Arvika Municipality () 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

  • 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.

In total there were 25,838 residents, including 19,885 Swedish citizens of voting age.

  • 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

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

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