More information: Exploring Blekinge
Ronnebyhamn is a coastal locality in Ronneby Municipality, located in the county of Blekinge, Sweden. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, at the mouth of the Ronnebyån river. With a population of approximately 870 residents as of 2025, Ronnebyhamn serves as the port for the main town of Ronneby, which is…
Jämshög is a locality in Olofström Municipality in the southern Swedish province of Blekinge. It is today home to around 1.600 inhabitants, living just a short distance south of Olofström, the seat of the municipality. This was, however, once the seat of the local parish. It was within the borders of Jämshög Parish that the…
Olofström is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. It is the seat of one of the five municipalities that make up what is today Blekinge County. It is the only one of the municipalities that does not have direct access to the Baltic Sea. This is a former industrial town that…
Heading out on a solo road trip had so far been really interesting. It was the summer of 2022 and I had reached Bergkvara in southern Småland after two days of driving that had taken me through Östergötland, across to the Island of Öland and I was now close to the province of Blekinge. This…
Rödeby is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. It is located just a short distance north of the area’s main city, Karlskrona. The area is since 1974 a part of Karlskrona Municipality. Around 3.500 people have Rödeby as their home. Rödeby is a place with a lot of history, plenty of…
Ronneby is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. It is the oldest town in the province and has a history of being a part of two countries. Established when the area was a part of Denmark, it lost its status as a town under Swedish rule. It is close to the…
Ramdala is a small locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. The area is a part of Karlskrona Municipality and its around 270 inhabitants have their homes along the E22 a few kilometers to the east of the city of Karlskrona. A Short History of Ramdala Ramdala was once the central settlement of…
Nättraby is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. This is a growing residential area with short commutes to the nearby towns of Karlskrona and Ronneby. With a population of around 3.300 inhabitants, this is one of the larger urban areas within Karlskrona Municipality. A Short History of Nättraby Nättraby was once…
Jämjö is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. With a population of around 2.700, it is one of a few larger localities in the vicinity of the area’s main town Karlskrona. The area has since 1974 been a part of Karlskrona Municipality but has a history as the center for the…
Lösen is a small village in the province of Blekinge in Southern Sweden that has grown around the parish church. It is in the northern parts of the town of Karlskrona, as the town’s continued growth has closed the gap between them. Lösen, which earlier had around 100 inhabitants, is today a part of the…
Fridlevstad is a locality in the province of Blekinge in southern Sweden. This was originally a settlement that grew around the church of the parish with the same name. There are about 680 inhabitants living along the streets that have been named after previous priests of the parish such as Hallbäck, Gyllenskepp, Hovlund, Bager, and…
Jämsunda, or Jämsunda by, is a small settlement to the southwest of Tving, in the province of Blekinge in Southern Sweden. The settlement has around 30 adult inhabitants and is in a countryside setting with farms and farmland in its vicinity. Several of my ancestors have called Jämsunda their home, these include Gustaf Svensson Åra…