Olofström

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Olofström
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Olofström
Olofström
Localization of Blekinge in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Blekinge län
Historical Province (landskap): Blekinge
Municipality  : Olofström
Coordinates : 56 ° 17 '  N , 14 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 17 '  N , 14 ° 32'  E
SCB code : 2720
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 7526 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 6.69 km²
Population density : 1125 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Blekinge County

Olofström is an industrial town in Sweden and the capital of the municipality of the same name . It lies in the province of Blekinge and the historic province of Blekinge .

statistics

The place has an extension of 669 hectares and a good 7500 inhabitants (as of 2015).

Industry

The auto industry ( Volvo ) is the focus of the city's commercial environment. It helped it flourish economically in the 1950s and 1960s.

Personalities

One of her famous personalities is the writer Harry Martinson , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1974 .

Tennis player Jan Gunnarsson was born in Olofström in 1962.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)