Olofström Municipality

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Olofström Municipality, or Olofströms kommun, is a municipality of Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Osby Municipality, Kristianstad Municipality, Bromölla Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Karlshamn Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, and Älmhult Municipality. The town of Olofström is the seat of the municipality.

This page deals with both Olofströms kommun and the urban area (tätort) Olofström

**Olofströms kommun (*Kommun*)**
Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Olofström
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	County	Blekinge County
	Province	Blechingia
	Area Rank	List_of_municipalities_of_Sweden_by_area>205th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	List_of_municipalities_of_Sweden_by_population>163rd of 290
	Density	36/km²

The municipality is covered with forests and lakes. It labels itself "The southernmost wildlife in Sweden", probably because there are scarsely any forests or lakes south of the Blekinge province.

Notable person that Olofström counts as theirs is Nobel Prize winning author Harry Martinson (1904-1978; prize in 1974) who was born in the town Jämshög (pop. 1,500) within the municipality.

The increased use of cars in the 1950's and 60's was the great boost for the municipality. Today the car industry is the largest employer in Olofström.

Olofström is situated 10 km from Vilshult which is a small but well-known town in Sweden. It is widely recognised for a PV (photovoltaic) modules factory that has been located there since 2001. In May, 2005, it was reported that Olofström plans on building solar cells on the roofs of seven of its apartment houses. They would, if granted, form the largest solar cell park among the Nordic Countries and produce between 70,000-100,000 kilowatt hours yearly. [link]

Cities, towns and villages

Gränum
Jämshög
Kyrkhult
Olofström
Vilshult

Parishes

All parishes belonged to Lister Hundred:

Jämshög Parish
Kyrkhult Parish

Demographics

The municipality covers an area of 391.7 km². Of the total population of 14005, 7079 are male, and 6926 are female. The population density of the community is 36 inhabitants per km².

External links

[Olofström] - Official site
[Tourism Olofström] - International

Blekinge County

Karlshamn | Karlskrona | Olofström | Ronneby | Sölvesborg

Counties of Sweden | Sweden

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