Hällevik


Hällevik is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden, with 1485 inhabitants in 2023.

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.

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. Remarkably, in 2025 they won the Allsvenskan title, the nation's top tier.