Färgelanda Municipality () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...
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
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is based on a
medieval
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seal
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Common uses
* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, also called "true seal"
** Fur seal
** Eared seal
* Seal ( ...
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
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Färgelanda Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election
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sourced from
SVT's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB official statistics.
In total there were 6,577 residents, including 5,021 Swedish citizens of voting age in the municipality.
[ 38.3% voted for the left coalition and 60.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
]
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, ...
, 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 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 carvings in Ödeborg are located by Brötegården Museum; furthermore there are some 140 grave fields from the Iron Age
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scattered in the municipality. Something in between a museum and a folk museum
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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