Many places in the municipality have both a Swedish and a Meänkieli name, one of the minority languages of Sweden.

[5] In total there were 4,211 residents, including 3,187 Swedish citizens of voting age.

The relatively high degree of people with foreign background by Norrbotten standards is a result of cross-border connections with Finland.

Blocs This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991.

New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.