Through the municipality the river Ätran flows in a scenic valley.

This was the hometown of the great-great-great grandfather of Emma Stone, American actress.

In the 18th-century, the village of Mårdaklev in Svenljunga Municipality was the home of a trio of sibling textile artists: Sven Erlandsson, Katarina Erlandsdotter and Lisa Erlandsdotter.

This is a demographic table based on Svenljunga 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 10,857 residents, including 8,140 Swedish citizens of voting age.