Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona kommun | |
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Karlskrona Town Hall | |
| Coordinates: 56°11′N 15°39′E / 56.183°N 15.650°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Blekinge County |
| Seat | Karlskrona |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,338.05 km2 (1,288.83 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,042.21 km2 (402.40 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2,295.84 km2 (886.43 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2024) | |
• Total | 66,301 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Blekinge |
| Municipal code | 1080 |
| Website | www.karlskrona.se |
Karlskrona Municipality (Swedish: Karlskrona kommun) is a 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.