The Kungsbacka Fjord (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: ''Kungsbackafjorden'') is a fjord and a nature reserve in Halland County, western

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. The fjord is about 10 km long. It is delimited to the west by the Onsala Peninsula and to the east by the parish of Fjärås. The rivers

Rolfsån Rolfsån is a river in Sweden, the main outflow of lake Lygnern. It empties out into the Kungsbacka Fjord The Kungsbacka Fjord (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Kungsbackafjorden'') is a Fjärås kyrkby, fjord and a nature reserve in Halland County, ...

and

Kungsbackaån Kungsbackaån is a river in Sweden. It is located in Halland County Halland County ( sv, Hallands län, link=no, ) is a county ('' län'') on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland ...

empty out into the fjord, which in turn opens to the Kattegat. The Kungsbacka Fjord Nature Reserve (Swedish: ''Kungsbackafjordens naturreservat''), established in 2005, has an area of 5200 hectares and is included in the

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network. More than 240 bird species have been noted, including the common redshank, the yellow wagtail, the tufted duck and the rare

smew The smew (''Mergellus albellus'') is a species of duck, and is the only living member of the genus ''Mergellus''. ''Mergellus'' is a diminutive of '' Mergus'' and ''albellus'' is from Latin ''albus'' "white". This genus is closely related to ' ...

References

{{Reflist Protected areas established in 2005 Fjords of Sweden Nature reserves in Halland County Landforms of Halland County