# Karlshamn Municipality

Karlshamn Municipality (Karlshamns kommun) 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 seat of the municipality.

## Administrative territory

1863 at the time of first municipal legislation in Sweden, the area was divided into the City of Karlshamn and five rural municipalities. 1881 a further subdivision was made by Asarum into Ringamåla. The administrative reform in 1952 reduced the number of municipalities surrounding the town to Hällaryd (Hällaryds plus Åryds municipalities), Asarum (reunition of Asarum and Ringamåla), Mörrum (municipalities Elleholm plus Mörrum). In 1/1 1967 the town of Karlshamn was united with Asarum, Hällaryd och Mörrum to form the present municipality when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type..

## Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlshamn Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
| 1 | Karlshamn | 19,075 |
| 2 | Mörrum | 3,695 |
| 3 | Svängsta | 1,682 |
| 4 | Hällaryd | 546 |
| 5 | Åryd | 336 |
| 6 | Torarp | 263 |
In total, just above 32,000 people live in Karlshamn, which makes it the second largest municipality in Blekinge County.

## Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Karlshamn Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 32,182 residents, including 24,986 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.4 % voted for the left coalition and 54.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
| Location | | | % | % | | | | | |
| Centrala Asarum | 2,186 | 1,660 | 49.6 | 49.8 | 72 | 75 | 25 | 20,679 | 34 |
| Froarp | 2,244 | 1,690 | 42.1 | 57.6 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 27,708 | 38 |
| Gustavstorp | 1,432 | 1,175 | 39.8 | 59.1 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 24,338 | 30 |
| Horsaryd | 2,315 | 1,763 | 41.9 | 57.3 | 83 | 86 | 14 | 26,718 | 31 |
| Hällaryd | 2,123 | 1,689 | 40.7 | 58.2 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 24,160 | 36 |
| Högadal | 1,997 | 1,408 | 48.8 | 50.0 | 67 | 67 | 33 | 20,769 | 41 |
| Korpadalen | 1,754 | 1,339 | 42.5 | 56.4 | 87 | 87 | 13 | 29,583 | 51 |
| Mörrum V | 1,750 | 1,242 | 41.0 | 57.6 | 75 | 76 | 24 | 21,805 | 27 |
| Mörrum Ö | 1,716 | 1,304 | 45.2 | 54.5 | 85 | 88 | 12 | 25,385 | 39 |
| Prästslätten | 1,684 | 1,378 | 47.9 | 50.2 | 80 | 81 | 19 | 25,255 | 46 |
| Skogsborg | 1,405 | 1,156 | 46.8 | 52.1 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 28,784 | 56 |
| Stadsporten | 1,655 | 1,363 | 45.2 | 53.3 | 74 | 78 | 22 | 21,896 | 36 |
| Svängsta NO | 2,083 | 1,455 | 46.3 | 52.7 | 70 | 73 | 27 | 20,680 | 28 |
| Svängsta SV | 1,339 | 1,000 | 33.9 | 64.6 | 79 | 87 | 13 | 23,396 | 28 |
| Torget | 1,597 | 1,392 | 42.7 | 55.8 | 70 | 80 | 20 | 22,188 | 36 |
| Tubbaryd | 1,520 | 1,166 | 48.0 | 50.6 | 74 | 69 | 31 | 23,700 | 41 |
| Vägga | 1,819 | 1,527 | 45.7 | 53.8 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 28,624 | 53 |
| Österslätt | 1,563 | 1,279 | 47.9 | 50.8 | 73 | 69 | 31 | 22,423 | 41 |
| Source: SVT ||||||||||

## Economy

The municipal tax is deducted as a percentage of individual citizens income. It is 21.89% 2009. The average personal income in the municipality was 158594 SEK year 2009. This is 96% of the national average (SCB). The council also derives income from the municipal harbour, the energy services etc.

## Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:
* Karlshamn
** Karlshamn Parish
* Bräkne Hundred
** Asarum Parish
** Hällaryd Parish
** Mörrum Parish
** Ringamåla Parish
** Åryd Parish
* Lister Hundred
** Elleholm Parish
** Mörrum Parish