Timeline of Karlskoga

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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.

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.
• 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".
• 1944 – BIK Karlskoga is established.
• 1946 – Opening of Karlskoga Art Gallery.
• 1951 – The local district court opens.
• 1963 – KB Karlskoga FF establishes.
• 1970 – Severe disaster at Gälleråsen.
• 1972 – Karlskoga folk high school establishes.
• 1974 – K-center Galleria establishes.
• 1979 – Hosted the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
• 1985 – On 10 January 1985, a gas leak occurs at Björkborn.
• 1994 – Sweden becomes part of the European Union.
• 1996 – City twinned with Narva in Estonia.

21st century

• 2009 – Karlskoga District Court closes and merges with Örebro District Court.
• 2015 – Karlskoga Municipality celebrates surpassing 30,000 inhabitants.
• 2022 – The new Björkborn Bridge replaces the old, poorly maintained bridge.

See also

• Timeline of Swedish history

Notes

References

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