Hällevik

Hällevik is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden, with 813 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Hällevik
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Coordinates: 56°01′N 14°42′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Blekinge
County	Blekinge County
Municipality	Sölvesborg Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	813
• Density	940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

1862 Tragedy in the Baltic

Seven herring fishermen from Hällevik drowned on 17 October 1862. The men, including a father and son, left wives and children. Their names are listed in the Mjällby church archives: Masse Jönsson, Jöns Håkansson, Bengt Håkansson, Hans Jönsson, Sven Pehrsson, Ola Christoffersson, and Sven Christoffersson.^[2]

Sport

Mjällby AIF is a Swedish football club founded in 1939. The club has become one of the most notable teams in Swedish football, despite coming from a small community.