Listerlandet

Listerlandet is a peninsula in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden. The main settlement is Mjällby.

History

Listerlandet was originally in practice an island, surrounded by the Baltic Sea to the south, west and east, and in north the sound known as Vesan [1] and the Pukavik channel. The sound was deep enough for sailing traffic up until the 18th Century. After this, the vegetation had taken over hand. The project to drain the area, to enable the farming to take over the land begun in the 1860s and was in function up until the 1870s, when the sea took over the land. The project was abandoned for the rest of the 19th century.

Remains of people have been found in Listerlandet (e.g. in Sandviken and Siretorp dating back to the stone age and the bronze age.

References

  1. ^ Lijegren-Bjørkman