Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of V�rmland County, and the largest city in the province V�rmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that at the end fo 2011 was 86,409 inhabitants. Karlstad has a university and a cathedral.
Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klar�lven, runs into Sweden's largest lake, V�nern. It has the second largest lake port in the country after V�ster�s.
Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a happy 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
