Arvika Järnvägsstation

In 1871, the entire north-western main line between Stockholm and Christiania (Oslo) was inaugurated with a celebration in Arvika. The station building, designed by SJ's chief architect Adolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd, was completed in 1867, at the same time as the first section.

The station became a clear monumental background building with the square spread out in front of it, so stately that the inhabitants of Karlstad wondered if the drawings had not been confused with the smaller station of the residence town.

Edelsvärd had thoughts of an ideal state plan where the station house stood opposite the church, as the city's two most important buildings, which became true in 1911 with Trefaldighetskyrkan up on the hill.