Blekinge County

Coordinates: 56°14′36″N 14°22′52″E / 56.24335°N 14.381104°E / 56.24335; 14.381104
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For the Riksdag constituency, see Blekinge County (Riksdag constituency).
Blekinge County
Blekinge län (Swedish)
County of Sweden
Karlshamn citadel
Karlshamn citadel
Flag of Blekinge County
Flag
Coat of arms of Blekinge County
Coat of arms
Blekinge County in Sweden
Blekinge County in Sweden
Location map of Blekinge County in Sweden
Location map of Blekinge County in Sweden
Coordinates: 56°14′36″N 14°22′52″E / 56.24333°N 14.38111°E / 56.24333; 14.38111
CountrySweden
Founded1683
CapitalKarlskrona
Municipalities
5
Government
 • Governor
NUTS Region
SE221
Websitewww.k.lst.se

Blekinge County (

Duchess of Blekinge
.

Province

For history, geography and culture, see Blekinge.

Blekinge, the historical province Blekinge, has virtually the same boundaries as the current administrative entity, Blekinge County.

Administration

Blekinge County was a part of Kalmar County between 1680 and 1683, due to the foundation of the naval base at Karlskrona.

The main aim of the

List of Blekinge Governors
.

Heraldry

The County of Blekinge inherited its coat of arms from the province of Blekinge. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.

Politics

Main article:
Blekinge County Council

Blekinge county council, or Region Blekinge, is a municipal entity that is independent of, but coterminous with, the County Administrative Board. Its main responsibilities lie in health care and public transportation issues for the county.

Riksdag elections

The table details all Riksdag election results of Blekinge County since the unicameral era began in 1970. The blocs denote which party would support the Prime Minister or the lead opposition party towards the end of the elected parliament.

Year % Votes V
S
 MP C L KD M SD NyD
1970[3] 85.4 95,576 4.2 50.2 18.7 15.2 1.6 9.9
1973[4] 90.8 98,425 4.1 49.6 22.9 9.4 1.8 12.0
1976[5] 92.0 103,248 3.3 49.5 22.0 10.5 1.5 12.6
1979[6] 91.2 103,037 3.9 49.9 16.5 11.3 1.4 16.6
1982[7] 91.5 103,262 4.0 52.7 1.2 15.6 5.6 1.9 18.8
1985[8] 89.9 102,751 4.4 51.6 1.3 12.4 12.4 17.6
1988[9] 86.0 98,424 4.8 52.2 5.3 11.3 9.6 2.8 13.8
1991[10] 87.5 99,208 4.1 46.0 2.8 9.0 7.5 6.2 18.1 4.6
1994[11] 87.6 100,235 6.5 52.9 4.4 7.6 5.2 3.3 18.5 1.1
1998[12] 82.3 93,756 13.1 42.4 3.9 5.3 3.6 11.0 19.2
2002[13] 82.3 94,558 8.3 45.7 3.8 6.1 11.1 8.8 13.2 2.8
2006[14] 83.1 95,781 5.4 42.1 3.7 7.2 6.4 5.2 22.0 6.2
2010[15] 85.8 100,162 5.1 36.5 5.3 5.8 5.4 4.0 27.3 9.8
2014[16] 86.8 102,225 4.7 37.2 4.9 5.7 3.9 3.4 19.4 18.5
2018[17] 88.5 104,514 5.5 31.4 2.9 6.8 4.0 5.7 17.3 25.2
2022[18] 86.1 104,846 4.4 31.1 2.9 4.8 3.5 5.5 17.9 28.5

Governors

Main article: List of governors of Blekinge County

The current governor of Blekinge County is Swedish Social Democratic Party politician Ulrica Messing, appointed on the 1st of October 2021.

Municipalities

Population as of 2009-12-31 Blekinge county total 152 591, 1.6% of the nation.

Localities in order of size

The five most populous localities of Blekinge County in 2020:[19]

# Locality Population
1 Karlskrona 36,904
2 Karlshamn 20,228
3 Ronneby 12,803
4 Sölvesborg 8,832
5 Olofström 7,777

Villages

Demographics

Foreign background

SCB have collected statistics on backgrounds of residents since 2002. These tables consist of all who have two foreign-born parents or are born abroad themselves.[20]
The chart lists election years and the last year on record alone.

Location 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2019
Karlshamn 7.6 9.2 10.9 13.6 17.1 17.8
Karlskrona 7.1 9.0 12.5 13.3 16.2 16.5
Olofström 21.9 22.3 23.4 26.6 31.2 31.4
Ronneby 8.4 10.1 12.6 14.8 21.4 21.9
Sölvesborg 9.3 10.5 11.9 13.2 15.3 15.2
Total 9.0 10.6 13.0 14.8 18.5 18.9
Source: SCB [20]

References

  1. ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 september 2017 och befolkningsförändringar 1 juli–30 september 2017. Totalt". Statistics Sweden. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1970" (PDF). SCB. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  13. Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original
    on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  14. Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original
    on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Röster - Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Röster - Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  17. Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original
    on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Valpresentation". resultat.val.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  19. ^ "Tätorter 2010 (Localities 2010)". Statistics Sweden (in Swedish). 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  20. ^
    SCB
    . Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

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