Country Sweden Seat Arvika ISO 3166 code SE | County Värmland County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province Värmland | |
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Arvika Municipality (Arvika kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Arvika.
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Map of Arvika, Sweden
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
Notable natives
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%)