Editing Karlskrona Municipality

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[[File:Карлскруна - памятник Карлу 11 191027.jpg|thumb|Karl XI monument]]
'''Karlskrona Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Karlskrona kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Blekinge County]] in [[South Sweden]] in southern [[Sweden]]. It borders to [[Emmaboda Municipality]], [[Torsås Municipality]] and [[Ronneby Municipality]]. The city of [[Karlskrona]] is the seat of the municipality.

Like most Swedish municipalities it was created during the municipal reform in the early seventies, combining several earlier local government units of urban and rural type, among them the ''City of Karlskrona''.

== Localities ==
There are 18 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban areas]] (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlskrona Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Karlskrona]]''' || 32,606
|-
| 2 || [[Rödeby]] || 3,356
|-
| 3 || [[Nättraby]] || 3,053
|-
| 4 || [[Jämjö]] || 2,596
|-
| 5 || [[Hasslö]] || 1,643
|-
| 6 || [[Sturkö]] || 1,293
|-
| 7 || [[Fridlevstad]] || 697
|-
| 8 || [[Tving]] || 477
|-
| 9 || [[Torhamn]] || 473
|-
| 10 || [[Spjutsbygd]] || 422
|-
| 11 || [[Fågelmara]] || 398
|-
| 12 || [[Skavkulla och Skillingenäs]] || 380
|-
| 13 || [[Holmsjö]] || 347
|-
| 14 || [[Drottningskär]] || 328
|-
| 15 || [[Gängletorp]] || 276
|-
| 16 || [[Kättilsmåla]] || 238
|-
| 17 || [[Nävragöl]] || 229
|-
| 18 || [[Brömsebro]] || 213
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Karlskrona Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=KarlskronaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1080-karlskrona.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Karlskrona i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 66,647 residents, including 50,805 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=KarlskronaVal2022/> 45.2 % voted for the left coalition and 53.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
!
! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |Aspö
| 552
| 507
| 50.0
| 48.8
| 75
| 92
| 8
| 24,315
| 53
|-
| align="left" |Bergåsa
| 1,470
| 1,061
| 47.8
| 50.1
| 71
| 77
| 23
| 27,261
| 71
|-
| align="left" |Fridlevstad
| 1,450
| 1,131
| 34.9
| 63.6
| 85
| 94
| 6
| 25,582
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Galgamarken
| 1,722
| 1,099
| 52.4
| 43.2
| 55
| 53
| 47
| 14,928
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Hasslö
| 1,713
| 1,374
| 49.2
| 50.3
| 88
| 96
| 4
| 26,147
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Hogland
| 1,382
| 1,120
| 44.1
| 53.6
| 77
| 77
| 23
| 24,124
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Hässlegården
| 2,045
| 1,386
| 48.3
| 51.4
| 91
| 89
| 11
| 33,389
| 69
|-
| align="left" |Hästö
| 1,461
| 1,106
| 45.8
| 53.9
| 88
| 93
| 7
| 35,004
| 75
|-
| align="left" |Jämjö N
| 2,016
| 1,542
| 42.6
| 56.1
| 86
| 95
| 5
| 24,772
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Jämjö S
| 1,550
| 1,219
| 46.4
| 52.8
| 87
| 95
| 5
| 24,490
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Kristianopel
| 1,473
| 1,197
| 35.9
| 63.3
| 85
| 92
| 8
| 24,075
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Kronotorp
| 1,589
| 1,089
| 53.0
| 45.7
| 74
| 70
| 30
| 23,495
| 41
|-
| align="left" |Kungsmarken
| 2,552
| 1,183
| 78.9
| 17.2
| 46
| 15
| 85
| 11,101
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Kättismåla
| 1,474
| 1,158
| 38.8
| 60.2
| 86
| 96
| 4
| 26,645
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Lyckeby V
| 1,669
| 1,347
| 52.4
| 46.1
| 77
| 84
| 16
| 21,480
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Lyckeby Ö
| 1,903
| 1,418
| 47.6
| 50.9
| 90
| 91
| 9
| 30,545
| 54
|-
| align="left" |Långö-Gräsvik
| 1,607
| 1,238
| 45.2
| 52.4
| 57
| 79
| 21
| 20,252
| 69
|-
| align="left" |Marieberg
| 2,139
| 1,299
| 57.8
| 39.8
| 53
| 44
| 56
| 14,614
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Mariedal
| 1,945
| 1,497
| 53.0
| 45.8
| 82
| 75
| 25
| 25,641
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Möllebacken
| 1,923
| 1,649
| 44.1
| 55.1
| 79
| 84
| 16
| 25,558
| 55
|-
| align="left" |Nättraby S
| 2,195
| 1,529
| 39.8
| 59.5
| 92
| 96
| 4
| 33,151
| 64
|-
| align="left" |Nättraby V
| 1,486
| 1,112
| 49.2
| 49.9
| 84
| 92
| 8
| 27,676
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Nättraby Ö
| 1,741
| 1,287
| 44.1
| 55.2
| 89
| 94
| 6
| 32,227
| 60
|-
| align="left" |Pantarholmen
| 2,051
| 1,708
| 50.9
| 47.7
| 71
| 76
| 24
| 21,358
| 57
|-
| align="left" |Ramdala
| 1,413
| 1,105
| 42.1
| 57.1
| 88
| 95
| 5
| 27,304
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Rosenfeldt
| 1,728
| 1,502
| 45.4
| 53.0
| 80
| 86
| 14
| 26,464
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Rödeby N
| 2,139
| 1,615
| 41.9
| 57.0
| 85
| 91
| 9
| 26,365
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Rödeby S
| 1,799
| 1,337
| 46.1
| 52.6
| 88
| 92
| 8
| 28,025
| 43
|-
| align="left" |Saltö-Björkholmen
| 1,836
| 1,570
| 46.1
| 52.8
| 78
| 89
| 11
| 27,595
| 61
|-
| align="left" |Sillhövda
| 1,358
| 1,076
| 33.2
| 65.6
| 77
| 89
| 11
| 22,120
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Spandelstorp
| 2,199
| 1,589
| 44.1
| 54.9
| 81
| 85
| 15
| 27,406
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Strömsberg
| 1,293
| 1,002
| 38.1
| 61.4
| 82
| 94
| 6
| 24,497
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Sturkö
| 1,636
| 1,371
| 44.9
| 53.8
| 85
| 96
| 4
| 25,815
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Torhamn
| 1,477
| 1,220
| 40.2
| 59.4
| 82
| 94
| 6
| 24,092
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Trossö Ö
| 1,327
| 1,170
| 44.5
| 54.8
| 79
| 88
| 12
| 25,915
| 57
|-
| align="left" |Trummenäs
| 1,229
| 933
| 37.3
| 61.9
| 90
| 97
| 3
| 32,470
| 59
|-
| align="left" |Tving
| 1,241
| 1,008
| 34.6
| 64.4
| 86
| 93
| 7
| 24,375
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Verkö
| 1,590
| 1,165
| 40.0
| 59.3
| 85
| 85
| 15
| 32,653
| 69
|-
| align="left" |Västerudd
| 1,650
| 1,490
| 45.7
| 53.1
| 79
| 88
| 12
| 23,952
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Wachtmeister
| 1,624
| 1,396
| 45.5
| 53.0
| 78
| 84
| 16
| 24,598
| 50
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=KarlskronaVal2022/>
|}

== Parishes ==
Parishes ordered by [[Cities of Sweden|city]] and [[Hundreds of Sweden|hundreds]]:

#[[Karlskrona]]
#*[[Karlskrona City Parish]]
#*[[Royal Karlskrona Admiralty Parish]]
#[[Eastern Hundred]]
#*[[Augerum Parish]]
#*[[Flymen Parish]]
#*[[Jämjö Parish]]
#*[[Kristianopel Parish]]
#*[[Lösen Parish]]
#*[[Ramdala Parish]]
#*[[Rödeby Parish]]
#*[[Sturkö Parish]]
#*[[Torhamn Parish]]
#*[[Virserum Parish]]
#[[Medelstad Hundred]]
#*[[Aspö Parish]]
#*[[Fridlevstad Parish]]
#*[[Hasslö Parish]]
#*[[Nättraby Parish]]
#*[[Sillhövda Parish]]
#*[[Tving Parish]]
#*[[Hästö]]

==International relations==
===Twin towns - sister cities===
Karlskrona is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Vänorter och nätverk|url=https://www.karlskrona.se/kommun-och-politik/sa-arbetar-vi-med/internationellt-arbete/vanorter-och-natverk/|website=karlskrona.se|publisher=Karlskrona kommun|language=sv|access-date=2019-11-04|archive-date=2019-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421161845/https://www.karlskrona.se/kommun-och-politik/sa-arbetar-vi-med/internationellt-arbete/vanorter-och-natverk/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Ólafsfjörður]], Iceland
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Aizpute Municipality|Aizpute]], Latvia
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gdynia]], Poland
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hillerød Municipality|Hillerød]], Denmark
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Horten]], Norway
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Klaipėda]], Lithuania
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Loviisa]], Finland
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rostock]], Germany
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==Villages==
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a location to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
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*[[Alnaryd]]
*[[Alstugorna]]
*[[Björkeryd]]
*[[Björkhaga, Karlskrona Municipality|Björkhaga]]
*[[Färmanstorp]]
*[[Gredeby]]
*[[Grönadal]]
*[[Hagbo]]
*[[Hallarum]]
*[[Höryda]]
*[[Knösö]]
*[[Lösen]]
*[[Lyckeåborg]]
*[[Mältan]]
*[[Måstad]]
*[[Mjövik]]
*[[Möcklö]]
*[[Öljersjö]]
*[[Saleboda]]
*[[Sälleryd]]
*[[Sjötorp, Karlskrona Municipality|Sjötorp]]
*[[Stengöl]]
*[[Svensgöl]]
*[[Torsnäs]]
}}

== See also ==
*[[Blekinge Institute of Technology]]
*[[Swedish Coast Guard]]
*[[Swedish National Maritime Museums]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.karlskrona.se/ Karlskrona Municipality] - Official site
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080331203956/http://www.mittkarlskrona.se/ Mitt Karlskrona] - Swedish Karlskrona city guide
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/k/karlskro.htm Coat of arms]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Karlskrona
 | N  = [[Torsås Municipality|Torsås]] ([[Kalmar County|Kalmar]])
 | NE = ''[[Kalmar Strait]]''
 | E  = ''[[Baltic Sea]]''
 | S  = ''[[Baltic Sea]]''
 | W  = [[Ronneby Municipality|Ronneby]]
 | NW = [[Emmaboda Municipality|Emmaboda]] ([[Kalmar County|Kalmar]])
}}
{{Blekinge County}}
{{Localities in Karlskrona Municipality}}
{{Authority control}}

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