Karlstad Municipality

municipality in Värmland County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Värmland County
Seat: Karlstad
Chairman of city executive board: Per-Samuel Nisser (M)
Deputy chairs of city executive board: Linda Larsson (S) and Maria Frisk (MP)
Total: 1,517.74 km (586.00 sq mi)
Land: 1,169.11 km (451.40 sq mi)
Water: 348.63 km (134.61 sq mi)
Density: 83.951/km (217.43/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province

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Karlstad Municipality (Swedish: Karlstads kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad.

The present municipality was established in 1971 when the former City of Karlstad was amalgamated with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.