Gullspång is a

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and one of two seats of the

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 ...

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 ...

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. As of 2010 it had 1,167 inhabitants.

History

Gullspång provided the name for a new municipality created through the local government reform of 1971, but the administration was placed in the more centrally located Hova, with just some minor offices in Gullspång. Due to the long lasting rivalry between Gullspång and Hova the municipality avoids the term ''centralort'' (seat). Instead they are called the municipality's two ''main localities''.

Business

A major employer found in Gullspång is Partex Marking Systems, a company that manufactures markers for cables. In Gullspång, Fortum also has a hydroelectric power using the water from the Skagern river to produce electricity. Fortum is quite a large employer in the town of Gullspång. Vänerhamn AB, which has cargo ports around the entire Vänern, is a port of Otterbäcken. The port transports several million tonnes of freight each year.

Culture

From 1939-1954 author Frans G. Bengtsson lived in Ribbingsfors Mansion, just outside Gullspång. There he wrote many of his famous works and left behind many books, writings, and notes which are now located in a designated area of the municipal library.

Linda Bengtzing Linda Birgitta Bengtzing (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish pop music, pop singer famous for her participation in the fourth season of ''Star Academy, Fame Factory'' in Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005, Melodifestivalen 2006, 20 ...

, a famous Swedish singer who was born and raised in Gullspång, found success with the 2005 song "alla flickor" after it was entered in the Swedish Song Contest. She has participated in the Swedish Song Contest twice after "alla flickor" and has competed with a choir from Gullspång in the high-profile contest

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(2008). Lina Bengtsdotter, author of the successful crime fiction novel series featuring inspector ''Charlie Lager'', was born and raised in Gullspång, where her stories are also set.

Salmon

In central Gullspång is a salmon-stair which was built in 2004. It was built to increase the population of the local Gullspång salmon ("Gullspångslax"). The salmon-stair was made possible by the installation of flood gates which filled the dry area with water from the Gullspångsälven river.

References

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