Timeline of Karlskoga

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

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  • 1261 – First mention of Karlskoga as Möckelsbodar/Möckelns bodar/Mukrisbother.[1]

16th century

19th century
  • 1825 – The first folkskola is established.[2]
  • 1876 – The Nora-Karlskoga railway is constructed through the town.
  • 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.[2]
  • 1925 – Degerfors detached itself from the Karlskoga Municipal Community.[2]
  • 1940 – Karlskoga Parish is established as a new administrative entity, "Karlskoga stad".[3]
  • 1944 – BIK Karlskoga is established.
  • 1963 – KB Karlskoga FF is established.
  • 1972 – Karlskoga folk high school is established.[2]
  • 1974 – K-center Galleria is established.[2]
  • 1979 – Hosted the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
  • 1994 – Sweden becomes part of the European Union.
  • 1996 – City twinned with Narva in Estonia.

21st century

See also

References
  1. "Bebyggelseutvecklingen i Karlskoga". www3.karlskoga.se. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  2. "Årtal och händelser i Karlskoga under 1800- och 1900-talen". www3.karlskoga.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  3. "213 (Svenska folket genom tiderna / Översikts- och registerband)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  4. admin (2018-07-01). "Karlskoga fd tingsrätten". Resepraktikan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  5. "30 000 i Karlskoga firades med tårtkalas". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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