Färgelanda Municipality (''Färgelanda kommun'') is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...
in western
Sweden
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. Its seat is in the town of
Färgelanda.
The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Färgelanda Municipality (which in 1967 had absorbed Ödeborg) was amalgamated with Högsäter.
Its
coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...
is based on a
medieval
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seal
Seal may refer to any of the following:
Common uses
* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, or "true seal"
** Fur seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to impr ...
depicting a
harrow, symbolizing
agriculture
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.
Localities
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Färgelanda 2,000 (seat)
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Högsäter 750
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Ödeborg 700
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Stigen 350
Tourism
The scarcely populated municipalities in the historical province of
Dalsland
Dalsland () is a Swedish traditional province, or ''landskap'', situated in Götaland in southern Sweden. Lying to the west of Lake Vänern, it is bordered by Värmland to the north, Västergötland to the southeast, Bohuslän to the west, and ...
, with a total of 50,000 inhabitants, have a unified tourism information. Färgelanda with its low population is preferring to boast its nature. There are several opportunities for fishing, and Ellenösjön is a popular lake for
pikeperch
''Sander'' (formerly known as ''Stizostedion'') is a genus of predatory ray-finned fish in the family Percidae, which also includes the perches, ruffes, and darters. They are also known as "pike-perch" because of their resemblance to fish in th ...
fishing. The nature reserve in Kroppefjäll offers walking lines and a mountainous nature. There is
canoe
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In British English, the term ...
ing and swimming in the many lakes and streams.
Färgelanda also has an old and well-preserved ancient history.
Rock carving
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s in Ödeborg are located by Brötegården Museum; furthermore there are some 140 grave fields from the
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
scattered in the municipality. Something in between a museum and a
folk museum
A folk museum is a museum that deals with folk culture and heritage. Such museums cover local life in rural communities. A folk museum typically displays historical objects that were used as part of the people's everyday lives. Examples of such ...
is Ödeborg's Fornsal, with more than 6,000 objects gathered from Dalsland in the last millennia.
References
External links
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Färgelanda Municipality- Official site
Dalsland- Official page for Dalsland municipalities
- In Swedish, English and German
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Municipalities of Västra Götaland County
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