Place:Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden

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NameKarlskrona
Alt namesKarlskronasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates56.167°N 15.583°E
Located inBlekinge, Sweden     (1967 - )
Contained Places
Borough
Lyckeby
Former parish
Augerum
Lösen
Tjurkö
Inhabited place
Augerum
Karlskrona
Kristianopel
Lösen
Ramdala
Torhamn
Island
Aspö
Hasslö
Sturkö
Tjurkö
Parish
Aspö
Fridlevstad
Hasslö
Jämjö
Kristianopel
Lyckå
Nättraby
Ramdala
Rödeby
Sillhövda
Sturkö
Tving
Urban area
Fridlevstad
Jämjö
Nättraby
Rödeby
Tving
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

Karlskrona kommun is a municipality in Blekinge län, southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda kommun, Torsås kommun and Ronneby kommun. The city of Karlskrona is the seat of the municipality.

The amalgamation of the units in the area begun in 1967 when the Karlskrona stad was merged with Lyckeby landskommun. The whole territory had formally city status until 1971, when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type. In 1974 it merged with the municipalities of Jämjö, Rödeby, Fridlevstad, Nättraby and Hasslö.

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