Arvika Municipality

Arvika Municipality (Arvika kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika.

Arvika Municipality Arvika kommun
Municipality
Arvika Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°39′N 12°35′E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Arvika
Area [1]
• Total	1,956.13 km2 (755.27 sq mi)
• Land	1,649.06 km2 (636.71 sq mi)
• Water	307.07 km2 (118.56 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	25,682
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1784
Website	www.arvika.se

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Arvika was amalgamated with five rural municipalities of Glava, Gunnarskog, Älgå, Brunskog and Stavnäs.

Arvika is most known for the annual Arvika Festival that attracts international artists.

Localities

• Arvika (seat)
• Edane
• Glava
• Gunnarskog
• Jössefors
• Klässbol
• Sulvik
• Åmotfors (partly)

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Arvika 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 25,838 residents, including 19,885 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 50.5% voted for the left coalition and 48.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Agneteberg	2,520	1,866	50.5	48.8	74	79	21	23,474	29
Degerängen	1,424	1,010	57.3	41.7	77	77	23	25,911	31
Dottevik	1,552	1,120	54.5	43.8	65	72	28	20,548	39
Edane-Mangskog	2,670	2,028	50.3	49.0	85	92	8	25,446	36
Glava	972	724	46.9	51.9	72	83	17	20,590	24
Gunnarskog-Bogen	1,937	1,518	41.8	57.7	83	91	9	24,764	28
Haga	1,260	1,030	51.4	47.5	78	88	12	23,790	30
Jössefors	1,325	991	43.0	56.4	78	90	10	26,552	29
Minneberg	1,464	1,176	53.3	45.0	72	78	22	21,998	32
Rosendal	1,255	1,017	52.8	46.5	79	83	17	25,712	33
Solberga	1,986	1,686	57.8	41.0	69	79	21	19,079	35
Solvik	1,615	1,249	50.7	48.8	86	94	6	28,410	38
Stavnäs-Högerud	1,418	1,091	47.3	52.0	85	91	9	25,712	30
Styckåsen	1,382	1,134	61.1	38.5	67	76	24	18,497	28
Taserud	1,340	953	52.0	47.3	86	87	13	28,520	47
Älgå-Ny	1,718	1,292	42.5	57.3	85	90	10	26,020	28
Source: SVT[3]

Notable natives

• Kenny Bräck, racing driver
• Per Eklund, rally and rallycross driver
• Tommy Kristoffersson, rallycross and racing driver
• Håkan Hagegård, opera singer
• Kjellaug Nordsjö, icon painter
• August Warberg, actor
• Jacob de la Rose, ice hockey player

Politics

Result of the 2018 municipality election (loss or gain from 2014 elections):^[4]

• Moderate Party 18.36% (+3.35%)
• Centre Party 12.46% (+2.02%)
• Liberals 3.37% (−1.04%)
• Christian Democrats 2.84% (+0.92%)
• Swedish Social Democratic Party 39.18% (−7.53%)
• Left Party 6.75% (−0.35%)
• Green Party 3.05% (−2.32%)
• Sweden Democrats 11.95% (+3.38%)
• Feminist Initiative 1.87 (+1.66%)
• Other parties 0.16% (−0.08%)

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. "Valresultat 2022 för Arvika i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. "Valresultat – Arvika – Kommunval 2018". Valmyndigheten.

External links

• Arvika Municipality – Official site
• Arvika Festival – Official site