Olofström, previously Holje by, is a

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Blekinge County Blekinge County ( sv, Blekinge län) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne County, Skåne, Kronoberg County, Kronoberg, Kalmar County, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karl ...

, Sweden with 7,327 inhabitants in 2010. in 1967, the market town of Olofström was merged with the villages Kyrkhult and Jämshög to create Olofström Municipality. Olofström is the seat of Olofström Municipality. The increased use of cars in the 1950s and 1960s was the great boost for the municipality. Today the automobile industry, dominated by

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, is the largest employer in Olofström.

Olofström Church

Olofström church (''Olofströms kyrka'') belongs to Jämshög's parish in the

Diocese of Lund The Diocese of Lund ( sv, Lunds stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are 217 parishes within the diocese, the most significant number in any of the dioceses of the Chu ...

. The original building is a chapel built in 1933. A rebuild was completed in 1962 under the guidance of architects Hanna and Roy Victorson in Karlshamn. The entrance hall and the parish hall's northwest wing were built in 1986 under the direction of architectural firm K.E. Dudzik.

Education

The gymnasium accommodates one of the few orienteering schools in Sweden, as well as the only archery school in Sweden.

Sports

Olofström is home to football club Olofströms IF. Olofströms IF
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Natives from Olofström

* Jan Gunnarsson - (born May 30, 1962), professional tennis player *

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- another famous, professional tennis player

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