Editing Arvika Municipality

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| name                    = Arvika Municipality
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'''Arvika Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Arvika kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Värmland County]] in west central [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the [[stad (Sweden)|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 [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=ArvikaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1784-arvika.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Arvika i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 25,838 residents, including 19,885 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=ArvikaVal2022/> 50.5% voted for the left coalition and 48.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
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! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |Agneteberg
| 2,520
| 1,866
| 50.5
| 48.8
| 74
| 79
| 21
| 23,474
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Degerängen
| 1,424
| 1,010
| 57.3
| 41.7
| 77
| 77
| 23
| 25,911
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Dottevik
| 1,552
| 1,120
| 54.5
| 43.8
| 65
| 72
| 28
| 20,548
| 39
|-
| align="left" |Edane-Mangskog
| 2,670
| 2,028
| 50.3
| 49.0
| 85
| 92
| 8
| 25,446
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Glava
| 972
| 724
| 46.9
| 51.9
| 72
| 83
| 17
| 20,590
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Gunnarskog-Bogen
| 1,937
| 1,518
| 41.8
| 57.7
| 83
| 91
| 9
| 24,764
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Haga
| 1,260
| 1,030
| 51.4
| 47.5
| 78
| 88
| 12
| 23,790
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Jössefors
| 1,325
| 991
| 43.0
| 56.4
| 78
| 90
| 10
| 26,552
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Minneberg
| 1,464
| 1,176
| 53.3
| 45.0
| 72
| 78
| 22
| 21,998
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Rosendal
| 1,255
| 1,017
| 52.8
| 46.5
| 79
| 83
| 17
| 25,712
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Solberga
| 1,986
| 1,686
| 57.8
| 41.0
| 69
| 79
| 21
| 19,079
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Solvik
| 1,615
| 1,249
| 50.7
| 48.8
| 86
| 94
| 6
| 28,410
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Stavnäs-Högerud
| 1,418
| 1,091
| 47.3
| 52.0
| 85
| 91
| 9
| 25,712
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Styckåsen
| 1,382
| 1,134
| 61.1
| 38.5
| 67
| 76
| 24
| 18,497
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Taserud
| 1,340
| 953
| 52.0
| 47.3
| 86
| 87
| 13
| 28,520
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Älgå-Ny
| 1,718
| 1,292
| 42.5
| 57.3
| 85
| 90
| 10
| 26,020
| 28
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=ArvikaVal2022/>
|}

==Notable natives==
*[[Kenny Bräck]], [[auto racing|racing]] driver
*[[Per Eklund]], [[rallying|rally]] and [[rallycross]] driver
*[[Tommy Kristoffersson]], rallycross and racing driver
*[[Håkan Hagegård]], opera singer
*[[Kjellaug Nordsjö]], icon painter
*[[August Warberg]], actor
*[[Jacob de la Rose]], [[ice hockey]] player

==Politics==
Result of the 2018 municipality election (loss or gain from 2014 elections):<ref>{{cite web |title=Valresultat – Arvika – Kommunval 2018 |url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/17/84/index.html |publisher=Valmyndigheten}}</ref>
*[[Moderate Party]] 18.36% {{Increase}} (+3.35%)	
*[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] 12.46% {{Increase}} (+2.02%)
*[[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberals]] 3.37% {{Decrease}} (−1.04%)	
*[[Christian Democrats]] 2.84% {{Increase}} (+0.92%)	
*[[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] 39.18% {{Decrease}} (−7.53%)	
*[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]] 6.75% {{Decrease}} (−0.35%)
*[[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]] 3.05% {{Decrease}} (−2.32%)
*[[Sweden Democrats]] 11.95% {{Increase}} (+3.38%)
*[[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]] 1.87 {{Increase}} (+1.66%)
*Other parties 0.16% {{Decrease}} (−0.08%)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.arvika.se/ Arvika Municipality] – Official site
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051223234532/http://www.arvikafestivalen.se/ Arvika Festival] – Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Arvika
 | NE = [[Torsby Municipality|Torsby]]
 | E  = [[Sunne Municipality|Sunne]]<br/>[[Kil Municipality|Kil]]
 | SE = [[Grums Municipality|Grums]]
 | S  = [[Säffle Municipality|Säffle]]
 | SW = [[Årjäng Municipality|Årjäng]]
 | W  = [[Eda Municipality|Eda]]
 | NW = {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Kongsvinger]]
}}
{{Värmland County}}
{{Localities in Arvika Municipality}}

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