page_title: Karlskrona
section_title: Parishes
hierarchical_section_title: Karlskrona / Religion / Parishes
caption_attribution_description: English: The city of Karlskrona in the south of Sweden seen from a commercial flight between Norway and Poland. For an idea of scale, the town in the distance - Ronneby - is 30km away.
context_page_description: Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 66,675 inhabitants in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the Swedish Coast Guard.
context_section_description: Karlskrona City Parish (from 10 August 1680)
  Karlskrona German Parish (from 10 August 1680 to 1 November 1846)
  Karlskrona Prisoner's Parish (from 1808 to 4 July 1866)
  The Mosaic Parish in Karlskrona (1785 to 1994)
  Royal Karlskrona Admiralty Parish (from 1681, a non-territorial parish)
  There is also a Catholic Church, St Klara, at Lindesnäsvägen 2b, 371 45 Karlskrona
caption: Aerial view of Karlskrona
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