Blekinge

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Blekinge
Historical province
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°20′N 15°20′E / 56.333°N 15.333°E / 56.333; 15.333
Country	Sweden
Land	Götaland
County	Blekinge County
Area
• Total	3,055 km2 (1,180 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)[1]
• Total	157,973
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Language	Swedish
Culture
• Flower	Oak and mullein
• Animal	Lucanus cervus
• Bird	Nuthatch
• Fish	Cod
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area codes	0454–0457

Blekinge (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈblêːkɪŋɛ] ^ⓘ) is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (landskap), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest province by area (only Öland is smaller), and the smallest province located on the mainland.

The name "Blekinge" comes from the dialectal adjective bleke, which corresponds to the nautical term for "dead calm".