Karlskrona Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 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...

, southern Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality

Emmaboda Municipality

Emmaboda Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Emmaboda....

, Torsås Municipality

Torsås Municipality

Torsås Municipality is the southernmost municipality of Kalmar County, Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Torsås.The present municipality was created in 1971, when "old" Torsås was merged with Söderåkra....

 and 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...

. The city of Karlskrona

Karlskrona

Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...

 is the seat of the municipality.

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

There are 18 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 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 Karlskrona Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...	32,606
2	Rödeby Rödeby Rödeby is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 3,356 inhabitants in 2005....	3,356
3	Nättraby Nättraby Nättraby is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 3,053 inhabitants in 2005....	3,053
4	Jämjö Jämjö Jämjö is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 2,596 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	2,596
5	Hasslö Hasslö Hasslö is an island and a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 1,643 inhabitants in 2005.For many years, the Swedish navy's activities on Hasslö meant that foreigners' access to the island was restricted, but that is no longer true. Hasslö is famous for its...	1,643
6	Sturkö Sturkö Sturkö is an island and a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 1,293 inhabitants in 2005....	1,293
7	Fridlevstad Fridlevstad Fridlevstad is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 697 inhabitants in 2005....	697
8	Tving Tving Tving is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 477 inhabitants in 2005....	477
9	Torhamn Torhamn Torhamn is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 473 inhabitants in 2005....	473
10	Spjutsbygd Spjutsbygd Spjutsbygd is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 422 inhabitants in 2005....	422
11	Fågelmara Fågelmara Fågelmara is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 398 inhabitants in 2005....	398
12	Skavkulla och Skillingenäs Skavkulla och Skillingenäs Skavkulla och Skillingenäs is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 380 inhabitants in 2005....	380
13	Holmsjö Holmsjö Holmsjö is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 347 inhabitants in 2005....	347
14	Drottningskär Drottningskär Drottningskär is a locality situated on the island of Aspö in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 328 inhabitants in 2005. It gives its name to a nearby 17th-century naval citadel, now part of the Karlskrona naval city World Heritage Site....	328
15	Gängletorp Gängletorp Gängletorp is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 276 inhabitants in 2005....	276
16	Kättilsmåla Kättilsmåla Kättilsmåla is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 238 inhabitants in 2005....	238
17	Nävragöl Nävragöl Nävragöl is a locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 229 inhabitants in 2005....	229
18	Brömsebro Brömsebro Brömsebro is a bimunicipal locality situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County and Torsås Municipality, Kalmar County in south-west Sweden with 213 inhabitants in 2005....	213

Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

1. Karlskrona
   Karlskrona
   Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...
   
   
   • Karlskrona City Parish
   • Royal Karlskrona Admiralty Parish
     Royal Karlskrona Admiralty Parish
     The Royal Admiralty Parish in Karlskrona, Sweden, is a non-territorial Lutheran parish for navy personnel and their families, which has existed in Karlskrona since 1685. Its church is the wooden "Admirality Church" built in 1685, located close to the naval shipyard area. There was also an...
     
     
2. Eastern Hundred
   • Augerum Parish
   • Flymen Parish
   • Jämjö Parish
   • Kristianopel Parish
   • Lösen Parish
   • Ramdala Parish
   • Rödeby Parish
   • Sturkö Parish
     Sturkö Parish
     The islands of Sturkö and Tjurkö form the Sturkö Parish of the Eastern Hundred, Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge, Sweden....
     
     
   • Torhamn Parish
   • Virserum Parish
3. Medelstad Hundred
   • Aspö Parish
   • Fridlevstad Parish
   • Hasslö Parish
   • Nättraby Parish
   • Sillhövda Parish
   • Tving Parish
   • Hästö

Twin towns - sister cities

The municipality is twinned with
Hillerød Municipality, Denmark Horten

Horten

is a town and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the villages of Borre, Åsgårdstrand, Skoppum, and Nykirke....

, Norway Loviisa

Loviisa

Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water...

, Finland
Ólafsfjörður

Ólafsfjörður

Ólafsfjörður is a town in the northeast of Iceland located at the mouth of the fjord Eyjafjörður.The town is connected to Eyjafjordur via a 3.5 km one-lane tunnel...

, Iceland Klaipėda

Klaipeda

Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County....

, Lithuania Gdynia

Gdynia

Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

, Poland
Baltiysk

Baltiysk

Baltiysk , prior to 1945 known by its German name Pillau , is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, located on the northern part of the Vistula Spit, on the shore of the Strait of Baltiysk separating the Vistula Bay from the Gdańsk Bay. Baltiysk...

, Russia Aizpute

Aizpute

Aizpute is a town in western Latvia's Aizpute municipality in the valley of Tebra River, northeast of Liepāja.-History:It was founded as the castle of Hasenpoth of a German Crusaders order in 1248 and was granted the Magdeburg rights in 1378....

, Latvia

See also

• Swedish Coast Guard
  Swedish Coast Guard
  The Swedish Coast Guard is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:* maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea....
  
  
• Blekinge Institute of Technology
  Blekinge Institute of Technology
  The Blekinge Institute of Technology is a public, state funded Swedish Institute of technology in Blekinge with more than 8,000 students and offers 350 courses in 40 educational programmes in five schools at two campuses located in Karlskrona and Karlshamn.The institute focuses on applied...
  
  
• Swedish National Maritime Museums

External links

• Karlskrona Municipality - Official site
• Mitt Karlskrona - Swedish Karlskrona city guide
• Coat of arms