Timeline of Karlskoga explained

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

Prior to 16th century

• 1261 – First mention of Karlskoga as Möckelsbodar.^[1]

16th century

• 1586 – Karlskoga Parish is established.
• 1589 – Parish renamed after Charles IX of Sweden.

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.^[2]
• 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".^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 1994 – Sweden becomes part of the European Union.
• 1996 – City twinned with Narva in Estonia.

21st century

• 2009 – Karlskoga tingsrätt disestablished.^[5]
• 2015 – Karlskoga Municipality celebrated surpassing of 30,000 inhabitants.^[6]
• 2022 – The new Björkborn Bridge replaces the old, poorly maintained bridge.^[7]

See also

• Timeline of Swedish history

Notes

1. Web site: Bebyggelseutvecklingen i Karlskoga . 23 February 2022 . www3.karlskoga.se . Namnet Möckelsbodar (mukrisbother) är belagt 1261 och nämns därefter ett flertal gånger genom medeltiden..
2. Web site: Årtal och händelser i Karlskoga under 1800- och 1900-talen. 2022-02-23. www3.karlskoga.se. sv.
3. Web site: 213 (Svenska folket genom tiderna / Översikts- och registerband). 2022-02-23. runeberg.org. sv.
4. News: 12 January 1985 . Cause Sought for Sweden Gas Leak That Injured 20 . . 23 December 2022 . L.A. TIMES ARCHIVES.
5. Web site: admin. 2018-07-01. Karlskoga fd tingsrätten. 2022-02-23. Resepraktikan. sv-SE.
6. News: 2015-01-30. 30 000 i Karlskoga firades med tårtkalas. sv. Sveriges Radio. 2022-02-23.
7. Web site: Nya Björkbornsbron invigdes med pompa och ståt . 2022-07-26 . karlskoga.se . . sv.

Further reading

• Book: Wagnér, Gottfrid . Karlskoga . Karlskoga förl. . 1933 . sv-SE.
• Book: Dalgren, Lars . Karlskoga historia, 1586-1936 . 1936 . H. Petersson & Company . sv.
• Book: Bande, Alf . Kyrkbyn som blev stad: "hänt och upplevt i Karlskoga under 50 år" . Spongs bokhandel . 1987 . sv.
• Book: Öman, Karin . Spongs bokh. . 2004 . 9163156717 . Karlstad . sv.
• Book: Björk, Jan-Erik . Skogsfinsk kolonisation i Karlskogaområdet 1580-1650 : en introduktion . 2014 . sv . Google Books.