Arvika Municipality Explained

Arvika Municipality
Native Name:Arvika kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:59.65°N 47°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Värmland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Arvika
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Värmland
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1784
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.arvika.se

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

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

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.[1]

In total there were 25,838 residents, including 19,885 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 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
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Agneteberg2,5201,86650.548.874792123,47429
Degerängen1,4241,01057.341.777772325,91131
Dottevik1,5521,12054.543.865722820,54839
Edane-Mangskog2,6702,02850.349.08592825,44636
Glava97272446.951.972831720,59024
Gunnarskog-Bogen1,9371,51841.857.78391924,76428
Haga1,2601,03051.447.578881223,79030
Jössefors1,32599143.056.478901026,55229
Minneberg1,4641,17653.345.072782221,99832
Rosendal1,2551,01752.846.579831725,71233
Solberga1,9861,68657.841.069792119,07935
Solvik1,6151,24950.748.88694628,41038
Stavnäs-Högerud1,4181,09147.352.08591925,71230
Styckåsen1,3821,13461.138.567762418,49728
Taserud1,34095352.047.386871328,52047
Älgå-Ny1,7181,29242.557.385901026,02028
Source: SVT

Notable natives

Politics

Result of the 2018 municipality election (loss or gain from 2014 elections):[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Arvika i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 16 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Valresultat – Arvika – Kommunval 2018 . Valmyndigheten.