Otterbäcken right on the shores of Vänern is a locality situated in

Gullspång Municipality Gullspång Municipality (''Gullspångs kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the towns of Gullspång and Hova. The present municipality was formed through the amalgamation of the former ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. It had 722 inhabitants in 2010.

Business

In Otterbäcken is a

plywood Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured ...

factory run by Moelven-Vänerply. The plant is capable of producing 95,000 m³ of plywood a year. The company has about 160 employees and is the largest employer in the municipality. During summer the campsite with its beach, playground, small kiosk and volleyball field attracts tourists and also the drive-in bingo during the later half of summer draws crowds. In the winter the local

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

team Otterbäckens BK is the great attraction.

References

Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Gullspång Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub