Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Ronneby, MN

Ronneby is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Maywood Township, Benton County, Minnesota; it is no longer a city, having voted to dissolve its municipal government.

Ronneby was named for Ronneby, Sweden, near Karlskrona in Blekinge County, on the River Ronneby near its mouth on the Baltic Sea.

The community was originally named Saint Francis, but the name was changed to Ronneby when the post office was established in 1897 because that name was already in use; Ronneby's own post office operated from 1897 to 1973.

Ronneby was incorporated as a city on August 31, 1899, and in the early 20th century, at its height, it had a hotel, a newspaper, a lumber mill and three stores.

In November 2008 Ronneby's citizens voted 18 to 9 to dissolve the city, and on May 4, 2009 it became part of Maywood Township; an earlier dissolution vote in 1998 had been invalidated because proper procedures were not followed.

Ronneby had 71 residents at the 2020 census; its population was 156 in 1900 but fell to just 16 by the 2000 census, when only 6 households remained.

The community lies along Minnesota State Highway 23 near Benton County Road 6, is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the West Branch of the St. Francis River flows through it.