Karlskrona Municipality (Karlskrona kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality, Torsås Municipality and Ronneby Municipality. The city of Karlskrona is the seat of the municipality.
Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona kommun | |
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 Karlskrona Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°11′N 15°39′E / 56.183°N 15.650°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Blekinge County |
| Seat | Karlskrona |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,338.05 km2 (1,288.83 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,042.21 km2 (402.40 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2,295.84 km2 (886.43 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 66,420 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Blekinge |
| Municipal code | 1080 |
| Website | www.karlskrona.se |
Like most Swedish municipalities it was created during the municipal reform in the early seventies, combining several earlier local government units of urban and rural type, among them the City of Karlskrona.
Localities
editThere are 18 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlskrona Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karlskrona | 32,606 |
| 2 | Rödeby | 3,356 |
| 3 | Nättraby | 3,053 |
| 4 | Jämjö | 2,596 |
| 5 | Hasslö | 1,643 |
| 6 | Sturkö | 1,293 |
| 7 | Fridlevstad | 697 |
| 8 | Tving | 477 |
| 9 | Torhamn | 473 |
| 10 | Spjutsbygd | 422 |
| 11 | Fågelmara | 398 |
| 12 | Skavkulla och Skillingenäs | 380 |
| 13 | Holmsjö | 347 |
| 14 | Drottningskär | 328 |
| 15 | Gängletorp | 276 |
| 16 | Kättilsmåla | 238 |
| 17 | Nävragöl | 229 |
| 18 | Brömsebro | 213 |
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Karlskrona Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 66,647 residents, including 50,805 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 45.2 % voted for the left coalition and 53.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Aspö | 552 | 507 | 50.0 | 48.8 | 75 | 92 | 8 | 24,315 | 53 |
| Bergåsa | 1,470 | 1,061 | 47.8 | 50.1 | 71 | 77 | 23 | 27,261 | 71 |
| Fridlevstad | 1,450 | 1,131 | 34.9 | 63.6 | 85 | 94 | 6 | 25,582 | 32 |
| Galgamarken | 1,722 | 1,099 | 52.4 | 43.2 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 14,928 | 56 |
| Hasslö | 1,713 | 1,374 | 49.2 | 50.3 | 88 | 96 | 4 | 26,147 | 46 |
| Hogland | 1,382 | 1,120 | 44.1 | 53.6 | 77 | 77 | 23 | 24,124 | 47 |
| Hässlegården | 2,045 | 1,386 | 48.3 | 51.4 | 91 | 89 | 11 | 33,389 | 69 |
| Hästö | 1,461 | 1,106 | 45.8 | 53.9 | 88 | 93 | 7 | 35,004 | 75 |
| Jämjö N | 2,016 | 1,542 | 42.6 | 56.1 | 86 | 95 | 5 | 24,772 | 32 |
| Jämjö S | 1,550 | 1,219 | 46.4 | 52.8 | 87 | 95 | 5 | 24,490 | 40 |
| Kristianopel | 1,473 | 1,197 | 35.9 | 63.3 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 24,075 | 30 |
| Kronotorp | 1,589 | 1,089 | 53.0 | 45.7 | 74 | 70 | 30 | 23,495 | 41 |
| Kungsmarken | 2,552 | 1,183 | 78.9 | 17.2 | 46 | 15 | 85 | 11,101 | 35 |
| Kättismåla | 1,474 | 1,158 | 38.8 | 60.2 | 86 | 96 | 4 | 26,645 | 37 |
| Lyckeby V | 1,669 | 1,347 | 52.4 | 46.1 | 77 | 84 | 16 | 21,480 | 44 |
| Lyckeby Ö | 1,903 | 1,418 | 47.6 | 50.9 | 90 | 91 | 9 | 30,545 | 54 |
| Långö-Gräsvik | 1,607 | 1,238 | 45.2 | 52.4 | 57 | 79 | 21 | 20,252 | 69 |
| Marieberg | 2,139 | 1,299 | 57.8 | 39.8 | 53 | 44 | 56 | 14,614 | 42 |
| Mariedal | 1,945 | 1,497 | 53.0 | 45.8 | 82 | 75 | 25 | 25,641 | 46 |
| Möllebacken | 1,923 | 1,649 | 44.1 | 55.1 | 79 | 84 | 16 | 25,558 | 55 |
| Nättraby S | 2,195 | 1,529 | 39.8 | 59.5 | 92 | 96 | 4 | 33,151 | 64 |
| Nättraby V | 1,486 | 1,112 | 49.2 | 49.9 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 27,676 | 49 |
| Nättraby Ö | 1,741 | 1,287 | 44.1 | 55.2 | 89 | 94 | 6 | 32,227 | 60 |
| Pantarholmen | 2,051 | 1,708 | 50.9 | 47.7 | 71 | 76 | 24 | 21,358 | 57 |
| Ramdala | 1,413 | 1,105 | 42.1 | 57.1 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 27,304 | 44 |
| Rosenfeldt | 1,728 | 1,502 | 45.4 | 53.0 | 80 | 86 | 14 | 26,464 | 56 |
| Rödeby N | 2,139 | 1,615 | 41.9 | 57.0 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 26,365 | 42 |
| Rödeby S | 1,799 | 1,337 | 46.1 | 52.6 | 88 | 92 | 8 | 28,025 | 43 |
| Saltö-Björkholmen | 1,836 | 1,570 | 46.1 | 52.8 | 78 | 89 | 11 | 27,595 | 61 |
| Sillhövda | 1,358 | 1,076 | 33.2 | 65.6 | 77 | 89 | 11 | 22,120 | 27 |
| Spandelstorp | 2,199 | 1,589 | 44.1 | 54.9 | 81 | 85 | 15 | 27,406 | 49 |
| Strömsberg | 1,293 | 1,002 | 38.1 | 61.4 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 24,497 | 30 |
| Sturkö | 1,636 | 1,371 | 44.9 | 53.8 | 85 | 96 | 4 | 25,815 | 42 |
| Torhamn | 1,477 | 1,220 | 40.2 | 59.4 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 24,092 | 38 |
| Trossö Ö | 1,327 | 1,170 | 44.5 | 54.8 | 79 | 88 | 12 | 25,915 | 57 |
| Trummenäs | 1,229 | 933 | 37.3 | 61.9 | 90 | 97 | 3 | 32,470 | 59 |
| Tving | 1,241 | 1,008 | 34.6 | 64.4 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 24,375 | 31 |
| Verkö | 1,590 | 1,165 | 40.0 | 59.3 | 85 | 85 | 15 | 32,653 | 69 |
| Västerudd | 1,650 | 1,490 | 45.7 | 53.1 | 79 | 88 | 12 | 23,952 | 49 |
| Wachtmeister | 1,624 | 1,396 | 45.5 | 53.0 | 78 | 84 | 16 | 24,598 | 50 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Parishes
editInternational relations
editTwin towns - sister cities
editKarlskrona is twinned with:[4]
Villages
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Karlskrona i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Vänorter och nätverk". karlskrona.se (in Swedish). Karlskrona kommun. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
External links
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- Karlskrona Municipality - Official site
- Mitt Karlskrona - Swedish Karlskrona city guide
- Coat of arms