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This is Where Most Gun Owners Live in Sweden

There is a myth that everyone in Norrbotten hunts. But maybe it has some truth in it when you look at the statistics?

SVT Nyheter, Web page

14 March 2019

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According to figures from the news agency Siren, five municipalities in Norrbotten end up at the top when the number of gun owners is compared with the population.

In Arjeplog, for example, more than one in three inhabitants has a weapons license, which can be compared with Malmö, where every fifty inhabitants have it. After Arjeplog comes Storuman, Sorsele and then Jokkmokk. In Jokkmokk, 29 percent of the inhabitants have a gun license.

[Graphic: Gun ownership by Region]

Arjeplog 38%
Jokkmokk 29%
Pajala 28%
Överkalix 27%
Arvidsjaur 25%
Övertorneå 24%
Gällivare 21%
Kiruna 20%
Kalix 18%
Älvsbyn 17%
Boden 14%
Piteå 12%
Luleå 11%
Haparanda 11%
Riket 6%
[Editor's note: Total average national percentage = 21.93%]

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