Västra Karup
Encyclopedia
Västra Karup is a locality
situated in Båstad Municipality
, Skåne County
, Sweden
with 556 inhabitants in 2005. Birgit Nilsson
was born there 1918.
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...
situated in Båstad Municipality
Båstad Municipality
Båstad Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Båstad.The present municipality was established in 1971 when the market town Båstad was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities...
, Skåne County
Skåne County
Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...
, 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....
with 556 inhabitants in 2005. Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson
right|thumb|Nilsson in 1948.Birgit Nilsson was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic and symphonic works...
was born there 1918.