Boxholm Municipality

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Boxholm Municipality is in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. The seat is the industrial town of Boxholm. The municipality covers about 604 square kilometers, with roughly 526 km2 of land and 78 km2 of water. About 5,500 people live there (as of mid-2025).

The current municipality was formed in 1971 when Boxholm market town, which started in 1947, merged with Södra Göstring and the Rinna parish from Folkunga.

In the 2022 general election, about 5,511 residents lived in Boxholm and 4,307 were eligible to vote. The vote was nearly even, with the left coalition at 48.6% and the right coalition at 50.0%.

Boxholm has a long history. People lived there in the Stone Age (around 8000 BC). Bronze Age remains and seven Viking Age runestones have been found. After Christianity arrived, churches were built in the 12th–13th centuries. The name Boxholm first appears in the 1500s as the name of a manor owned by Arvid Stenbock. “Boxholm” means “Bock’s islet.” An ironworks was built in 1754, which helped the town grow. The biggest growth happened between 1850 and 1900.

For more information, visit boxholm.se.