During the airport's Annual General Meeting, Mikael Lundström (L) left the post of Chairman and is succeeded by Ann-Krstine Johansson (S).
She has extensive experience in both political work and board assignments. Between 1994 and 2014, she was a member of parliament from Värmland for the Social Democrats and now she also sits on the board of Sweden's regional airports.
In the clip, you hear Ann-Kristine Johansson talk about her visions for the airport and how the airport's economy should come into balance.
The airport made a loss of 32 million
The disputed airport reported a loss of just over SEK 32 million for 2022, a result on par with the last five years.
The airport had about 20,000 passengers last year. In 2019, before the corona pandemic, the same figure was 52,000.
Karlstad is proposed to be subject to public service obligations
In February, the new report was presented on what responsibility the state should take for the regional airports. In it, Karlstad is proposed to be given what is called public service obligations and thereby also increases the state support to the airport, which has been in deficit of millions for several years. Karlstad is also one of 30 emergency airports in the country.