
Karlshamn is an urban area (in the municipality of Karlshamn), Blekinge=The town was initial a Danish harbor town called Bodekull (or Bokull). But after [ the treaty of Roskilde] 1658 the Swedish king looked for strategic places in the former Danish province Blekinge to establish new Swedish towns. Bodekull received town privileges in year 1664, by the Swedish King Charles X Gustav, (Karl X Gus...