Carlskrona

Carlskrona, the capital of a Swedish province, is built on five rocky islets in the Baltic, 240 miles (by rail 350) SSW. of Stockholm. It was founded in 1680 by Charles XI., who gave it his own name, and made it the great naval station and arsenal of Sweden, instead of Stockholm. It has a magnificent harbour, with a sufficient depth of water to float the largest vessels. The only practicable entrance is strongly defended. Pop. (1875) 16,877; (1891) 21,419.—The coast province of Blekinge or Carlskrona has an area of 1164 sq. m., with a population of about 150,000.