Otterbäcken right on the shores of Vänern is a

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situated in

Gullspång Municipality Gullspång Municipality () 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 entities of Amnehära ...

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 ...

. It had 722 inhabitants in 2010.

Business

In Otterbäcken is a

plywood Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that have been stacked and glued together. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured boards, which include plywood, medium-density fibreboa ...

factory run by Moelven-Vänerply. The plant is capable of producing 95,000 m³ of plywood a year. The company has about 160 employees and is the largest employer in the municipality. During summer the campsite with its beach, playground, small kiosk and volleyball field attracts tourists and also the drive-in bingo during the later half of summer draws crowds. In the winter the local

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

team Otterbäckens BK is the great attraction.

References

Populated places in Gullspång Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub