The coat of arms stem from 1968, and is derived from a map from 1539, where the town Hofors was surrounded by iron mines.

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

[3] In total there were 7,375 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.

Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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