GRUMS MUNICIPALITY

Make Time for Quality of Life

Grums Municipality is a beautiful lakeside community by Lake Vänern in southern Värmland, and part of the Karlstad Region. In Grums, work-life balance isn’t a goal – it’s a way of life. With short commutes and easy access to nature, you can enjoy both career success and personal well-being.

Choose Your Ideal Lifestyle?

In our six communities – Grums, Segmon, Liljedal, Borgvik, Värmskog, and Slottsbron – you'll find beautiful nature, 380 kilometers of shoreline, three nature reserves, several guest harbors, around 750 businesses, and a wide range of activities and associations. The freedom of choice is great: from lakeside villages to forested neighborhoods, Grums offers a variety of living environments tailored to your lifestyle.

The municipality is well located: by car, it takes 2 hours and 35 minutes to Oslo, 3 hours to Gothenburg, and 4 hours to Stockholm. You can easily commute by train or bus from our travel center. A car ride to Karlstad takes just 20 minutes.

We’re climbing in safety rankings thanks to our successful preventive work between schools, social services, youth centers, and the police. We strive to be an attractive and innovative municipality that offers a high quality of life to all residents.

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Opportunities In a Strong Business Sector

World-class innovations and international career opportunities – that’s how the local business community can be summarized. Here, you’ll find a growing wood and paper industry, several manufacturing companies, and many retail and service businesses. In total, there are around 750 companies across a wide range of sectors, including shops and cafés in the countryside. Grums Municipality is the largest employer and offers career opportunities in around 150 professions.

Grums is part of the Vänern Cooperation and Business Region Värmland and is included in the Karlstad Region. Since 2007, we’ve steadily climbed in the Swedish Confederation of Enterprise’s business climate rankings, and for several years we’ve topped the list for “Best Business Climate” and “Best Growth Municipality” in Värmland.

Did you know... One of the world’s most modern cartonboard machines is located at the Gruvön mill in Grums. When running at full capacity, it produces enough cartonboard each day to line up milk cartons in a row all the way to Hawaii – and back again.

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An Active Life in Grums

Visitors come here for an active holiday, to experience nature and culture. We who live here enjoy the same rich offerings all year round. There are many excellent facilities for both culture and sports – cinema, fitness trails, ski slope, riding arena, swimming pool, ice rink, golf course, artificial turf pitch, football fields, multisport court, mountain bike track, outdoor gym, and disc golf course.

Move to Grums

Moving to Grums isn’t just about changing your address – it’s about finding your home. You’re warmly welcome too! On our website, you’ll find all the information you need for a smooth relocation, and we’re happy to help: grums.se/flyttahit

Facts About Grums

Population: 9 004 residents (2024)

Area: 386 km²

Towns: Grums (central town), Slottsbron, Segmon, Liljedal, Värmskog, Borgvik

Selected villages: Skruvstad, Långstad, Flokerud, Malsjö

Average house price: About 1 480 000 SEK (2024)

Number of businesses: About 750 (2025)

Major employers: Grums Municipality, Billerud Sweden AB Gruvöns bruk, Stora Enso, Wipab, Triton Valsteknik, Industrimekano

Images and facts provided by Grums Municipality.

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