In 1759 the small village Edfastmark became Robertsfors Bruk.

It was the Irishman John Jennings and his brother-in-law, the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who founded the new ironworks which also got its name, Robertsfors, from Robert Finlay.

[3] There are three localities (or urban areas) in Robertsfors Municipality:[4] The municipal seat in bold This is a demographic table based on Robertsfors 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 6,781 residents, including 5,172 Swedish citizens of voting age.

Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.