--- entity_id: city:se:geonames:2670613 entity_type: city name: Surahammar country_code: SE country: Sweden slug: surahammar canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/surahammar/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/surahammar.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/surahammar.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/se/surahammar snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-09-05 fact_count: 19 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 1 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/surahammar/ citation_title: "Surahammar, Sweden: jobs, air quality" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Surahammar Surahammar is a city in Sweden. Surahammar had a population of 9,733 at the end of 2025. An unemployment rate of 11.5% was measured at the end of 2024. Surahammar was home to 559 foreign residents at the end of 2025. ## Answers Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects. ### How many people live in Surahammar? The published population was 9,733 people in 2025. - City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below. - Value: 9,733 people · Period: 2025 - Claims: claim-5feb48610c7b ### Is the air quality good in Surahammar? The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2021) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. - Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ. - Value: 7 µg/m³ · Period: 2021 - Claims: claim-110613084712 ### What is the unemployment rate in Surahammar? The unemployment rate is 11.5 % (2024). - Value: 11.5 % · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-18703f015344 ## Mobility Surahammar's nearest airport was VST, 27 km away and offered 3 direct destinations. ## Population The total area of Surahammar was 5.2 km² at the end of 2023. Surahammar counted 4,622 households at the end of 2024. Surahammar had a population density of 1,212 people per km² at the end of 2023. ## Work The employment figure in Surahammar was 4,589 at the end of 2024. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 559 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 9,733 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | aging | verified | [2] | | People in employment | `employment_total` | 4,589 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [3] | | Employment rate | `g03_employment_rate_pct` | 82.5 % | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [4] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 11.5 % | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [6] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 8.96 · Feb 8.55 · Mar 16.85 · Apr 20.24 · May 28.28 · Jun 31.53 · Jul 33.44 · Aug 33.02 · Sep 27.03 · Oct 19.27 · Nov 14 · Dec 9.96 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [7] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -30.97 · Feb -27.61 · Mar -17.41 · Apr -5.31 · May -2.12 · Jun 3.88 · Jul 8.03 · Aug 4.29 · Sep -0.01 · Oct -6.27 · Nov -19.62 · Dec -27.09 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -4.53 · Feb -3.64 · Mar 0.06 · Apr 5.76 · May 11.22 · Jun 15.65 · Jul 18.41 · Aug 17.12 · Sep 12.57 · Oct 6.27 · Nov 1.6 · Dec -2.61 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [7] | | Area | `area_km2` | 345.6 km² | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [8] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 5.21 km² | city | 2023-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [9] | | Foreign-resident share | `foreign_population_share_percent` | 5.74 % | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [10] | | Households | `households` | 4,622 households | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [11] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 1,212 people/km² | city | 2023-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [9] | | Population Female | `population_female` | 4,688 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [2] | | Population Male | `population_male` | 4,688 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | aging | verified | [2] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 3 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [12] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 27 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [13] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | VST | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [13] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Language courses and integration - [Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents](https://www.informationsverige.se/sv/om-sverige/samhallsorientering-om-sverige.html) — Civic Orientation · Swedish municipalities · checked 2026-08-10 - [Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education](https://www.skolverket.se/styrning-och-ansvar/regler-och-ansvar/ansvar-i-skolfragor/ratt-till-sfi) — State Language Course · Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework · Swedish · checked 2026-08-10 These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city. ## Public employment service - [Arbetsförmedlingen](https://arbetsformedlingen.se/platsbanken) — Job Search This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Surahammar when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.1177.se/sa-fungerar-varden/vard-om-du-kommer-fran-ett-annat-land/vard-av-personer-fran-annat-land/) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Sweden country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/sweden/). ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Country of birth - United Arab Emirates: 0 (0.0%) - Afghanistan: 25 (0.3%) - Albania: 0 (0.0%) - Armenia: 0 (0.0%) - Angola: 0 (0.0%) - Argentina: 0 (0.0%) - Austria: 19 (0.2%) - Australia: 0 (0.0%) - Azerbaijan: 0 (0.0%) - Bosnia and Herzegovina: 41 (0.4%) - Barbados: 0 (0.0%) - Bangladesh: 0 (0.0%) - Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Burkina Faso: 0 (0.0%) - Bulgaria: 0 (0.0%) - Bahrain: 0 (0.0%) - Burundi: 0 (0.0%) - Benin: 0 (0.0%) - Bermuda: 0 (0.0%) - Bolivia: 0 (0.0%) - Brazil: 0 (0.0%) - Bahamas: 0 (0.0%) - Bhutan: 0 (0.0%) - Botswana: 0 (0.0%) - Belarus: 0 (0.0%) - Canada: 0 (0.0%) - Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0 (0.0%) - Central African Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Congo, the Republic of the: 0 (0.0%) - Switzerland: 0 (0.0%) - Cote d´Ivoire: 0 (0.0%) - Chile: 16 (0.2%) - Cameroon: 0 (0.0%) - China: 0 (0.0%) - Colombia: 0 (0.0%) - Costa Rica: 0 (0.0%) - Serbia and Montenegro: 0 (0.0%) - Cuba: 0 (0.0%) - Cape Verde: 0 (0.0%) - Cyprus: 0 (0.0%) - Czech Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Germany: 29 (0.3%) - Djibouti: 0 (0.0%) - Denmark: 15 (0.2%) - Dominica: 0 (0.0%) - Dominican Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Algeria: 0 (0.0%) - Ecuador: 0 (0.0%) - Estonia: 0 (0.0%) - Egypt: 0 (0.0%) - Eritrea: 59 (0.6%) - Spain: 0 (0.0%) - Ethiopia: 0 (0.0%) - Finland: 728 (7.4%) - Fiji: 0 (0.0%) - France: 0 (0.0%) - Gabon: 0 (0.0%) - United Kingdom: 18 (0.2%) - Grenada: 0 (0.0%) - Georgia: 0 (0.0%) - Ghana: 0 (0.0%) - Gambia: 0 (0.0%) - Guinea: 0 (0.0%) - Equatorial Guinea: 0 (0.0%) - Greece: 15 (0.2%) - Guatemala: 0 (0.0%) - Guinea-Bissau: 0 (0.0%) - Guyana: 0 (0.0%) - Hong Kong: 0 (0.0%) - Honduras: 0 (0.0%) - Croatia: 11 (0.1%) - Haiti: 0 (0.0%) - Hungary: 14 (0.1%) - Indonesia: 0 (0.0%) - Ireland: 0 (0.0%) - Israel: 0 (0.0%) - India: 0 (0.0%) - Iraq: 109 (1.1%) - Iran (Islamic Republic of): 17 (0.2%) - Iceland: 0 (0.0%) - Italy: 0 (0.0%) - Jamaica: 0 (0.0%) - Jordan: 0 (0.0%) - Japan: 0 (0.0%) - Kenya: 0 (0.0%) - Kyrgyzstan: 0 (0.0%) - Cambodia: 0 (0.0%) - Korea, Democratic People´s Republic of: 0 (0.0%) - Korea, Republic of Korea: 0 (0.0%) - Kuwait: 0 (0.0%) - Kazakhstan: 0 (0.0%) - Lao People´s Democratic Republic: 0 (0.0%) - Lebanon: 0 (0.0%) - Saint Lucia: 0 (0.0%) - Sri Lanka: 0 (0.0%) - Liberia: 0 (0.0%) - Lesotho: 0 (0.0%) - Lithuania: 23 (0.2%) - Luxembourg: 0 (0.0%) - Latvia: 15 (0.2%) - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: 0 (0.0%) - Morocco: 14 (0.1%) - Monaco: 0 (0.0%) - Moldova, Republic of: 0 (0.0%) - Montenegro: 0 (0.0%) - Madagascar: 0 (0.0%) - North Macedonia: 0 (0.0%) - Mali: 0 (0.0%) - Myanmar: 0 (0.0%) - Mongolia: 0 (0.0%) - Mauritania: 0 (0.0%) - Malta: 0 (0.0%) - Mauritius: 0 (0.0%) - Maldives: 0 (0.0%) - Malawi: 0 (0.0%) - Mexico: 0 (0.0%) - Malaysia: 0 (0.0%) - Moçambique: 0 (0.0%) - Namibia: 0 (0.0%) - Niger: 0 (0.0%) - Nigeria: 0 (0.0%) - Nicaragua: 0 (0.0%) - Kingdom of the Netherlands : 0 (0.0%) - Norway: 25 (0.3%) - Nepal: 0 (0.0%) - New Zealand: 0 (0.0%) - Oman: 0 (0.0%) - unknown country of birth: 1 (0.0%) - other countries: 255 (2.6%) - Panama: 0 (0.0%) - Peru: 0 (0.0%) - Papua New Guinea: 0 (0.0%) - Philippines: 14 (0.1%) - Pakistan: 0 (0.0%) - Poland: 80 (0.8%) - Palestinian territory, occupied: 0 (0.0%) - Portugal: 0 (0.0%) - Paraguay: 0 (0.0%) - Qatar: 10 (0.1%) - Czechoslovakia: 0 (0.0%) - Romania: 21 (0.2%) - Serbia: 21 (0.2%) - Russian Federation: 16 (0.2%) - Rwanda: 0 (0.0%) - Saudi Arabia: 0 (0.0%) - Seychelles: 0 (0.0%) - Sudan: 0 (0.0%) - Sweden: 7,946 (80.7%) - Singapore: 0 (0.0%) - Slovenia: 10 (0.1%) - Slovakia: 18 (0.2%) - Sierra Leone: 0 (0.0%) - Senegal: 0 (0.0%) - Somalia: 0 (0.0%) - Suriname: 0 (0.0%) - South Sudan: 0 (0.0%) - Soviet Union: 0 (0.0%) - El Salvador: 0 (0.0%) - Syrian Arab Republic: 108 (1.1%) - Eswatini: 0 (0.0%) - Chad: 0 (0.0%) - Togo: 0 (0.0%) - Thailand: 69 (0.7%) - Tadzjikistan: 0 (0.0%) - Turkmenistan: 0 (0.0%) - Tunisia: 0 (0.0%) - Tonga: 0 (0.0%) - All birth countries: 9,845 (100.0%) - Türkiye: 18 (0.2%) - Trinidad and Tobago: 0 (0.0%) - Taiwan: 0 (0.0%) - Tanzania, United Republic of: 0 (0.0%) - Ukraine: 24 (0.2%) - Uganda: 0 (0.0%) - United States of America: 13 (0.1%) - Uruguay: 0 (0.0%) - Uzbekistan: 0 (0.0%) - Venezuela: 0 (0.0%) - Viet Nam: 0 (0.0%) - Kosovo: 0 (0.0%) - Yemen: 0 (0.0%) - Yugoslavia: 28 (0.3%) - South Africa: 0 (0.0%) - Zambia: 0 (0.0%) - Zimbabwe: 0 (0.0%) - Population universe: Registered population by municipality and country of birth; total sex - Period: 2024 - Source: https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/BE/BE0101/BE0101E/FolkmRegFlandK ### Citizenship - European citizenship except Swedish: 406 (4.1%) - Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown: 181 (1.8%) - total: 9,845 (100.0%) - Swedish: 9,258 (94.0%) - Population universe: Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex - Period: 2024 - Source: https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/BE/BE0101/BE0101Y/FolkmDesoMedKon ## Sources 1. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/BE/BE0101/BE0101F/utlmedbtotnkckm 2. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/BE/BE0101/BE0101A/FolkmangdDecCKM 3. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/AM/AM0210/AM0210D/ArRegArbStatus 4. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/AA/AA0003/AA0003B/IntGr1KomUtbBAS 5. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/AA/AA0003/AA0003B/IntGr1KomUtbBAS 6. European Environment Agency — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query 7. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=16.221880&latitude=59.707250&format=JSON 8. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/BE/BE0101/BE0101C/BefArealTathetKon 9. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/environment/land-use/localities-and-urban-areas/ 10. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/BE/BE0101/BE0101F/UtlmedbTotNKCKM 11. Statistics Sweden (SCB) — Official source — https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/en/ssd/START/BE/BE0101/BE0101S/HushallT09 12. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 13. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Surahammar, Sweden: jobs, air quality [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/surahammar/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_surahammar-sweden-jobs-air-quality_dc8321bd692c, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Surahammar, Sweden: jobs, air quality}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/surahammar/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Surahammar, Sweden: jobs, air quality](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/surahammar/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/surahammar/ - Title: Surahammar, Sweden: jobs, air quality - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/surahammar/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/surahammar.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/se/surahammar.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/se/surahammar - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json