Hova () is a

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and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality,

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 ...

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, the other is

Gullspång Gullspång is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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 thro ...

. 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 August Leonard Olsson (18 August 1878 – 14 August 1943) was a Swedish sailor who represented his native country at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Ryde, Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respellin ...

and

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

, manager of Swedish pop band ABBA and co-founder of

Polar Music Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. Background The first act that Polar Music signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperity pr ...

, who grew up there. A statue in the town square of Hova commemorates his accomplishments. Each summer Hova hosts a

renaissance fair A Renaissance Festival (medieval fair or ren faire) is an outdoor gathering that aims to entertain its guests by recreating a historical setting, most often the English Renaissance. Renaissance festivals generally include costumed entertainers ...

whose theme is the

Battle of Hova The Battle of Hova () was fought in Hova, Sweden on 14 June 1275 between peasants commanded by King Valdemar of Sweden and Danish cavalry commanded by Duke Magnus and his brother Erik The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, ...

in 1275.

References

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