Eda
- Share 2025
- 32.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Eda
In depth · Arvika
Immigration and foreign background in Arvika
Key facts
Arvika ranks 185 of 290 municipalities for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Arvika ranks 11 of 16 in Värmlands län for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Arvika: 4,061 residents (16.0%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 25,408 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 3,344 residents were born abroad (13.2%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference −11.7 percentage points (2025).
Foreign background means born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. These are population stocks, not annual immigration flows.
Last updated: View changelog
Arvika in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 16.0 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +7.2 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: −11.7 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 185 of 290
- Same definition and year (2025) for all ranked municipalities.
Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2 — observed population composition (stock). People received further down are a flow and measure something else. Stock vs flow
Trend 2002–2025
Share of the population in Arvika with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 8.8 %; 2003: 9.2 %; 2004: 9.6 %; 2005: 9.9 %; 2006: 10.4 %; 2007: 11.0 %; 2008: 11.4 %; 2009: 11.5 %; 2010: 11.8 %; 2011: 12.0 %; 2012: 12.2 %; 2013: 12.5 %; 2014: 13.0 %; 2015: 13.5 %; 2016: 14.3 %; 2017: 14.7 %; 2018: 14.9 %; 2019: 15.1 %; 2020: 15.3 %; 2021: 15.3 %; 2022: 15.4 %; 2023: 15.7 %; 2024: 15.8 %; 2025: 16.0 %
How to verify this figure
- Source
- Statistics Sweden (SCB)
- Period
- 2025
- Definition
- Share of the population with a foreign background (born abroad, or born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents).
- Geography
- Arvika
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth
Residents by region of birth. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
3,320 people
13.0% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden87.0 %(22,227)
Nordics excluding Sweden3.1 %(795)
Other Europe3.6 %(919)
Outside Europe6.3 %(1,606)
Thin line = national average. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
People received, vulnerable areas & marginal cost
Received 2020–2024 (a flow), the Police's vulnerable areas and a own illustrative scenario.
Reception & illustrative scenario
2020–2024
- Foreign-born (20–64)
- 17.1 %
- Received, 5 years
- 171
- 6.7 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- —
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −99 kr
- Range −71 kr → −126 kr
- Model: Ruist (ESO 2018:3; calculations based on 2015 public finances), unadjusted amount from the report (low/mid/high)
Analysis/model Own illustrative scenario: mean annual reception 2020–2024 × Ruist’s national refugee life-cycle estimate using 2015 public finances, divided by 2024 population; no price adjustment. Assumes the national estimate applies locally. Not an observed municipal cost; not everyone with a foreign background. Formula, assumptions and limitations
No vulnerable areas in this municipality according to the Swedish Police situational report 2025.
Compare Arvika with other municipalities →Compare Arvika with other municipalities
Arvika is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Arvika16.0 %
Arvika — 2002: 8.8 %; 2003: 9.2 %; 2004: 9.6 %; 2005: 9.9 %; 2006: 10.4 %; 2007: 11.0 %; 2008: 11.4 %; 2009: 11.5 %; 2010: 11.8 %; 2011: 12.0 %; 2012: 12.2 %; 2013: 12.5 %; 2014: 13.0 %; 2015: 13.5 %; 2016: 14.3 %; 2017: 14.7 %; 2018: 14.9 %; 2019: 15.1 %; 2020: 15.3 %; 2021: 15.3 %; 2022: 15.4 %; 2023: 15.7 %; 2024: 15.8 %; 2025: 16.0 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Arvika
Arvika vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Värmlands län
- Share 2025
- 17.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.8 pp
- Immigration page
Kristinehamn
- Share 2025
- 17.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +1.9 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Kristinehamn
Torsby
- Share 2025
- 16.9 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.2 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Torsby
Arvika
- Share 2025
- 16.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.5 pp
- Immigration page
Sunne
- Share 2025
- 13.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.6 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Sunne
Kil
- Share 2025
- 10.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Kil
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eda | 32.2 % | +4.0 pp | Immigration in Eda |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Värmlands län | 17.7 % | +3.8 pp | |
| Kristinehamn | 17.2 % | +1.9 pp | Immigration in Kristinehamn |
| Torsby | 16.9 % | +4.2 pp | Immigration in Torsby |
| Arvika | 16.0 % | +2.5 pp | |
| Sunne | 13.3 % | +3.6 pp | Immigration in Sunne |
| Kil | 10.2 % | +2.0 pp | Immigration in Kil |
Foreign background, all ages/sexes. County and national shares: own ratios of SCB published geographic counts; change 2015–2025 in percentage points. CKM method break 2025; subgroup cells may not sum to the published total. SCB
Most common countries of birth in Arvika
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Norge637
- Syrien285
- Tyskland229
- Nederländerna214
- Thailand148
- Irak124
- Ukraina114
- Jugoslavien87
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 81.67 %
- Seats
- 49
- Valid votes
- 16,511
- Blank votes
- 264
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.38 % | – | 5,676 | 17 | |
| 22.97 % | – | 3,792 | 11 | |
| 11.71 % | – | 1,934 | 6 | |
| 9.81 % | – | 1,619 | 5 | |
| 5.94 % | – | 981 | 3 | |
| 5.08 % | – | 839 | 3 | |
| 4.81 % | – | 794 | 2 | |
| 4.48 % | – | 740 | 2 | |
| Other parties (10) | 0.82 % | – | 136 | – |
Latest actual election: 13 September 2026 (final count). Turnout figures in Kolada series elsewhere on this page refer to an earlier election and are labelled with their series year.
Full municipal election result →Results by voting district →
Earlier election results in Arvika (2014–2022)
Everything about Arvika
Schools, crime, economy, tax rate and elections are on the municipality's main page.
Open Arvika municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Arvika has a foreign background?
In 2025, 16.0 % of the population in Arvika had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 11.7 percentage points below the national average (27.7 %). "Foreign background" is the broader Statistics Sweden definition and includes both people born abroad and people born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. The share is a stock measure and does not show annual immigration (inflow).
›How many residents of Arvika have a foreign background?
4,061 residents of Arvika had a foreign background (2025). Source: Statistics Sweden, UtlSvBakgGrovCKM, published count. CKM-protected component cells need not sum exactly to the published total.
›How has the share with a foreign background in Arvika changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 8.8 % (2002) to 16.0 % (2025), a change of +7.2 percentage points. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2.
›What is the difference between "foreign background" and "born abroad"?
Born abroad = a person born outside Sweden. Foreign background = born abroad, or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. Both measures are official; foreign background is at least as large for the same population and year.
›Where were the foreign-born residents of Arvika born?
See the "Country/region of birth" section on this page. Foreign-born residents are people born outside Sweden, reported in three aggregated groups: the Nordic countries excluding Sweden, the rest of Europe, and outside Europe. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Sources and method
BE0101Q2Foreign/Swedish background — share by municipality (UtlSvBakgGrov)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗FodelselandArKCKM / FolkmRegFlandKCKM; history FodelselandArKPopulation by region, region/country of birth and sexReference period: 2000–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗BE0101N1Population by municipality, age, sex and year (31 Dec)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-08-13
Open source ↗- Open source ↗
ME0104General elections — votes per party and municipality (Election Authority via SCB)
Each figure on this page is traceable to the dataset listed above. Missing data is left out — never shown as zero. Definitions, model and sources