Arvika Municipality

Arvika Municipality Arvika kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Arvika Municipality Coat of arms
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Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Arvika
Area
• 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 January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2016)
• Total	25,892
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1784
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.

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

Localities

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

Notable natives

• Kenny Bräck, racing driver
• Per Eklund, rally and rallycross driver
• Tommy Kristoffersson, rallycross and racing driver
• Håkan Hagegård, opera singer

Politics

Result of the 2014 municipality election (loss or gain from 2010 elections).

Moderate Party 15.01% (-4.47%)

Centre party 10.44% (-0.02%)

Liberal People's Party 4.41% (-1.87%)

Christian Democrats 1.92% (+0.21%)

Swedish Social Democratic Party 46.72% (-0.48%)

Left Party 7.10% (+1.10%)

Green Party 5.37% (+0.51%)

Sweden Democrats 8.58% (+4.74%)

Feminist Initiative 0.21% (New)

Other Parties 0.24% (+0.07%)

External links

• Arvika Municipality - Official site
• Arvika Festival - Official site