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Gullspång is a locality and one of two seats of the Gullspång 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 ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. 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''.


Economy

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 plant 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.


Notable people

From 1939 to 1954, author Frans G. Bengtsson lived in Ribbingsfors Mansion, just outside Gullspång. There he wrote many of his works and left behind many books, writings, and notes which are now located in a designated area of the municipal library. * Linda Bengtzing, singer who was born and raised in Gullspång, * Magnus Karlsson, speedway rider * Peter Karlsson, speedway rider * Mikael Max, speedway rider *
Olof Mellberg Erik Olof Mellberg (; born 3 September 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who was last the manager of St. Louis City in Major League Soccer. During his career, Mellberg played as a defender, with his longest ...
, football manager


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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gullspang Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Gullspång Municipality