Blekinge County
Blekinge County
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Karlshamn citadel | |
Blekinge County in Sweden | |
Location map of Blekinge County in Sweden | |
| Coordinates: 56°14′36″N 14°22′52″E / 56.24333°N 14.38111°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Founded | 1683 |
| Capital | Karlskrona |
| Municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ulrica Messing (Social Democrats) |
| • Council | Region Blekinge |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,039.4 km2 (1,173.5 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023) | |
• Total | 157,973 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | SEK 53 billion €5.649 billion (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE-K |
| NUTS Region | SE221 |
| Website | www |
Blekinge County (Swedish: Blekinge län) is a county or län in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona. It is the smallest of the present administrative counties of Sweden, covering only 0.7% of the total area of the country. Princess Adrienne, the daughter of Princess Madeleine, is Duchess of Blekinge.