In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity.

[3] These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005:[4] This is a demographic table based on Ludvika Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

[5] In total there were 19,610 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.

Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

There is also an ice-hockey team, Ludvika Hockey Förening Lightning.