Cheapest€17.94
- Strömma Turism & Sjöfart ST973906:128h 14m14:26Frihamnen, StockholmKarlstad CCC
Door to door 9h 44mCO2 31.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Stockholm to Karlstad ferry
Ferries from Stockholm to Karlstad start at €17.94 and take 9h 44m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Stockholm to Karlstad on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Stockholm to Karlstad starts at €17.94 and takes 9h 44m door to door, run by 1 operator over 272 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 9h 44mDoor to door
- 8h 14mMoving
- €19.04 to €50.94From
- 06:12 to 07:30First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 31.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€19.04 to €50.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Book your crossing
Strömma Turism & Sjöfart runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €50.94Sat19
- about €39.39Sun20
- about €29.49Mon21
- about €34.99Tue22
- about €36.09Wed23
- about €34.44Thu24
- about €26.74Fri25
- about €27.84Sat26
- about €32.24Sun27
- about €23.99Mon28
- about €21.79Tue29
- about €28.39Wed30
- about €34.99Thu1
- about €19.04Fri2
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strömma Turism & Sjöfart | €17.94 | 9h 29m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Karlstad. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Karlstad for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Stockholm to Karlstad
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.3990 days
- €16.8460 days
- €14.0945 days
- €16.2930 days
- €26.1921 days
- €19.0414 days
- €26.747 days
- €29.493 days
- €50.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 262 percent. The dearest point is €50.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €32.24Sun
- €23.99Mon
- €21.79Tue
- €28.39Wed
- €34.44Thu
- €26.19Fri
- €27.84Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Stockholm
Ferry
- Frihamnen, Stockholm
- STOCKHOLM (ALL PORTS)
- STOCKHOLM (STADSGÅRDEN)
- STOCKHOLM (VÄRTAHAMMEN)
- Stockholm Vartahamnen
Karlstad
Ferry
- Karlstad CCC
- NWT
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 272 km against 259 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Örebro, Västerås, Eskilstuna, Södertälje. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Stockholm at 06:12 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 38m | 1h 54m | 44m | €24.54 | 9.0 kg | 5 |
| Ferry | 9h 44m | 8h 14m | 1h 30m | €17.94 | 31.3 kg | 2 |
Questions about Stockholm to Karlstad
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad take?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad takes 9h 44m door to door, of which 8h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 272 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad cost?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad starts at €17.94 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €30.31. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad?
1 operators run the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad: Strömma Turism & Sjöfart. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad use?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad leaves from Frihamnen, Stockholm and arrives at Karlstad CCC. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Stockholm to Karlstad?
Travelling from Stockholm to Karlstad by Train costs €24.54 and takes 2h 38m door to door, against 9h 44m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad?
Fares for the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 262 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad produce?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad produces about 31.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 272 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad?
Operators on the Ferry from Stockholm to Karlstad publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 44m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Stockholm to Karlstad on 18 September 2026: 272 km of route against 259 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 9h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Day trips out of Karlstad and across Sweden
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