Olofström Municipality () is the only landlocked

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, South Sweden. It borders to

Osby Municipality Osby Municipality () is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby. The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (it ...

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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. ...

Karlshamn Municipality Karlshamn Municipality () is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Olofström Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Ronneby Municipality and Tingsryd Municipality. The city of Karlshamn is the s ...

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, and

Älmhult Municipality Älmhult Municipality () is a municipality in central Kronoberg County in southern Sweden. The town of Älmhult is its seat. In 1901, Älmhult was detached from ''Stenbrohult'' and made a market town ('' köping''). The present municipality was ...

. The town of

Olofström Olofström, previously Holje by, is a urban areas of Sweden, locality in Blekinge County, 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 Munici ...

is the seat of the municipality. The amalgamation of the former units in this area took place in 1967 when the market town Olofström (itself detached from Jämshög in 1941) was merged with Kyrkhult and Jämshög. Notable person that Olofström counts as theirs is

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winning author

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(1904-1978; prize in 1974) who was born in

Jämshög Jämshög is a locality situated in Olofström Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 1,494 inhabitants in 2010. It is the site of Jämshög Church (''Jämshögs kyrka'') in the Diocese of Lund. During the Northern Seven Years' War (1563 - 1 ...

within the municipality.

Geography

The municipality is covered with forests and lakes. It labels itself "The southernmost wildlife in Sweden", probably because there are scarcely any forests or lakes south of the Blekinge province. The highest point in the province and county of Blekinge, Rävabacken (189,65 m), is located in the northern part of the municipality.

Urban areas

There are 5 localities classified as

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s (''tätort'' in Swedish) in Olofström Municipality. In addition to that, there is one more recognized locality. In the table the urban areas and localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2006.Olofström Municipality, statistics (in Swedish)
Retrieved on 2008-04-13 The municipal seat is in bold characters.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Olofström Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 13,243 residents, including 10,168 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Parishes

* Jämshög Parish * Kyrkhult Parish

Industry

The increased use of cars in the 1950s and 60's was the great boost for the municipality. Today the car industry, dominated by

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, is the largest employer in Olofström with 2,400 employees, and some more working in other companies connected to this industry. The Volvo industry, with related production, is probably the main reason that the municipality's commuting surplus (as of 2005) is almost 2,000 a day, with many workers coming from the neighboring municipalities of a.o.

Bromölla Bromölla () is a locality and the seat of Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 7,595 inhabitants in 2010. The town of Bromölla only consisted of a few houses until it began to grow about 100 years ago around a newly established l ...

Karlshamn Karlshamn () is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It had 13,576 inhabitants in 2015, out of 31,846 in the municipality. Karlshamn received a Royal Charter and city privileges in 1664, when King Charles ...

and

Sölvesborg Sölvesborg 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 as a ''city''. Statis ...

. Vilshult is a small village within the municipality, situated 10 km north of the central locality of Olofström. It is recognised for a

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(PV) modules factory that has been located there since 2001.

References

External links

Olofström
- Official site
Tourism Olofström
- International {{DEFAULTSORT:Olofstrom Municipality Municipalities of Blekinge County