In 2007 the Government of Sweden[3] decided to approve the present name, which took effect on 1 January 2008.

The reason for the double name, the only of its kind in Sweden, is to promote the skiing resort area Sälen in the northern part of the municipality.

[citation needed] The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of bog and forest.

The villages in the municipality, with population figures from 2005,[4] are: This is a demographic table based on Malung-Sälen Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

[5] In total there were 10,210 inhabitants, with 7,983 Swedish citizens of voting age.