What Filipstads Kommun does

Filipstads Kommun is a Swedish municipality (kommun) located in Värmland County, central Sweden, holding city rights since 1836 and operating under its current municipal form since 1971. It functions as a general-purpose local government authority delivering the full range of statutory municipal services — including compulsory and upper-secondary education, social care, elderly care, health and social services, spatial planning, infrastructure maintenance, waste management, water and sewage, cultural and recreational services, and civil preparedness — to its residents and businesses. The municipality employs between 101 and 250 staff and is governed by an elected municipal council (kommunfullmäktige).

The municipality conducts its service delivery partly through directly administered departments and partly through a portfolio of wholly-owned municipal companies (kommunala bolag). These subsidiaries include Filipstadsbostäder AB (public housing), Filipstad Energinät AB (electricity grid operator), Kalhyttans sport- och fritidsarena AB (sports and recreation facility), and a dedicated entity operating the Move to Filipstad relocation-marketing platform. The municipality has also launched a digital brevlåda (digital mailbox) service alongside its e-services portal, and is currently developing a long-term Vision 2040 strategic plan.

Filipstads Kommun is funded primarily through Swedish municipal income tax levied on residents, supplemented by central government equalization grants, fees for specific services, and revenues from its commercial subsidiaries. It does not generate external commercial revenue, has no venture funding, and is not a market-facing business — its customers are effectively the residents and entities within its statutory geographic boundary, who are mandated to fund and consume its services. Strategic activity in recent periods has centered on population-attraction initiatives (Move to Filipstad), inter-municipal civil defense cooperation with neighbor Storfors kommun, and digital modernization of citizen services.

Name

Filipstads Kommun

Legal name

Filipstads kommun

Website

https://filipstad.se

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Filipstads Kommun is a Swedish municipality in Värmland County that delivers statutory local-government services — education, social care, infrastructure, and spatial planning — to its approximately 10,000 residents, partly through wholly-owned municipal companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration — Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Education Programs (923110), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Housing Programs (925110), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home Care Franchise Network Staffing & Placement (HSABAMAJ), Community Paramedicine & Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH/CP) Programs (HLAFANAI)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Public education services
• Elderly care services
• Municipal infrastructure services
• Civic e-government portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Filipstad

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Filipstads Kommun is a Swedish municipal government providing statutory public services to residents within its jurisdiction. It delivers education (preschool, compulsory school, upper secondary via Spångbergsgymnasiet, and adult education), care and social services (elderly care, home care, disability support), housing and infrastructure (water, sewage, waste, building permits), and cultural/recreational services (library, Filipstad Kultur & Konferens, sports facilities).

Product overview

Filipstads Kommun operates as a Swedish municipal government providing comprehensive public services to residents. The municipality offers a unified digital services ecosystem through its e-tjänster portal, alongside traditional administrative services. The service portfolio is organized into five main categories: Barn och utbildning (Children and Education) covering preschools, compulsory schools, Spångbergsgymnasiet, and adult education; Omsorg och stöd (Care and Support) including social services, elderly care, and disability support; Bo, gata och miljö (Housing, Streets and Environment) encompassing urban planning, building permits, water/sewage, and waste management; plus cultural venues like Filipstad Kultur & Konferens and public library services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Filipstad Kultur & Konferens (FKK): Municipal cultural centre and conference facility
• Filipstadsbostäder
• Filipstad Energinät
• Spångbergsgymnasiet
• Move to Filipstad
• Bio Monitor
• Monitor Battle

Products and services

• E-tjänster (Digital Services Portal) Online portal that enables citizens to access and manage municipal services digitally, including submitting applications, making payments, and completing form submissions across all municipal functions.
• Barn och utbildning (Children and Education) Comprehensive municipal education services including preschool (förskola), compulsory school (grundskola), upper secondary school (Spångbergsgymnasiet), and adult education (Komvux) for residents of Filipstad.
• Omsorg och stöd (Care and Support) Social services including family and child services, elderly care, home healthcare, and support for people with disabilities (LSS), delivered to vulnerable residents within the municipality.
• Bo, gata och miljö (Housing, Streets and Environment) Urban planning, building permits, water and sewage services, waste management, and environmental protection services for residents and businesses in Filipstad.
• Filipstad Kultur & Konferens (FKK) Cultural center and conference facility operated by the municipality, hosting events, cinema (Bio Monitor), and seasonal tourist information services for residents and visitors.
• Biblioteket (Library Services) Public library offering books, digital resources, Bokbussen (book bus), genealogy research, and Värmland regional collections to residents and visitors.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Karlstad kommun: Regional capital of Värmland County and the largest municipality in the region. Provides a benchmark for how a Värmland municipality scales services, runs cultural and education assets, and competes for residents and businesses—useful for sizing the gap and ceiling for Filipstads kommun's service portfolio.
• Åmåls kommun: Neighboring municipality in Västra Götaland/Dalsland with comparable scale and a similar industrial heritage. Provides cross-county benchmarking for elderly care, school administration, and municipal company operations.

Direct peers

• Storfors kommun: Neighboring small Värmland municipality that has jointly conducted training with Filipstads kommun (e.g., 'Totalförsvarsjuridik' session). Comparable in scale, service mandate, and rural Värmland demographic profile, making it a near-substitute peer for benchmarking service delivery and inter-municipal cooperation.
• Hagfors kommun: Small Värmland municipality with a comparable industrial heritage (bergslag/ironworking history) and similar demographic profile. Operates the same portfolio of municipal services including municipal housing and energy, making it a close functional peer for Filipstads kommun.
• Sunne kommun: Värmland municipality with a similar tourism and cultural positioning and a comparable elderly care and education portfolio. Useful peer for benchmarking rural tourism strategy and elder-care service models.
• Kristinehamn kommun: Adjacent Värmland municipality in the same region with overlapping services (education, elderly care, infrastructure, culture). Similar governance model and statutory mandate, with a slightly larger population, providing a useful peer for service breadth and fiscal capacity comparisons.
• Munkfors kommun: Very small Värmland municipality with similar scale, rural profile, and industrial heritage. Comparable in service portfolio and demographic challenges, making it a useful peer for benchmarking small-municipality operating efficiency and citizen service delivery.
• Arvika kommun: Värmland municipality of moderate size with a comparable service mandate and cultural/event focus (e.g., music and cultural events). Provides a peer for how a slightly larger Värmland municipality scales education, care, and cultural programming.
• Säffle kommun: Neighboring Värmland municipality with a similar mix of industrial heritage, public services, and rural population. Comparable in operating scope (schools, elderly care, infrastructure, housing) and demographic exposure.

Broad incumbents

• Örebro kommun: Larger Swedish municipality outside Värmland offering a broader reference point for operating practices, digital citizen services, and Vision/strategic planning processes. Helpful as an aspirational benchmark for what a scaled Swedish municipality can deliver through e-tjänster and municipal companies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/filipstadskommun
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/filipstads-kommun

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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