of +7.0 percentage points. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2.
›What is the difference between "foreign background" and "born abroad"?
Born abroad = a person born outside Sweden. Foreign background = born abroad, or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. Both measures are official; foreign background is at least as large for the same population and year.
›Where were the foreign-born residents of Örnsköldsvik born?
See the "Country/region of birth" section on this page. Foreign-born residents are people born outside Sweden, reported in three aggregated groups: the Nordic countries excluding Sweden, the rest of Europe, and outside Europe. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Sources and method
BE0101Q2Foreign/Swedish background — share by municipality (UtlSvBakgGrov)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗FodelselandArKCKM / FolkmRegFlandKCKM; history FodelselandArKPopulation by region, region/country of birth and sexReference period: 2000–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗BE0101N1Population by municipality, age, sex and year (31 Dec)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-08-13
Open source ↗- Open source ↗
ME0104General elections — votes per party and municipality (Election Authority via SCB)
Each figure on this page is traceable to the dataset listed above. Missing data is left out — never shown as zero. Definitions, model and sources