Sandviken, together with the neighbouring town of Västra Näs, is one of the many minor communities and beaches of

Sölvesborg Sölvesborg (old da, Sølvesborg) is a locality and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 10,024 inhabitants in 2013. Sölvesborg is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to ...

in southeastern

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. Historically, this part of the

Listerlandet Listerlandet is a peninsula in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden. Its main settlement is Mjällby. History Listerlandet was originally in practice an island, surrounded by the Baltic Sea to the south, west and east, and in north t ...

was the first place to be inhabited, when the first settlers arrived to this part of

in the Nordic

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

, i.e., approximately 500. Finds from inhabitants here are at display at the museum of

. From here, the early settlers spread to other parts of the area, and Sandviken became a part of the surrounding farming settlements.I Sölvesborg på 1800-talet, Rut Liedgren In the early 20th century, Västra Näs was mainly reached via a ferry service from Tredenborg, just outside the central city of

. The ferry traffic was partially industrial and partially for the benefit of people looking to go swimming on the beaches. Today, Sandviken and Västra Näs form a largely summer residential area with only a few permanent inhabitants.

References

Populated places in Sölvesborg Municipality {{Blekinge-geo-stub