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Karlstad

Värmlands län

99,007 residents · 2025

+4.4%

Five-year population change

2020–2025

SEK 32,317/⁠mo

Median earned income

2024

Rank 147 of 290, Median earned income

35.8%

At least three years of post-secondary education

2025

Rank 26 of 290, At least three years of post-secondary education

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Democracy in Karlstad

Voter turnout and parliamentary election results in Karlstad, election year 2022.

Voter turnout

Share of eligible voters who participated in the 2022 elections.

Municipal election

83.1%

Sweden: 80.5%

2.6 percentage points above Sweden

Regional election

83.0%

Sweden: 80.2%

2.8 percentage points above Sweden

Parliamentary election results

Parties’ shares of valid votes in the 2022 parliamentary election.

Social Democratic Party had the largest share of valid votes.

Social Democratic Party 22,067 votes

Karlstad 34.8%
Sweden 30.3%

Moderate Party 12,409 votes

Karlstad 19.6%
Sweden 19.1%

Sweden Democrats 10,961 votes

Karlstad 17.3%
Sweden 20.5%

Centre Party 4,116 votes

Karlstad 6.5%
Sweden 6.7%

Left Party 3,910 votes

Karlstad 6.2%
Sweden 6.7%

Green Party 3,243 votes

Karlstad 5.1%
Sweden 5.1%

Christian Democrats 3,040 votes

Karlstad 4.8%
Sweden 5.3%

Liberal Party 2,999 votes

Karlstad 4.7%
Sweden 4.6%

Other parties 703 votes

Karlstad 1.1%
Sweden 1.5%

Voter turnout over time

Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.

Karlstad Sweden
Karlstad. Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.Parliamentary-election turnout, 1973–2022.78.8%86.4%93.9%1973198219912002201420221973, Karlstad: 92.1%1973, Sweden: 90.8%1976, Karlstad: 92.6%1976, Sweden: 91.8%1979, Karlstad: 91.6%1979, Sweden: 90.7%1982, Karlstad: 92.2%1982, Sweden: 91.4%1985, Karlstad: 90.5%1985, Sweden: 89.9%1988, Karlstad: 85.8%1988, Sweden: 86.0%1991, Karlstad: 87.5%1991, Sweden: 86.7%1994, Karlstad: 88.0%1994, Sweden: 86.8%1998, Karlstad: 82.8%1998, Sweden: 81.4%2002, Karlstad: 82.1%2002, Sweden: 80.1%2006, Karlstad: 83.6%2006, Sweden: 82.0%2010, Karlstad: 86.1%2010, Sweden: 84.6%2014, Karlstad: 87.7%2014, Sweden: 85.8%2018, Karlstad: 89.0%2018, Sweden: 87.2%2022, Karlstad: 85.8%2022, Sweden: 84.2%

Party results over time

Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.

Karlstad Sweden
Social Democratic Party. Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.Social Democratic Party share of valid votes in parliamentary elections, 1973–2022.26.4%37.4%48.3%1973198219912002201420221973, Karlstad: 45.0%1973, Sweden: 43.6%1976, Karlstad: 41.8%1976, Sweden: 42.7%1979, Karlstad: 43.5%1979, Sweden: 43.2%1982, Karlstad: 46.4%1982, Sweden: 45.6%1985, Karlstad: 45.2%1985, Sweden: 44.7%1988, Karlstad: 44.4%1988, Sweden: 43.2%1991, Karlstad: 37.5%1991, Sweden: 37.7%1994, Karlstad: 44.4%1994, Sweden: 45.3%1998, Karlstad: 36.4%1998, Sweden: 36.4%2002, Karlstad: 40.0%2002, Sweden: 39.9%2006, Karlstad: 36.8%2006, Sweden: 35.0%2010, Karlstad: 32.9%2010, Sweden: 30.7%2014, Karlstad: 34.7%2014, Sweden: 31.0%2018, Karlstad: 31.7%2018, Sweden: 28.3%2022, Karlstad: 34.8%2022, Sweden: 30.3%

Source: SCB · TAB2707 · TAB2707 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.

Source: SCB · TAB2706 · TAB2706 · 1973–2022 · updated November 21, 2022.