Stavnäs

Arvika Municipality Arvika kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
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 (December 31, 2017)
• Total	26,060
• Density	13/km2 (35/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 of Glava, Gunnarskog, Älgå, Brunskog and Stavnäs.

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

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%)

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