Karlshamn | |
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 Main square | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Karlshamn  Karlshamn | |
| Coordinates: 56°10′N 14°51′E / 56.167°N 14.850°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Blekinge |
| County | Blekinge County |
| Municipality | Karlshamn Municipality |
| Charter | 1664 |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.48 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 19,075 |
| • Density | 1,415/km2 (3,660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 13.
- ^ "Valkommen till Karlshamn, Statistik och Fakta". Retrieved 22 May 2017.