Slöinge is a
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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situated in
Falkenberg Municipality
Falkenberg Municipality (''Falkenbergs kommun'') is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Falkenberg'' was amalgamated with ...
,
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. The capital is Halmstad.
It borders the counties of Västra Götal ...
,
Sweden, with 950 inhabitants in 2010.
excavations
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has revealed a
chieftain
A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
Tribe
The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia.
Tribal societies are sometimes categorized a ...
estate from the 8th century; among the remains is a large number of golden figures.
Two comparatively large companies,
SIA Glass and
Berte Quarn, have their headquarters in the village.
The
1971 World Table Tennis Championships singles champion
Stellan Bengtsson was born in Slöinge.
References
External links
Excavations in Slöinge
Populated places in Halland County
Populated places in Falkenberg Municipality
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