Sölvesborg Municipality (''Sölvesborgs kommun'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Blekinge County Blekinge County ( sv, Blekinge län) is a county or ''län'' in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona. It is the smallest of the present administrative countie ...

in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality,

Olofström Municipality Olofström Municipality () is the only landlocked municipality in Blekinge County, South Sweden. It borders to Osby Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality, Bromölla Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Karlshamn Municipality, Tingsryd Munici ...

and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Sölvesborg is the seat of the municipality. The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the ''City of Sölvesborg'' was amalgamated with the rural municipalities ''Gammalstorp'' and ''Mjällby''.

Politics

The Sölvesborg Party was formed ahead of the 2002 election by a group of former Green Party members. Party councillors are Dan Boberg and Bo Sandquist. In the 2002 elections the party got 4.7% of the votes (472 votes) and two seats in the municipal assembly ( kommunfullmäktige) In the 2006 elections the party got 2.7% of the votes (277 votes) and one seat in the municipal assembly. The municipality otherwise reflect the same political majorities as in its neighbouring municipalities of

Bromölla Bromölla () (old da, Bromølle) 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 ...

Olofström Olofström, previously Holje by, is a 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 Municipality. Olofström ...

and

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 Charle ...

. In December 2018 Louise Erixon, partner of

Jimmie Åkesson Per Jimmie Åkesson (; born 17 May 1979) is a Swedish politician and author, serving as leader of the Sweden Democrats since 2005. He has been a member of the Riksdag (SD) for Jönköping County since 2010. He previously served as leader of the ...

, the populist party's leader of

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply ...

, was made mayor of Sölvesborg.

Localities

There are 10

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, ...

s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sölvesborg Municipality. In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters. A minor part of

Valje Valje () is a bimunicipal locality divided by Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County and Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County in Sweden. It had 823 inhabitants in 2010. The small river ''Sissebäck'' makes up the border between the municipalit ...

is also situated in the municipality. The main part of Valje is, however, in Bromölla Municipality.

Parishes

All parishes belonged to Lister Hundred: * Gammalstorp Parish * Mjällby Parish *

Sölvesborg Parish Sölvesborg (old da, Sølvesborg) 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 ...

Ysane Parish Ysane is a village situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 212 inhabitants in 2005. It was its own municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate stat ...

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sölvesborg is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: *

Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establishe ...

''(since 1947, until 2003 Nexø)'' * Malbork in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

''(since 1999)'' *

Wolgast Wolgast (; csb, Wòłogòszcz) is a town in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the bank of the river (or strait) Peenestrom, vis-a-vis the island of Usedom on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

''(since 1994)'' *

Sortavala Sortavala (russian: Сортавала; Finnish and krl, Sortavala; sv, Sordavala); till 1918 Serdobol (russian: Сердоболь) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish bor ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

''(since 1997)'' * Ukmerge in Lithuania ''(since 2000)''

References

External links

Sölvesborg Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Solvesborg Municipality Municipalities of Blekinge County