Karlshamn

This article deals with the place Karlshamn; for the Swedish municipality of Karlshamn see Karlshamn (municipality) .

Karlshamn
Karlshamn
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Blekinge län
Historical Province (landskap):	Blekinge
Municipality  :	Karlshamn
Coordinates :	56 ° 10 ′  N , 14 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 10 ′  N , 14 ° 52 ′  E
SCB code :	2676
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	20,112 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	16.55 km²
Population density :	1215 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Blekinge County

Karlshamn is a city in southern Sweden in the Blekinge County . The town with a population of over 20,000 (as of 2015) is the main town of the Karlshamn municipality . It is 55 kilometers west of Karlskrona , 60 kilometers from Kristianstad and 150 km northeast of Malmö .

history

Karlshamn city harbor

Karlshamn around 1850

The city is a new establishment under Karl X. Gustav , who built a Baltic port and shipyard around the old village of Bodekull . The place received city rights in 1664 and the name of its founder in 1666. From 1666 to 1675 the fortress Karlshamn ( Karlshamns kastell ) was built on the small island of Frisholmen. Before that, the slightly larger island of Boon was used to defend Karlshamn. In the middle of 1874, the 78 kilometer long Karlshamn-Vislanda railway line (gauge 1067 mm) was inaugurated by King Oskar II ; it connects Karlshamn with Södra stambanan . The Sölvesborg - Karlshamn railway was inaugurated on December 22nd, 1886. It was later electrified and is part of the 'Blekinge kustbana'. Around 1886 the 'Mellersta Blekinge järnväg' (railway line Karlshamn - Sölvesborg) was built; In 1890 the Karlskrona - Kristianstad railway was completed. From around 1850 to 1940 granite was mined and exported around Karlshamn . In the 1950s, the coastal line was converted to standard gauge .

traffic

From Karlshamn there is ferry service across the Baltic Sea to Liepāja in Latvia and to Klaipėda in Lithuania .

Events

The Baltic Song Contest takes place annually in Karlshamn , in which Germany also takes part.

Attractions

The Carl Gustafs Church dates from the 17th century.

Near Karlshamn is the Gungvalamasten , one of the four tallest structures in Sweden.

Emigrant monument in Karlshamn

In Karlshamn there is also the “Emigrant Monument” by Axel Olsson, which shows the two fictional characters Karl-Oskar and Kristina from Vilhelm Moberg 's tetralogy of Emigrants . In the novels, the two board a ship to America in Karlshamn. The memorial is a popular attraction for Americans of Swedish descent.

Karlshamn is the end of the Emigration Road .

telecommunications

In Karlshamn there is the Gungvalamasten, a 335 meter high transmission mast for broadcasting television and FM radio programs.

energy

A thermal power plant with three blocks of 340 MW each is located to the west of Karlshamn on the Starkö peninsula . His three 141 per meter high chimneys are a highly visible landmark . The converter station for the high-voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) Swepol is located next to this power plant .

sons and daughters of the town

• Ernst Fredrik Wilhelm Meyer (1847–1925), wholesaler and politician
• Alice Tegnér (1864–1943), composer
• Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg (1880–1963), botanist and explorer of the Antarctic
• Johan Petersson (* 1973), handball player
• Emma Igelström (* 1980), European swimming champion
• Shellback (* 1985), music producer

Web links

Commons : Karlshamn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official site, Swedish and German
• FAZ.net December 16, 2016: Sweden sees Putin's pipeline as a security threat , see also Nord Stream 2

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
2. ↑ Swedish sv: Karlshamn – Vislanda Järnväg , www.kvbj.se
3. ↑ Swedish sv: Västra Blekinge Järnväg