Hova () is a

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and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality,

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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, the other is

Gullspång Gullspång is a locality and one of two seats of the Gullspång Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. As of 2010 it had 1,167 inhabitants. History Gullspång provided the name for a new municipality created through the local governme ...

. It had 1,288 inhabitants in 2010.

Overview

The main part of the municipal administration is located in Hova, thus constituting the municipal seat. However, the municipality avoids the term seat (''centralort'') due to the rivalry between Hova and Gullspång some 20 km north-west. Instead it is called one of the municipality's two "main localities".

Culture

Celebrities from Hova include August Olsson and

Stikkan Anderson Stig Erik Leopold Anderson (25 January 1931 – 12 September 1997), better known as Stikkan Anderson, was a Swedish music manager, lyricist and music publisher. He was the co-founder of Polar Music, and is best known for managing the Sw ...

, manager of Swedish pop band ABBA and co-founder of Polar Music, who grew up there. A statue in the town square of Hova commemorates his accomplishments. Each summer Hova hosts a

renaissance fair A Renaissance fair, Renaissance faire or Renaissance festival is an outdoor gathering open to the public and typically commercial in nature, which purportedly recreates a historical setting for the amusement of its guests. Some are permanent the ...

whose theme is the

Battle of Hova The Battle of Hova (''Slaget vid Hova'') was fought in Hova, Sweden on 14 June 1275 between peasants commanded by King Valdemar of Sweden Valdemar (English: Waldemar; sv, Valdemar Birgersson; 1239 – 26 December 1302) was King of Sweden ...

in 1275.

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Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Gullspång Municipality Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub