Karlshamn

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**Karlshamn**
Bleking in Sweden; Karlshamn in	City arms
	56° 10´ N 14° 51´ E
	Charter	City (1664)
	Municipality	Karlshamn Municipality
	County	Blekinge County
	Province	Blekinge
	Population	18,392 (2000)

Karlshamn is a Swedish city in Blekinge in southern Sweden. It has 19,000 inhabitants, and 31,000 in the municipal area.

1 History
2 Environment
3 Buildings and structures
4 External links

[edit] History

Karlshamn received a Royal Charter and city privileges in 1664, when King Charles X Gustav realized the strategic location near the Baltic Sea and the rivalling Danish troops there. In 1666 the town changed its name from Bodekull to Karlshamn, literally Karl's Port.

[edit] Environment

On the waterfront area there are resident swans in the ocean water. Sound levels in the city center vary from 59 to 67 dBA mostly as a result of street noise (C. Michael Hogan, ´´Environmental study of Karlshamn centrum´´, published by Lumina, July 19, 2003).

On the small island in the harbour inlet, the King had constructed a citadel to defend the city.

Karlshamn harbour

Good transportations are provided by the European route E22.

[edit] Buildings and structures

In Karlshamn, there is also the Gungvalamasten, a 335 metre tall guyed mast for FM- and TV-transmission, which is together with three other guyed masts of same height the tallest structure of Sweden.