Olofström Explained

Official Name:Olofström
Pushpin Map:Sweden Blekinge#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Olofström Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Blekinge County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Blekinge
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:7.04
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:7,327
Population Density Km2:1040
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:56.2667°N 46°W

Olofström, previously Holje by, is a locality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 7,327 inhabitants in 2010.in 1967, the market town of Olofström was merged with the villages Kyrkhult and Jämshög to create Olofström Municipality. Olofström is the seat of Olofström Municipality.The increased use of cars in the 1950s and 1960s was the great boost for the municipality. Today the automobile industry, dominated by Volvo Cars, is the largest employer in Olofström.

Olofström Church

Olofström church (Olofströms kyrka) belongs to Jämshög's parish in the Diocese of Lund. The original building is a chapel built in 1933. A rebuild was completed in 1962 under the guidance of architects Hanna and Roy Victorson in Karlshamn. The entrance hall and the parish hall's northwest wing were built in 1986 under the direction of architectural firm K.E. Dudzik.[2] [3]

Education

The gymnasium, Nordenbergsskolan, accommodates one of the few orienteering schools in Sweden, as well as the only archery school in Sweden.[4]

Sports

Olofström is home to football club,[5] floorball club Olofströms IBK and ice hockey club Olofströms IK.

Natives from Olofström

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Web site: Olofströms kyrka och församlingsgård . svenskakyrkan.se. September 1, 2019.
  3. Web site: Arkitektfirma K.E. Dudzik . hassleholm.se. September 1, 2019.
  4. http://www.nordenbergsskolan.se/om-oss/ Nordenbergsskolan
  5. http://www.olofstromsif.se/ Olofströms IF