Karlshamn Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Blekinge County

Blekinge County

Blekinge County is a county or län in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona...

 in southern Sweden

Sweden

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. It borders to Olofström Municipality

Olofström Municipality

Olofström Municipality is the only inland municipality of Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Osby Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality, Bromölla Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Karlshamn Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, and Älmhult Municipality...

, Sölvesborg Municipality

Sölvesborg Municipality

Sölvesborg Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality...

, Ronneby Municipality

Ronneby Municipality

Ronneby Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality...

 and Tingsryd Municipality

Tingsryd Municipality

Tingsryd Municipality is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat....

. The city Karlshamn

Karlshamn

Karlshamn is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 12,957 inhabitants of the city core and 30 918 in the municipality ....

 is the seat of the municipality.

The amalgamation of the units in the area took place in 1967 when the City of Karlshamn was merged with Asarum, Hällaryd and Mörrum. The whole territory had formally city status until 1971, when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlshamn 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	Karlshamn Karlshamn Karlshamn is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 12,957 inhabitants of the city core and 30 918 in the municipality ....	18,768
2	Mörrum Mörrum Mörrum is the second largest locality situated in Karlshamn Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 3,655 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	3,655
3	Svängsta Svängsta Svängsta is a locality situated in Karlshamn Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 1,742 inhabitants in 2005....	1,742
4	Hällaryd Hällaryd Hällaryd is a locality situated in Karlshamn Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 553 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated between Karlshamn and Ronneby, featuring the archipelago south of Matvik with Tärnö as its far out landmark....	553
5	Åryd Åryd, Karlshamn Åryd is a locality situated in Karlshamn Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 362 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	362
6	Torarp Torarp Torarp is a locality situated in Karlshamn Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 273 inhabitants in 2005....	273

Totally, 31.000 people live in Karlshamn which makes it the second largest municipality in Blekinge County.

Government and politics

Distribution of the 51 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

• Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
    20
• Moderate Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
    11
• Green Party
  Green Party (Sweden)
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    5
• Sweden Democrats
  Sweden Democrats
  The Sweden Democrats is a political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. SD describes itself as a nationalist movement although others use the term far-right. Since 2005, its party chairman is Jimmie Åkesson, while Björn Söder is the party secretary and parliamentary group leader. An Anemone...
  
    5
• Centre Party
  Centre Party (Sweden)
  The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social...
  
    3
• Liberal People's Party
  Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...
  
    3
• Left Party
  Left Party (Sweden)
  The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations...
  
    2
• Christian Democrats
  Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf...
  
    1
• Communist Party
  Communist Party (Sweden)
  The Communist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Sweden.1970-1977 it was known as the Communist League Marxist-Leninists and during 1977-2004 it had the name Communist Party Marxist-Leninists ...
  
    1

Results of the Swedish general election, 2010

Swedish general election, 2010

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 in Karlshamn:

• Social Democratic Party
  Swedish Social Democratic Party
  The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
  
    37.3%
• Moderate Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
    26.3%
• Sweden Democrats
  Sweden Democrats
  The Sweden Democrats is a political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. SD describes itself as a nationalist movement although others use the term far-right. Since 2005, its party chairman is Jimmie Åkesson, while Björn Söder is the party secretary and parliamentary group leader. An Anemone...
  
    9.4%
• Green Party
  Green Party (Sweden)
  -External links:**...
  
    6.3%
• Left Party
  Left Party (Sweden)
  The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations...
  
    6.1%
• Liberal People's Party
  Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
  The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...
  
    5.3%
• Centre Party
  Centre Party (Sweden)
  The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social...
  
    5.0%
• Christian Democrats
  Christian Democrats (Sweden)
  The Christian Democrats ) is a political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1964 but did not enter parliament until 1985 in an electoral cooperation with the Centre Party and on the Christian Democrats' own accord in 1991. The leader since April 3, 2004 is Göran Hägglund. He succeeded Alf...
  
    3.5%

Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

1. Karlshamn
   Karlshamn
   Karlshamn is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 12,957 inhabitants of the city core and 30 918 in the municipality ....
   
   
   • Karlshamn Parish
2. Bräkne Hundred
   • Asarum Parish
   • Hällaryd Parish
   • Mörrum Parish
   • Ringamåla Parish
   • Åryd Parish
3. Lister Hundred
   • Elleholm Parish
   • Mörrum Parish

External links

• Karlshamn Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms