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| | Oskarshamn Municipality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Oskarshamn Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden where the town Oskarshamn (pop.17,000) is seat. |
 | | In 1645, the city of Kalmar, to the south, made a request to the Royal Government on holding commerce in the bay there, which was granted, giving it merchancy rights as a köping. |
 | | There followed 200 years of merchancies in the town, during which it was governed and dependant on Kalmar; while the surrounding towns and municipalites made frequent requests to grant it a charter, consequently turned down each of the attempts made in the years: 1786, 1798, 1800, 1815, 1818, 1823, 1825, 1830 and 1838. |
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