Figure 1
Total number of cinemas, cinema seats (right hand scale) and average seat per cinema 1936-2016 in the four selected counties (Värmland, Örebro, Västmanland, Dalarna).
Source: Filmägarnas kontrollförening.
Figure 2
Share of cinema seats in four locality size groups, 1936-2016.
Source: Filmägarnas kontrollförening and Folkräkningen 1950.
Figure 3
The distribution of cinema seats by ownership categories and locality size groups 1936-2016. Red=Societies, Blue=Independents, Green=Major, Yellow=Other.
Source: Filmägarnas kontrollförening and Folkräkningen 1950.
Figure 4
The location of cinemas by ownership 1956 and 2016.
Source: Filmägarnas kontrollförening.
Table 1
Ownership categories and their share of cinemas and cinema seats in the region 1936-2016. Source: Filmägarnas kontrollförening.
| Year | Societies | Independent | Major | Other | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinemas | Seats | Cinemas | Seats | Cinemas | Seats | Cinemas | Seats | |
| 1936 | 31.4 | 35.6 | 64.1 | 56.6 | 4.2 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 1946 | 32.8 | 35.6 | 60.0 | 50.9 | 6.3 | 11.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| 1956 | 51.0 | 51.2 | 40.5 | 33.9 | 6.5 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 1966 | 66.0 | 58.7 | 21.7 | 19.9 | 11.3 | 20.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| 1978 | 60.2 | 58.0 | 23.1 | 19.6 | 13.4 | 19.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 1986 | 63.4 | 66.6 | 16.1 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 1996 | 47.2 | 58.3 | 20.9 | 21.2 | 27.6 | 17.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 2006 | 48.6 | 56.4 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 23.6 | 15.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 36.0 | 49.3 | 20.7 | 22.3 | 37.8 | 23.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
Figure 5
Changes in the spatial configuration of cinemas in the four counties 1936-2016. Density of cinemas, average distance between cinemas and Nearest Neighbour Index.
Source: Filmägarnas kontrollbyrå.
Table 2
Inhabitants per cinema and per cinema seat 2015/16 by owner category. Source: Filmägarnas kontrollförening and Statistics Sweden.
| Owner category | No of cinemas | No of seats | Population 2015 in localities with cinema | Inh. per cinema | Inh. per seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Society | 40 | 8 881 | 295 971 | 7 399 | 33 |
| Independents | 23 | 4 024 | 142 585 | 6 199 | 35 |
| Major | 42 | 4 201 | 405 684 | 9 659 | 97 |