Sölvesborg Municipality


Sölvesborg Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality 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 and two seats in the municipal assembly
In the 2006 elections the party got 2.7% of the votes and one seat in the municipal assembly.
The municipality otherwise reflect the same political majorities as in its neighbouring municipalities of Bromölla, Olofström and Karlshamn.
In December 2018 Louise Erixon, partner of Jimmie Åkesson, the populist party's leader of Sweden Democrats, was made mayor of Sölvesborg.

Localities

There are 10 urban areas 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.
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1Sölvesborg7,883
2Mjällby1,272
3Hällevik776
3Hörvik776
5Norje674
6Nogersund532
7Pukavik283
8Lörby243
9Ysane212
10Valjeviken211

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

Parishes

All parishes belonged to Lister Hundred:

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sölvesborg is twinned with: