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Karlshamn
Main square
Main square
Coat of arms of Karlshamn
Karlshamn is located in Blekinge
Karlshamn
Karlshamn
Karlshamn is located in Sweden
Karlshamn
Karlshamn
Coordinates: 56°10′N 14°51′E / 56.167°N 14.850°E / 56.167; 14.850
CountrySweden
ProvinceBlekinge
CountyBlekinge County
MunicipalityKarlshamn Municipality
Charter1664
Area
[1]
 • Total13.48 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total19,075
 • Density1,415/km2 (3,660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Karlshamn (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑ̂ːɭshamn])[2] is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It had 13,576 inhabitants in 2015,[1] out of 31,846 in the municipality.[3]

Karlshamn received a Royal Charter and city privileges in 1664, when King Charles X Gustav, in Swedish Karl, realized the strategic location near the Baltic Sea. In 1666 the town was named Karlshamn, meaning Karl's Port in honour of the Swedish king.

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 13.
  3. ^ "Valkommen till Karlshamn, Statistik och Fakta". Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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