small locality in Forshaga Municipality
Olsäter
Short answer: Olsäter is in Forshaga Municipality, Värmland County. It has 104 residents.
Living here
Olsäter is a small locality (småort) in Forshaga municipality in Värmland County, with 104 inhabitants. Olsätersskolan and Förskolan Arbetsmyran are here within three kilometres, so families with children have a school and a preschool nearby. Olevi Idrottsplats and the Olevi ice hockey rink are also nearby, as are a couple of playgrounds, among them Olsäters skolas lekplats. No grocery shop, health centre or petrol station lies within three kilometres, so everyday errands mean a car. The area around the locality has an older population, with almost three in ten over sixty-five and about a fifth under twenty. Olsäter suits those who want to live in a small place with a school and sports nearby and are used to driving to the shop and to work. Those who want services within walking distance will have to look elsewhere.
Draft. Based on a place profile from Lantmäteriet, SCB, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia and the municipality's register of associations. To be reviewed before publication.
Facts
What it is like to live here
median in the locality
Median across 51 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
Age distribution
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Olsäter, 1,707 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 104 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.
From here and away
Modelled car route (MOTIS), not a navigator's ETA — the figures run systematically high but are comparable between localities. Destinations not listed are more than six hours away.
Lakes nearby
Nearest localities
Surroundings
Distances are measured from the locality's centre to the nearest point in the layer, capped at 50 km. Counts are exact within the locality boundary. A layer not listed has nothing within the cap.
The figures describe the municipality, not the locality. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.