Official Name: | Hällevik |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Blekinge#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Sölvesborg Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Blekinge County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Blekinge |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.87 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
Population Total: | 813 |
Population Density Km2: | 940 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 56.0167°N 56°W |
Hällevik is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden, with 813 inhabitants in 2010.
Seven herring fishermen from Hällevik drowned on 17 October 1862. The men, including a father and son, left wives and children. Their names are listed in the Mjällby church archives: Masse Jönsson, Jöns Håkansson, Bengt Håkansson, Hans Jönsson, Sven Pehrsson, Ola Christoffersson, and Sven Christoffersson.[2]