Mjällby 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. ...

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with 1,254 inhabitants in 2010. It is located on the Listerlandet peninsula. The town has traditionally lived of fishing. The nearby harbour of

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is the third largest fishery harbour in Sweden. The fishery industry is also dominant on the peninsula. Listerlandet is also the

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centre of Sweden. Fur farming is currently under heavy political debate in Sweden. Mjällby is known for its

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team which has played in the Swedish national football league a few times. Among

fans in Sweden the team of

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 known as "the team that always returns". In September 2009 the team once again qualified for the highest division and played five seasons in

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before being relegated at the end of the 2014 season. The mathematician

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was born in Mjällby. A suburb of the town built by a local housing company was unofficially known for around 40 years by locals as ''Negerby'' (Negro village) because of the black chimneys on the houses. In 2012 the use of this name was reported by a journalist and following the public outcry the housing company decided to use the temporary name of ''Slottsstaden'' (Castle City).

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