Blekinge County

Blekinge Lan is a province ( län) in southern Sweden, which covers the entire historical province of Blekinge.

Geography

The territory of Blekinge län constitutes 0.7 % of the area of the Swedish territory. Thus, it is the smallest province of Sweden.

Coat of arms

Description: In a blue torn golden oak leaves with nine and four acorns. About the tribe of three golden crowns are drawn.

Population

The proportion of the total population of Sweden is 1.7 %.

Communities and places

Communities

Blekinge län consists of five municipalities (Swedish: kommuner ).

(As of March 31, 2013 )

Biggest Towns

• Karlskrona ( 32 606 ) (population 2005)
• Karlshamn ( 18,392 )
• Ronneby ( 11,857 )
• Sölvesborg ( 7,858 )
• Olofström ( 7690 )
• Kallinge ( 4813 )