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Karlstad

For the small town in the United States, see Karlstad, Minnesota.
Karlstad
Episcopal see and municipal seat
Coat of arms of Karlstad
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
city of the Sun, Sun city
Karlstad is located in Värmland County
Karlstad
Karlstad
Karlstad is located in Sweden
Karlstad
Karlstad
Coordinates: 59°22′42″N 13°30′15″E / 59.37833°N 13.50417°E / 59.37833; 13.50417
Country Sweden
ProvinceVärmland
CountyVärmland County
MunicipalityKarlstad Municipality
Founded byKing Charles IX
Government
 • Chairman of the Executive BoardLinda Larsson
Area
[1]
 • Episcopal see and municipal seat30.31 km2 (11.70 sq mi)
Elevation
64 m (210 ft)
Population
 (2020 (city); 2015 (metro))[2]
 • Episcopal see and municipal seat67,122
 • Density2,035/km2 (5,270/sq mi)
 • Metro
96,466
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
65x xx
Area code(+46) 54
Websitewww.karlstad.se

Karlstad (US: /ˈkɑːrlstɑːd/,[3][4] Swedish: [ˈkɑ̌ːɭsta(d)] )[5] is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitants in the wider municipality in 2023, and is the 21st biggest municipality in Sweden. Karlstad has a university and a cathedral.

During recent years, Karlstad has started seeing big growth with many new buildings, for example the new apartment complexes around Orrholmen/Tullholmen, hosting a brand new Coop store and a 17 story high rise apartment which was finished in late 2022.

Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klarälven, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås.

Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a smiling sun. Karlstad is reputed to be one of the sunniest towns in Sweden and a local waitress, known as "Sola i Karlstad" (the Sun in Karlstad) for her sunny disposition, is also commemorated with a statue.

  1. ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Statistiska tätorter och småorter 2020" (PDF) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Karlstad". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Karlstad". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 13.

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