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 inside the municipality.

Karlshamn acquired a Royal Charter and town privileges in 1664, whilst King Charles X Gustav, in Swedish Karl, found out the strategic region near the Baltic Sea. In 1666 the town changed into named Karlshamn, that means Karl's Port in honour of the Swedish king. At the hole of the move Miean became observed a harbour and fishing village Bodekull and a farm "Bodetorp". In the lower parts of "Morrumsan" turned into a rich salmon fishery. Sweden received supremacy over the territory through Treaty of Roskilde 1658. The king Charles X Gustav at once inspected the coast and found here a notably lovely and incomparable harbour. Fortifications designed via Erik Dahlberg had been erected on Boon 1659 and on Friesholmen 1675, known as "Kastellet". Troops unswerving to the Danish king attacked the city two times in 1676 to 78.