Karlshamn Municipality () is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Olofström Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Ronneby Municipality and Tingsryd Municipality. The city of Karlshamn is the seat of the municipality.

Administrative territory In 1863, at the time of first municipal legislation in Sweden, the area was divided into the City of Karlshamn and five rural municipalities. In 1881 a further subdivision was made by Asarum into Ringamåla. The administrative reform in 1952 reduced the number of municipalities surrounding the town to Hällaryd (Hällaryds plus Åryds municipalities), Asarum (reunition of Asarum and Ringamåla), Mörrum (municipalities Elleholm plus Mörrum). In 1/1 1967 the town of Karlshamn was united with Asarum, Hällaryd och Mörrum to form the present municipality when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type.

Localities There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlshamn Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population 1 Karlshamn 19,075 2 Mörrum 3,695 3 Svängsta 1,682 4 Hällaryd 546 5 Åryd 336 6 Torarp 263

In total, just above 32,000 people live in Karlshamn, which makes it the second largest municipality in Blekinge County.

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Karlshamn Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 32,182 residents, including 24,986 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.4 % voted for the left coalition and 54.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % Centrala Asarum 2,186 1,660 49.6 49.8 72 75 25 20,679 34Froarp 2,244 1,690 42.1 57.6 86 92 8 27,708 38Gustavstorp 1,432 1,175 39.8 59.1 83 89 11 24,338 30Horsaryd 2,315 1,763 41.9 57.3 83 86 14 26,718 31Hällaryd 2,123 1,689 40.7 58.2 83 90 10 24,160 36Högadal 1,997 1,408 48.8 50.0 67 67 33 20,769 41Korpadalen 1,754 1,339 42.5 56.4 87 87 13 29,583 51Mörrum V 1,750 1,242 41.0 57.6 75 76 24 21,805 27Mörrum Ö 1,716 1,304 45.2 54.5 85 88 12 25,385 39Prästslätten 1,684 1,378 47.9 50.2 80 81 19 25,255 46Skogsborg 1,405 1,156 46.8 52.1 85 92 8 28,784 56Stadsporten 1,655 1,363 45.2 53.3 74 78 22 21,896 36Svängsta NO 2,083 1,455 46.3 52.7 70 73 27 20,680 28Svängsta SV 1,339 1,000 33.9 64.6 79 87 13 23,396 28Torget 1,597 1,392 42.7 55.8 70 80 20 22,188 36Tubbaryd 1,520 1,166 48.0 50.6 74 69 31 23,700 41Vägga 1,819 1,527 45.7 53.8 84 92 8 28,624 53Österslätt 1,563 1,279 47.9 50.8 73 69 31 22,423 41Source: SVT

Economy The municipal tax is deducted as a percentage of individual citizens income. It is 21.89% 2009. The average personal income in the municipality was 158594 SEK year 2009. This is 96% of the national average (SCB). The council also derives income from the municipal harbour, the energy services etc.

Parishes Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

Karlshamn Karlshamn Parish Bräkne Hundred Asarum Parish Hällaryd Parish Mörrum Parish Ringamåla Parish Åryd Parish Lister Hundred Elleholm Parish Mörrum Parish

References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Karlshamn Municipality - Official site Coat of arms