Hällevik is a

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situated in

Sölvesborg Municipality Sölvesborg Municipality () is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Sölvesborg is the seat of the municipality. ...

Blekinge County Blekinge County () is a county or '' län'' in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

, with 813 inhabitants in 2010.

1862 Tragedy in the Baltic

Seven herring fishermen from Hällevik drowned on 17 October 1862. The men, including a father and son, left wives and children. Their names are listed in the Mjällby church archives: Masse Jönsson, Jöns Håkansson, Bengt Håkansson, Hans Jönsson, Sven Pehrsson, Ola Christoffersson, and Sven Christoffersson.Death Record
Mjällby kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE / LLA / 13269 / CI / 10 (1861–1867), bildit: C0058260_00147

Sport

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

is a Swedish football club founded in 1939. The club has become one of the most notable teams in Swedish football, despite coming from a small community.

References

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