Åre Municipality

Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden

Åre Municipality Åre kommun
Municipality
Åresjön and Åre seen from the Mullfell in nearby Duved
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 63°21′N 13°28′E / 63.350°N 13.467°E / 63.350; 13.467
Country	Sweden
County	Jämtland County
Seat	Järpen
Area ^[1]
• Total	8,236.54 km² (3,180.15 sq mi)
• Land	7,199.45 km² (2,779.72 sq mi)
• Water	1,037.09 km² (400.42 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	12,464
• Density	1.5/km² (3.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Jämtland
Municipal code	2321
Website	www.are.se

Åre Municipality (Swedish: Åre kommun, Southern Sami: Ååren tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker. The largest village, Järpen, situated in Undersåker, was chosen as the seat of the new entity.

Localities

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Åre Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Järpen	1,439
2	Åre	1,260
3	Mörsil	674
4	Duved	637
5	Undersåker	384
6	Hallen	223

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Åre Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 12,246 residents, including 9,076 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 57.9% voted for the left coalition and 40.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Duved-Storlien

2,396

1,741

62.3

37.2

26,023

Hallen-Marby

1,150

931

46.2

52.3

23,991

Järpen

1,876

1,357

57.2

41.5

21,625

Kall

543

440

52.6

44.1

22,750

Mattmar

545

425

51.1

48.0

24,523

Mörsil

1,191

805

48.5

50.4

23,103

Undersåker

2,162

1,572

65.3

33.8

26,561

Åre

2,383

1,805

60.4

38.5

26,744

Source: SVT^[4]

Notable people

Henrik Lundqvist – Former goalkeeper for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League, and the Frölunda Indians of the Swedish Hockey League, gold medalist in the Winter Olympics in 2006. Born in Åre, though he moved to Båstad to support his sister's tennis career. He is twins with Joel Lundqvist.
Joel Lundqvist – center for the Frölunda Indians (SHL), former center for the Dallas Stars (NHL), 2 time world champion. Born in Åre, though he moved to Båstad to support his sister's tennis career. He is twins with Henrik Lundqvist.

Gallery

View of Åre, postcard sent on September 27, 1904 (postal rate 0:05)
Sunrise over Åresjön
Lake and ski slope on Björnen side of Åreskutan
The cable car in Åre
The gondola lift to the top of the Åre Ski Area
Copperhill Mountain Lodge hotel in Åre
Tännforsen
Vita Renen hostel and café on Renfjället

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Åre i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.