It's always sunny in Karlstad. Since the 18th century, Karlstad has been associated with the sun thanks to a woman by the name of Eva-Lisa Holtz. She was a friendly, cheerful waitress whose sunny disposition and warm greeting earned her the nickname ‘Sola (‘the Sun’) in Karlstad’ far and wide. She was enterprising and ambitious, eventually opened her own restaurant and became a highly respected lady in the city.
Sola, along with the smiling sun designed by Lasse Sandberg which Karlstad Municipality uses as a logo, has firmly established Karlstad as Sweden’s sunny city.
Sunny disposition
Thanks to the city’s location on Lake Vänern, the sun actually does shine a little more often here. Karlstad is very often among the top ten locations in Sweden for the number of hours of sun.
But the sun in Karlstad doesn’t mainly refer to the one in the sky – it’s our sunny disposition, our legacy from Sola. So even if the sun should ever be covered by clouds, you’ll still feel the warmth from the people you meet.
Musik ”Funky Fanfare” av Keith Mansfield (Google Play • iTunes)
Musik ”Funky Fanfare” av Keith Mansfield (Google Play • iTunes)
