What is Karlstad?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Karlstad |image_skyline = <center>{{Photomontage |border=0 |size=275 |spacing=2 |color=none |photo1a=Areal photo of Karlstad.jpg |photo2a=Stora torget i Karlstad.jpg}}</center> |image_caption = |image_shield = Karlstad vapen.svg |shield_alt = |nickname = city of the Sun, Sun city |pushpin_map = Sweden Värmland#Sweden |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{coord|59|22|42|N|13|30|15|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = [[list of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{flag|Sweden}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Sweden|County]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Värmland]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Värmland County]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Karlstad Municipality]] | founder = King [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles IX]] | leader_title = Chairman of the Executive Board | leader_name = Per-Samuel Nisser |area_footnotes = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 30.31 |elevation_m = 64 |population_total = 61492 |population_as_of = 2015 (city); 2015 (metro) |population_footnotes = <ref name=scb/> |population_density_km2 = 2035 |population_metro = 90882 |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 65x xx |area_code = (+46) 54 |website = {{URL|http://www.karlstad.se}} |timezone =