Timeline of Karlskoga

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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16th century

19th century

  • 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

  • 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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Alternative ways of spelling this location name are "Möckelns bodar",[1] "Möckelsboderna",[2] "Bodarna".[3] 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. ^ 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.
  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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