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History of Karlskoga, Sweden
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Karlskoga, Sweden (originally Möckelns bodar).

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Prior to 16th century

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16th century

19th century

  • 1825 – The first folkskola is established.
  • 1870s – Nora–Karlskoga Line opens
  • 1883 – The Swedish newspaper Karlskoga Tidning is established as a weekly periodical.
  • 1885 – Street lighting begins.
  • 1894 – Alfred Nobel acquired Karlskoga-based corporation Bofors-Gullspång.
  • 1897 – Karlskoga Municipal Community is established.

20th century

  • 1900 – Population surpassed 10,000 inhabitants.
  • 1904 – The Karlskoga epidemical hospital is established.
  • 1925 – Degerfors detached itself from the Karlskoga Municipal Community.
  • 1940 – Karlskoga Parish is established as a new administrative entity, "Karlskoga stad".
  • 1944 – BIK Karlskoga is established.
  • 1946 – Opening of Karlskoga Art Gallery.
  • 1963 – KB Karlskoga FF is established.
  • 1972 – Karlskoga folk high school is established.
  • 1974 – K-center Galleria is established.
  • 1979 – Hosted the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
  • 1985 – On 10 January 1985, a gas leak occurs at Björkborn.
  • 1994 – Sweden becomes part of the European Union.
  • 1996 – City twinned with Narva in Estonia.

21st century

See also

Notes

  1. Alternative ways of spelling this location name are "Möckelns bodar", "Möckelsboderna", "Bodarna". or Mukrisbother.

References

  1. Lindberg, Gust (1895). Karlskoga bergslag: historia och beskrifningar (in Swedish). Noraskog: Central-tryckeriet. p. 4.
  2. Valeur, Bent. "Karlskoga". lex.dk (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  3. Thomée, Gustaf (1866). "251 (Sverige. Illustrerad handbok för resande och derjemte ett minne för dem som besökt landet)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via Project Runeberg.
  4. "Bebyggelseutvecklingen i Karlskoga". www3.karlskoga.se. Retrieved 23 February 2022. Namnet Möckelsbodar (mukrisbother) är belagt 1261 och nämns därefter ett flertal gånger genom medeltiden.
  5. ^ "Årtal och händelser i Karlskoga under 1800- och 1900-talen". www3.karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  6. "213 (Svenska folket genom tiderna / Översikts- och registerband)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  7. "Cause Sought for Sweden Gas Leak That Injured 20". Los Angeles Times. 12 January 1985. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES.
  8. admin (2018-07-01). "Karlskoga fd tingsrätten". Resepraktikan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  9. "30 000 i Karlskoga firades med tårtkalas". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  10. "Nya Björkbornsbron invigdes med pompa och ståt". karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Karlskoga Municipality. Retrieved 2022-07-26.

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