Fåglavik is a bimunicipal village situated in

Herrljunga Municipality Herrljunga Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Herrljunga. The local government reform of 1952 formed two municipalities, Herrljunga and Gäsene, in the area. Before ...

and

Vara Municipality Vara Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara. The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 and 1982 the ter ...

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 140 inhabitants in 2020. Fåglavik is the birthplace of the

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Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad Maria Elizabeth Hesselblad, Bridgettines, OSsS (4 June 1870 – 24 April 1957), was a Catholic Church in Sweden, Swedish Catholic religious sister who founded a new, active, branch of the Bridgettines known as the Bridgettine Sisters. Hesselbla ...

(June 4, 1870 – April 24, 1957): nurse, Catholic nun and re-founder of the

Bridgettines The Bridgettines, or Birgittines, formally known as the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (; abbreviated OSsS), is a monastic religious order of the Catholic Church founded by Saint Birgitta (Bridget of Sweden) in 1344 and approved by Pope Urban V ...

. Artist Jan van den Bergen used to live in the house where she was born. Van den Bergen, who was known for painting fantasy scenes, died some time after 2008 due to cancer. The village used to have a glass factory; a brick building which was contaminated with

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. During 2008, the building was demolished and site conditioned to reduce the spread of contamination into the environment.

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Populated places in Herrljunga Municipality Populated places in Vara Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub