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Oxelösund is a municipality in Södermanland County, in central Sweden. It borders by land to Nyköping Municipality. With 33.7 km², it is one of Sweden's smallest.

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It covers a peninsula in the Baltic Sea, and borders by land only to Nyköping Municipality.

The harbour at Oxelösund has been used for at least 500 years. In the 19th century, an increased extraction from the Mining district of Central Sweden (e.g. i), made Oxelösund a harbour of transport. A local railroad company was established in 1873, and bought virtually the entire peninsula which at the time belonged to the estates of the Stjärnholm Castle.

An iron works was constructed in 1913, and the community Oxelösund expanded, with the harbour, rail road and iron works being its cornerstones.

In 1950, the city was sufficiently developed to receive a charter and become one of the towns with the City status in Sweden.

Still marked by its industrial past, the politics is dominated by the Social Democratic Party, and the industry by the harbour and iron works.br clear="all"