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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Arvika Municipality |
| County | Värmland County |
| Province | Värmland |
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| - Total | 10. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Municipalities of Sweden ( kommun) are the Local government entities of Sweden. Arvika Municipality ( Arvika kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden. Värmland County ( Värmlands län) is a county or Län in west central Sweden. The provinces of Sweden, Landskap, are historical geographical and cultural regions is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 66 km² (4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 14,184 |
| - Density | 1,330/km² (3,444. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Arvika is a locality in the traditional province of Värmland, Sweden, and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Arvika Municipality ( Arvika kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Värmland County ( Värmlands län) is a county or Län in west central Sweden. It has a population of about 14,000 persons.
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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). A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets Ancylus lake is a name given by geologists to the body of fresh water that replaced the Yoldia Sea after the latter had been severed from its saline intake across central
The area is hilly with the tallest hill Storkasberget close to the town centre.
Arvika and its surroundings has excellent water infrastructure. In fact, Arvika has the innermost harbour in the whole of Sweden. Through a system of canals lake Vänern can be reached, and from there the Göta Canal allowes further passage to Gothenburg and Sweden's west coast. Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways Vänern (IPA) is the largest Lake in Sweden and the third largest lake in Europe. For the 1981 Swedish film see Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? The Göta Canal (Göta kanal is a Swedish Canal Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden.
History
Ten kilometers west of the city, in Bergs Klätt, there are remnants of a younger Stone Age and Nordic Bronze Age settlements in the form of graves. The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which Humans widely used stone for toolmaking The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age) is the name given by Oscar Montelius to a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian
The town was a village until 1811 when it was given town privileges by royal charter under the name Oscarsstad in order to improve the economy of the area. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This attempt was unsuccessful, and the town privileges were repealed in 1821 and the town was instead given the status of köping (township) and renamed Arvika. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town The town privileges were reinstated at the founding centennial in 1911, and the name Arvika remained. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The city status is now obsolete, but Arvika is since 1971 the seat of the larger Arvika municipality. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
The churches Mikaelskyrkan, is from 1647 and the church in the centre, Trefaldighetskyrkan, is from the same year as the town, 1911.
Industry
Arvika has several heavy industrial production facilities which employ the majority of the population, among these Thermia, Volvo Wheel Loaders, Arvika Gjuteri (nodular and grey iron foundry) and Coffee Queen, a coffemachine factory. Volvo Construction Equipment (originally Volvo BM) is a Subsidiary and business area of AB Volvo.
Culture
Arvika is known for the turn of the century (around 1900) artist commune Rackstad just outside the city. Here, several famous Swedish artists lived and worked, the most well-known probably being Christian Eriksson and Gustaf Fjæstad and his wife Maja Fjæstad. Other talents that lived in Rackstad include Björn Ahlgrensson and Fritz Lindström.
In recent times, the Arvika Festival (since 1992) is the biggest annual event in the area, with several international bands visiting the town during three days in July every summer. Arvika Festival ( Arvikafestivalen) is an annual Music festival held in Arvika, Sweden. In recent years such bands as Einstürzende Neubauten, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, New Order, Kraftwerk and Franz Ferdinand have performed here. Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 Skinny Puppy is an industrial band formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. Ministry was an American Industrial metal band founded by Frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981 New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Franz Ferdinand is a rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001 The 2007 festival will be headlined by The Scissor Sisters and Bloc Party.
One of the six university colleges of music in Sweden, Ingesund College of Music, a department of Karlstad University, is situated in Arvika. A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire ( French, but used in British English) &mdash Ingesund College of Music (Swedish Musikhögskolan Ingesund) located in Arvika, Sweden, is the music department of Karlstad University Karlstad University ( Swedish Karlstads universitet) is a state University in Karlstad, Sweden.
References
- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Statistics Sweden, or Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB is the government agency responsible for producing official Statistics on Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
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Arvika is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. The Swedish term stad, which is the equivalent of both city and town has since 1971 in Sweden no administrative or legal significance and even no official |
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