Arvika

Arvika is a locality and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 27,032 inhabitants in 2026.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Arvika
Settlement.image_skyline: Arvika central village.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Central Arvika in June 2004
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Arvika Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Värmland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Värmland

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Geography
History
Industry
Culture
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Climate
References

Arvika is a locality and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 27,032 inhabitants in 2026.

==Geography== The town of Arvika is situated at Kyrkviken, a bay of Glafsfjorden, Sweden's only inland fjord, a remnant of the time following the last ice age (once a fjord of the Ancylus Lake). The town is located approximately 380 km west of Stockholm, 250 km north of Gothenburg, 150 km east of Oslo, and 50 km from the Norwegian border.