Hällevik
Hällevik | |
|---|---|
  Hällevik Location within Blekinge  Hällevik Location within Sweden | |
| Coordinates: 56°01′N 14°42′E / 56.017°N 14.700°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Blekinge |
| County | Blekinge County |
| Municipality | Sölvesborg Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 1,485 |
| • Density | 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Hällevik is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden, with 1485 inhabitants in 2023.[1]
1862 Tragedy in the Baltic
[edit]Seven herring fishermen from Hällevik drowned on 17 October 1862. The men, including a father and son, left wives and children. Their names are listed in the Mjällby church archives: Masse Jönsson, Jöns Håkansson, Bengt Håkansson, Hans Jönsson, Sven Pehrsson, Ola Christoffersson, and Sven Christoffersson.[2]
Sport
[edit]Mjällby AIF is a Swedish football club founded in 1939. The club has become one of the most notable teams in Swedish football, despite coming from a small community. Remarkably, in 2025 they won the Allsvenskan title, the nation's top tier.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Death Record Mjällby kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE / LLA / 13269 / CI / 10 (1861–1867), bildit: C0058260_00147
- ↑ "Mjallby AIF: From turmoil to Swedish title winners in nine years". BBC Sport. 2025-07-31. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
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