By plane
Karlstad Airport (http://www.lfv.se/templat...) has daily business priced flights to Stockholm and Copenhagen. Tickets are purchased from the airline Skyways Now in BANCKRUPT (http://www.skyways.se/). Do not go to the airport too early for the morning flights - there will be no one there, and the cafe will not open before the flight. Getting between Karlstad and the airport will set you back about SEK 250 if you take a taxi. Airport taxis can be ordered on +46 20 979797. A cheaper option is to take the bus for SEK 60, however you need to order the bus in advance on +46 20 323201.An even better way for the one that don't mind walking a bit is to walk down to the main road about 1-2 km and just take the bus. The name of the bus stop is Hynboholmsmotet.
Another way for international travellers headed for Karlstad is to fly to Oslo airport Gardermoen and go to Karlstad from there.
By train
Karlstad can be reached by direct train from Gothenburg and Stockholm in Sweden and Oslo in Norway. Bookings on the SJ site (http://www.sj.se). The train journey from Stockholm takes about 2.5 hours on a X2000 train slow to spotty wifi internet free in first class, pay in 2nd class.
By bus
A good alternative to the train are buses, with services by Swebus Express (http://www.swebusexpress.se) and Säfflebussen (http://www.safflebussen.se).
You can also go to Karlstad directly from Stockholm's Arlanda Airport with Air-bus/Arlandalinjen (http://www.air-bus.se/uk.asp). Click on "Arlanda" in the menu on top to see bus timings to and from Arlanda to Karlstad. You can also book (http://www.air-bus.se/bok...) the tickets in advance.