The name Hammarö, or Hammarön (the name of the island itself), refers to hammare, a rocky area where deciduous trees grow.

Renowned for its blend of retail outlets and leisure amenities, Skoghall City Center serves as a focal point for both locals and visitors alike.

Today, the company Stora Enso Skoghall, manufacturing cardboard boxes, has 950 employees.

The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time.

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.