Förskolan Vitlöken in Karlstad

PreschoolOperator: Montessoriförskolan Vitlöken Aktiebolag · Karlstad, Värmlands County

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FÖRSKOLAN VITLÖKEN is a small group-operated preschool with 28 children.

FÖRSKOLAN VITLÖKEN is a small group-operated preschool with 28 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (28.7%) is below the national average of 43.6%.

Next steps

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Karlstad with 28 enrolled children.
  2. Preschools are not covered by our inspection sync; check the Inspectorate or municipality if needed.
  3. Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.

Skolkoll interpretation

FÖRSKOLAN VITLÖKEN is compared here with 76 other schools with the same school form in Karlstad municipality; it has 28 children versus the municipal average of 58.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 28.7%, 31.8 percentage points below the municipal average and 14.9 percentage points below the national average.

Children per staff member is 4.9, 0.3 lower than the municipal average.

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This applies only to the values listed here.

The sample is small, so the value may vary more than usual.

This affects

  • Certified teachers
  • Pupils per teacher
  • Number of pupils
  • This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.
  • Pupil counts may be privacy-suppressed for small units and are not always updated on the same cadence as other indicators.

Other values here do not have this specific note.

School programmes

  • Montessori

Things to look into

Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.

  • 28.7% of staff have pedagogical higher education — below the national average (43.6%).

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Förskolan Vitlöken, orthophoto from Lantmäteriet

Aerial view of the school's surroundings. The property is marked from the register; building use has not been verified. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0

Entrances:1 Karlstad, Romstadsvägen 25, Karlstad

School performance

Staff

28.7%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 60.5% · Sweden: 43.6%

28.7% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 14.9 percentage points below the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
28.7%Municipality: 60.5% · Sweden: 43.6%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
4.9Municipality: 5.2 · Sweden: 5.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.

Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

Montessoriförskolan Vitlöken Aktiebolag
Group operator

154 other schools in the municipality.

Montessoriförskolan Vitlöken Aktiebolag operates this school as part of a larger concern.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
Montessoriförskolan Vitlöken Aktiebolag
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Group-operated
Concern (parent organisation) Reliability: High reliability.
Montessoriförskolan Vitlöken Aktiebolag
Concern org. number Reliability: High reliability.
5566274717
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
154
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Apply through Karlstad e-service for preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
ROMSTADSVÄGEN 25, 65342 KARLSTAD
Postal address
Romstadsvägen 25, 65342 KARLSTAD
School unit code
forsk-876951

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.

Everyday travelAreas that reach the school within 15 minutes.

Reachability from the school
15 min on foot
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Daily-life profile

Everyday life at the school

Everyday facts are shown with a source where available. Fields not yet collected are listed together and do not affect score or ranking.

SourcedCommute and transportROMSTADSVÄGEN 25, 65342, KARLSTADSource: Skolverket · 2025-12-31

Not collected yet: School day times, After-school care, Profile or focus, Language choices, Food and dining, Facilities and outdoor environment, Homework and study support. Suggest an addition →

Nearest and similar schools

  • ALLERGIFÖRSKOLAN RÖNNENSame municipality· 17 children
  • ALSTERS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 85 children
  • BACKA FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 29 children

About Karlstad municipality

School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.

Schools
155
Avg. merit (yr 9)
232.2+4.5
Certified teachers
80%+6 pp
Pupils per teacher
12.3in line

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Declining

80.4% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▼ 1.1 pp over 5 years

Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).

This preschool

Preschool statistics

Key figures for FÖRSKOLAN VITLÖKEN. Compared to municipal and national averages.

Pedagogical profile:
  • Montessori
Enrolled children28
Children per FTE4.9municipality: 5.2, national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education28.7%municipality: 60.5%, national: 43.6%

Staff educational background (2025)

Skolverket's mutually exclusive categories for staff in the preschool unit.

CategoryThis preschoolMunicipalityNational
Pedagogical higher educationpreschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree29%60.5%43.6%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent26%15.0%15.4%
Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education0%
Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden45%
Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together45%24.4%40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 29%

Municipal preschool data for Karlstad (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group15.1national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–312.0national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–516.8national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education60.5%national: 43.6%
Children per FTE (municipal average)5.2national: 5.0

National average calculated from all 290 municipalities. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Karlstad. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.

Data coverage

What we do not know about Förskolan Vitlöken

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  • MissingResults and score inputsSkolkoll score is not shown for this school type or lacks enough underlying data.
  • MissingEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
  • UncertainResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
  • MissingSupport resources and student healthWe do not yet have a verified national data source for special education, student health, adaptations, language support or contact routes per school.
  • MissingSafety and study environmentWe lack current or displayable survey data about safety and study environment for this school.
  • UncertainAdmissions, placement and important datesMunicipal placement rules, queues and important dates require a local source and should be checked with the municipality or school.
  • MissingVisits, facilities and everyday environmentWe lack sourced open-house information for this school. Facilities, accessibility and everyday environment are often not open comparable data.

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