Timeline of Karlskoga
History of Karlskoga, Sweden
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Prior to 16th century
- 1261 – First mention of Karlskoga as Möckelsbodar.[a][4]
16th century
- 1586 – Karlskoga Parish is established.
- 1589 – Parish renamed after Charles IX of Sweden.
19th century
- 1825 – The first folkskola is established.[5]
- 1870s – Nora–Karlskoga Line opens
- 1883 – The Swedish newspaper Karlskoga Tidning is established as a weekly periodical.
- 1885 – Street lighting begins.[5]
- 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.[5]
- 1925 – Degerfors detached itself from the Karlskoga Municipal Community.[5]
- 1940 – Karlskoga Parish is established as a new administrative entity, "Karlskoga stad".[6]
- 1944 – BIK Karlskoga is established.
- 1946 – Opening of Karlskoga Art Gallery.
- 1963 – KB Karlskoga FF is established.
- 1972 – Karlskoga folk high school is established.[5]
- 1974 – K-center Galleria is established.[5]
- 1979 – Hosted the 1979 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
- 1985 – On 10 January 1985, a gas leak occurs at Björkborn.[7]
- 1994 – Sweden becomes part of the European Union.
- 1996 – City twinned with Narva in Estonia.
21st century
- 2009 – Karlskoga tingsrätt disestablished.[8]
- 2015 – Karlskoga Municipality celebrated surpassing of 30,000 inhabitants.[9]
- 2022 – The new Björkborn Bridge replaces the old, poorly maintained bridge.[10]