Timeline of Karlskoga
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Karlskoga, Sweden (originally Möckelns bodar).
Prior to 16th century
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- 1261 – First mention of Karlskoga as Möckelsbodar.[a][4]
16th century
[edit]- 1586 – Karlskoga Parish is established.
- 1589 – Parish renamed after Charles IX of Sweden.
19th century
[edit]- 1825 – The first folkskola is established.[5]
- 1870s – Nora–Karlskoga Line opens
- 1883 – The Swedish newspaper Karlskoga Tidning is established as a weekly periodical.
- 1885 – Street lighting begins.[5]
- 1894 – Alfred Nobel acquired Karlskoga-based corporation Bofors-Gullspång.
- 1897 – Karlskoga Municipal Community is established.
20th century
[edit]- 1900 – Population surpassed 10,000 inhabitants.
- 1904 – The Karlskoga epidemical hospital is established.[5]
- 1925 – Degerfors detached itself from the Karlskoga Municipal Community.[5]
- 1940 – Karlskoga Parish is established as a new administrative entity, "Karlskoga stad".[6]
- 1944 – BIK Karlskoga is established.
- 1946 – Opening of Karlskoga Art Gallery.
- 1963 – KB Karlskoga FF is established.
- 1972 – Karlskoga folk high school is established.[5]
- 1974 – K-center Galleria is established.[5]
- 1979 – Hosted the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
- 1985 – On 10 January 1985, a gas leak occurs at Björkborn.[7]
- 1994 – Sweden becomes part of the European Union.
- 1996 – City twinned with Narva in Estonia.
21st century
[edit]- 2009 – Karlskoga tingsrätt disestablished.[8]
- 2015 – Karlskoga Municipality celebrated surpassing of 30,000 inhabitants.[9]
- 2022 – The new Björkborn Bridge replaces the old, poorly maintained bridge.[10]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lindberg, Gust (1895). Karlskoga bergslag: historia och beskrifningar (in Swedish). Noraskog: Central-tryckeriet. p. 4.
- ^ Valeur, Bent. "Karlskoga". lex.dk (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bebyggelseutvecklingen i Karlskoga". www3.karlskoga.se. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
Namnet Möckelsbodar (mukrisbother) är belagt 1261 och nämns därefter ett flertal gånger genom medeltiden.
- ^ a b c d e f "Årtal och händelser i Karlskoga under 1800- och 1900-talen". www3.karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "213 (Svenska folket genom tiderna / Översikts- och registerband)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Cause Sought for Sweden Gas Leak That Injured 20". Los Angeles Times. 12 January 1985. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES.
- ^ admin (2018-07-01). "Karlskoga fd tingsrätten". Resepraktikan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "30 000 i Karlskoga firades med tårtkalas". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Nya Björkbornsbron invigdes med pompa och ståt". karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Karlskoga Municipality. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
Further reading
[edit]- Wagnér, Gottfrid (1933). Karlskoga (in Swedish). Karlskoga förl.
- Dalgren, Lars (1936). Karlskoga historia, 1586-1936 (in Swedish). H. Petersson & Company.
- Bande, Alf (1987). Kyrkbyn som blev stad: "hänt och upplevt i Karlskoga under 50 år" (in Swedish). Spongs bokhandel.
- Öman, Karin (2004). Karlskoga : mitt emellan Värmland och Närke (in Swedish). Karlstad: Spongs bokh. ISBN 9163156717.
- Björk, Jan-Erik (2014). Skogsfinsk kolonisation i Karlskogaområdet 1580-1650 : en introduktion (in Swedish) – via Google Books.