Uddevalla is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

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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. It’s the seat of

Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Uddevalla'' (which had absorbed the rural mun ...

. In 2015, it had a population of 34,781, making it the largest town fully in Bohuslän. Uddevalla is located where the river

Bäveån Bäveån is a river in Uddevalla Municipality, Sweden. It starts by flowing northwest from Mjövattnet, a lake on Herrestadsfjället. It then takes a sharp turn to the south and flows through Fagerhult, Lane, Lane-Ryr and Uddevalla before opening ...

opens up into Byfjorden, a fjord in the south-eastern part of

Skagerrak The Skagerrak (; , , ) is a strait running between the North Jutlandic Island of Denmark, the east coast of Norway and the west coast of Sweden, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea. The Skagerrak contains some of the busiest shipping ...

. The beaches of Uddevalla are filled with seashells and Uddevalla has one of the largest shell-

banks A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. As banks ...

in the world. Uddevalla also has a port that once was a large shipyard, the ''Uddevallavarvet'' ("Uddevalla wharf"), which was the largest employer in

Bohuslän Bohuslän () is a Provinces of Sweden, Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the ...

during the 1960s.

History

Uddevalla originally belonged to

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

and received its

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in 1498. It’s probable that the town was founded some time before that, but we have no proof about that. The Norwegians originally named the city “Oddevald”, which later became “Oddevold”. Due to the town’s former proximity to

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

and Sweden, as well as its strategic position, there were many

wars War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of State (polity), states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or betwe ...

in and around Oddevold. Oddevold has changed nationalities a total of seven times throughout its history. In 1658, Oddevold (and the rest of

) was handed to Sweden as part of the

Treaty of Roskilde The Treaty of Roskilde was negotiated at Høje Taastrup Church and was concluded on 26 February ( OS) or 8 March 1658 ( NS) during the Second Northern War between Frederick III of Denmark–Norway and Karl X Gustav of Sweden in the Danish ci ...

. Norway invaded the city a year later before it was handed back as part of the Treaty of Copenhagen 1660. That was the last time Oddevold changed nationality and it was soon thereafter renamed to Uddevalla. The old name remains today in the form of

IK Oddevold IK Oddevold is a Swedish football club located in Uddevalla. The club, formed on 3 July 1932, currently plays in Sweden's second-flight league, Superettan. They play most of their home games at Rimnersvallen and they also have a newly built tr ...

, the local

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team.

City fires

Uddevalla has been burned to the ground a total of six times. The first five times were attempts to claim the city by the different Scandinavian nations. After the fifth fire in 1690, the town was rebuilt and became larger than it ever was. Uddevalla was the 5th largest city in Sweden when the sixth great fire started in 1806. The small fire which started in a

barn A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In North America, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain.Allen G ...

spread quickly and burnt down the entire city. Only a few houses located in the city outskirts remained intact, and the city had to be rebuilt. It is because of this fire that central Uddevalla has a grid-like structure.

Industries

When the

industrial revolution The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succee ...

reached Sweden, Uddevalla had fully recovered from the fire. Uddevalla's first major industry was a

cotton mill A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. Although some were driven ...

named Kampenhof AB. It was built in 1857 and had 10 000 machines driven by a

steam engine A steam engine is a heat engine that performs Work (physics), mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a Cylinder (locomotive), cyl ...

. A few years later in 1875, Adolf P. Zachau built a match factory called Uddevalla Tändsticksfabrik. The match factory, along with their trademark “Svalan” (translated: “The

Swallow The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The ...

”), eventually became successful all over the world. Despite this, it was closed down in 1938. Kampenhof AB remained until 1954, when it too was closed down. The cotton mill however, stood untouched until 1982 when it was

demolished Demolition (also known as razing and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apa ...

. In its place today is Kampenhof Resecentrum, the main

bus station A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can st ...

of Uddevalla. Uddevallavarvet was at its time the biggest employer in all of Bohuslän with approximately 4 000 workers at its peak. It was founded in 1946 by Gustav B. Thordén, who bought two

kaiser shipyards The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located on the West Coast of the United States, United States west coast during World War II. Kaiser ranked 20th among U.S. corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. The ...

, one from

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and one from

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, and transported them across the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...

. When Uddevallavarvet was closed down in 1986 they had built 221

supertankers An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined cr ...

. Their biggest ship was the T/T Nanny which, with a length of 364 meters and a width of 79 meters, is the biggest

ship A ship is a large watercraft, vessel that travels the world's oceans and other Waterway, navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing. Ships are generally disti ...

ever built in Sweden.

Education

All the high schools in Uddevalla are administered as one school, the ''Uddevalla Gymnasieskola'' ("Uddevalla High School"), which is now the largest high school in Sweden. The school has 4,000 students attending the following branches of the high school: * Agneberg –

Social studies In many countries' curricula, social studies is the combined study of humanities, the arts, and social sciences, mainly including history, economics, and civics. The term was coined by American educators around the turn of the twentieth century as ...

* Sinclair (High school) –

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and

Media studies Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but it mos ...

* Östrabo 1 –

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* Östrabo Y – Heavy industry schooling * Margretegärde –

and

There are also many primary schools in Uddevalla, some of them are: * Äsperödskolan * Västerskolan * Fridaskolan * Ramnerödsskolan * Norgårdenskolan * Norrskolan * Sommarhemsskolan

Sports

Arenas

Agnebergshallen is an indoor sports arena for various sports including

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

. The

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for the

is the outdoor arena Rimnersvallen. A large indoor arena, the Rimnershallen, is next to the Rimnersvallen. It is used for

and

floorball Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...

as well as other sports.

Sports clubs

The following sports clubs are located in Uddevalla:

Football

IFK Uddevalla IFK Uddevalla is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Uddevalla and played two seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, in 1925-26 in Swedish football, 1925–26 and 1926-27 in Swedish football, 1926–27. Backgro ...

IFK Lane IFK Lane is a Swedish football club located in Lane-Ryr, Uddevalla. Background IFK Lane currently plays in Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Lanevallen in Lane-Ryr, Udd ...

* Herrestad AIF *

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* IK Svane * Rosseröds IK

Hockey

* Uddevalla HC

Handball

* GF Kroppskultur(GFK) * Uddevalla HK(UHK)

Floorball

* Walkesborg 99 * Herrestad AIF

Futsal

* IFK Uddevalla Futsal Swedish Championship gold season 2016/2017. * IK Oddevold Futsal

Sites of interest

* Uddevalla Bridge is a 1,7 kilometer long

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across Byfjorden which was completed in May 2000. It is a part of

European Route E6 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

. * Uddevalla Clock Tower stands at the top of a

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above the

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. It was originally built in the

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, but had some major renovations in the 1830s. * The

Museum of Bohuslän A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers ...

is located in central Uddevalla. * The Kuröd Shell Banks are the biggest shell banks in the world.

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from more than 100 different

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have been found here, and some of said fossils are more than 10 000 years old. * The

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Tureborg Castle Tureborg Castle is a Castle#Later use and revival castles, faux-medieval castle located in Uddevalla Municipality, Sweden, it sits atop a hill overlooking the neighbourhood of Tureborg . It was constructed during the late 19th century and earl ...

can be found in southern Uddevalla. The

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-style castle was built by

Ture Malmgren Ture Robert Ferdinand Malmgren (7 June 1851 – 3 August 1922) was a Swedish journalist, book publisher, and municipal politician. A prominent figure in his hometown of Uddevalla, Malmgren became a colorful and well-known part of the city's hist ...

and was completed 1912, before it was burnt down in 1950. * Gustavsberg is one of the oldest seaside resorts in Sweden. It is located on the southern

coast A coast (coastline, shoreline, seashore) is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic erosion, su ...

of Byfjorden, a 30-minute walk from the city centre. Most of the

19th century The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, ...

buildings remain today.

Transportation

Highways and major roads

The

passes through Torp Köpcentrum in west Uddevalla. From there,

county road A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...

161 goes west towards

Lysekil Lysekil () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lysekil Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 7,600 inhabitants in 2018. Situated on the south tip of Stångenäs peninsula at the mouth of Gullmarn fjord, it ...

, while

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

44 goes east. The 44 passes through Uddevalla city centre and Kuröd industrial area before continuing to

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

and

Götene Götene is a locality and the seat of Götene Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders ...

. County road 172 starts in Kuröd, connects with the 44, and continues north through

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, ...

Bus

Most

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in Uddevalla is operated by

Västtrafik Västtrafik is the agency responsible for public transport services involving buses, ferries, trains, and the Gothenburg tram network in the county of Västra Götaland, and Kungsbacka Municipality in Sweden. It was established with the Västra ...

since it is a part of Västra Götaland County. Uddevalla has a network of city buses featuring 50 stops and 6 lines, all of which stop at Kampenhof Resecentrum, one of Uddevalla’s two

bus stations A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can st ...

. The other bus station is called Torp Terminalen which is located at Torp Köpcentrum. Most regional buses stop at Torp instead of Kampenhof because of Torp’s proximity to four major roads. Some notable destinations Västtrafik offers bus routes to from Uddevalla are

Ljungskile Ljungskile () is a locality in Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Uddevalla, at the coast of Ljungskileviken and at the base of Bredfjället. It had 4 026 inhabitants in 2023 ...

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, Bengtsfors,

, Munkedal,

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, and

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. Additionally, Vy bus4you offers long distance buses between

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and

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, which stop at Torp Terminalen.

Train

Uddevalla has two train stations: Uddevalla Central and Uddevalla Östra (“Uddevalla East”). Both are a part of the

Bohus Line The Bohus Line () is a railway line from Gothenburg via Uddevalla and Munkedal to Strömstad. The line is single track and electrified at . Bohus Line has seventeen stations; Strömstad, Skee, Överby, Tanum, Rabbalshede, Hällevadshol ...

, while the Central Station also is a part of the

Älvsborg Line The Älvsborg Line () is a railway line between Uddevalla and Borås in Sweden. The long crescent-shaped line connects to various lines, including the Bohus Line, the Norway/Vänern Line, the Kinnekulle Line, the Western Main Line, the Coast- ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Uddevalla is twinned with: *

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, Estonia *

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, Finland *

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, Iceland *

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, Scotland, United Kingdom *

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, Japan *

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, Norway *

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- actress * Eva Andersson - swimmer * Håkan Andersson - motocross racer * Wilma Andersson - murder victim * Eva Andersson-Dubin - physician and model *

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- handballer *

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- footballer *

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- business executive *

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- painter *

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- politician *

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- swimmer *

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- photographer * Rebecka Blomqvist - footballer *

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- handballer *

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- handballer * Einar Dahl - politician and Esperantist * Jonas Dahlberg - artist *

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- footballer *

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- musician *

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- army Major General * Edvard Evers - Lutheran priest * Caroline Farberger - business executive *

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- model and photographer *

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- cross country skier * Knut Fridell - wrestler * Joel Gistedt - ice hockey player *

Berndt Grundevik Major General Berndt Karl Allan Grundevik (born 5 November 1956) is senior retired Swedish Army officer. Grundevik served as Inspector of the Army (2007–2012), as head of the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNS ...

- army Major General * Liselott Hagberg - politician *

Hans Håkansson Hans Håkansson (9 September 1908, Malmö - 1993) was a Swedish footballer. Career Håkansson played for Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in M ...

- footballer and journalist *

Jack Hermansson Jack Berndhard Hermansson (born 10 June 1988) is a Swedish and Norwegian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is the former middleweight champion in ...

- mixed martial artist *

Linnéa Hillberg Linnéa Paulina Hillberg ; 26 October 1892 – 3 July 1977) was a Swedish actress. Biography Born in Uddevalla on the Swedish west coast, Linnéa Hillberg made her stage debut in 1913. Early on she acted (1914–18) with the Karin Swanström T ...

- actress * Per Johansson - handballer * Arnrid Johnston - sculptor * Jessica Karlsson - golfer * Karl-Axel Karlsson - sports shooter *

Kim Kärnfalk Kim Charlott Kärnfalk Löwstedt (born 1 November 1974 in Uddevalla, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. As part of the group Friends (Swedish band), Friends she won Melodifestivalen 2001 and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, 2001 ...

- singer * Agneta Klingspor - author * Johan Philip Korn - painter *

Patrik Liljestrand Bo Patrik Liljestrand (born 25 January 1966) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 S ...

- handballer * Carl Linde - football manager *

Birger Ljungström Birger Ljungström (4 June 1872 – 17 November 1948) was a Swedish engineer, technical designer, industrialist, and inventor. Biography Birger Ljungström was born in Uddevalla, Sweden to cartographer Jonas Patrik Ljungström and Amal ...

- engineer *

Jonas Patrik Ljungström Jonas Patrik Ljungström (12 March 1827 – 22 October 1898) was a Swedish cartographer, geodesist, and teacher at the Royal Institute of Technology. Biography Jonas Patrik Ljungström was born 12 March 1827 in Uddevalla as the son of je ...

- cartographer * Karla López - politician * Therèse Lundin, swimmer * Agnes Magnell - architect *

- journalist and politician * Ellen Mattson - writer * Jonas Olsson - Finnish music producer *

Anders Osborne Anders Osborne (born May 4, 1966, in Uddevalla, Sweden) is an American singer-songwriter. He tours solo and with a band, and often plays in North Mississippi Osborne (N.M.O), a group formed by Osborne and North Mississippi Allstars. Early lif ...

- American singer/songwriter * Jeanna Oterdahl - educator and author *

Johan Patriksson Johan Lars Daniel Patriksson (born 28 May 1982) is a Swedish footballer playing for IK Oddevold as a forward. He started his career for IK Svane and has later played professionally for IK Oddevold, BK Häcken, Ljungskile SK and GIF Sundsvall ...

- footballer * Cristina Husmark Pehrsson - politician *

Örjan Persson Per Örjan Persson (27 August 1942) is a Swedish former football player who played as a midfielder. He played for Scottish clubs Dundee United and Rangers in the 1960s. He also represented Sweden at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and the 1974 ...

- footballer *

Angelo Vega Rodriguez Angelo Leonel Vega Rodriguez (born 3 January 1985) is a Chilean-born Sweden, Swedish international futsal player and a former association football, football player. Futsal Vega plays Futsal for Gothenburg team FC Ibra and for the Sweden men's ...

- futsal player *

Ester Roeck-Hansen Ester Roeck-Hansen (born Ester Linnéa Andersson; 1897–1987) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Grandien p.81 She was married to the actor Harry Roeck-Hansen. Selected filmography * '' The Million Dollars'' (1926) * ''Hotel Paradis'' (1931) ...

- actress *

Lotten Rönquist Charlotta (Lotten) Sofia Rönquist (1864 – 1912) was a Swedish painter who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After attending the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Swedish Academy, she completed her studies in France and Ita ...

- painter * Lars Schmidt - director and publisher * Erik Segerstedt - singer * Birger Simonsson - painter *

Annica Smedius Karin Annica Smedius (born 15 April 1964, in Uddevalla) is a Swedish actress and singer. Career Smedius is the Swedish voice for many cartoon characters such as Catwoman in '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and ''The New Batman Adventures'', Pr ...

- actress and singer *

Peter Spaak Peter Spaak (6 June 1696 – 2 December 1769) was a Swedish Protestant Reformer. Challenging the Lutheran orthodoxy as an early proponent of freedom of religion in Sweden, he founded the society of Pietists based in the Diocese of Gothenburg, a ...

- Protestant reformer *

Thomas Stenström Karl Thomas Stenström (born January 19, 1988), is a Swedish artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his charting single "Slå mig hårt i ansiktet". He has released three albums: ''Nåt annat, nån annanstans'' (2012), ''Fulkultur'' ...

- singer/songwriter *

Anton Niklas Sundberg Anton Niklas Sundberg (27 May 1818, Uddevalla – 2 February 1900) was a Lutheran clergyman, and the Church of Sweden archbishop of Uppsala 1870–1900. Biography He acquired a doctor of philosophy and theology degree at Uppsala University ...

- Lutheran clergyman *

Peter Sunde Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (born 13 September 1978), alias brokep, is a Swedish entrepreneur and politician. He is best known for being a co-founder and ex-spokesperson of The Pirate Bay, a BitTorrent search engine. He is an equality advocate and ha ...

- entrepreneur and politician *

Alfred Swahn Alfred (Alf) Gomer Swahn (20 August 1879 – 16 March 1931) was a Swedish sport shooter who competed at the 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He won nine medals: three gold, three silver and three bronze. He is the son of Oscar Swahn, ...

- sports shooter *

Thomas Thorburn Thomas William Thorburn (April 13, 1913 - March 13, 2003) was a Swedish economist, and Professor of Business Administration at the Stockholm School of Economics, known from his work on the "Supply and demand of water transport" (1960), and the "Co ...

- economist * Lars Uno Thulin - Norwegian engineer and politician *

Henning von Krusenstierna Admiral Henning Wilhelm Mauritz von Krusenstierna (19 February 1862 – 30 October 1933) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. von Krusenstierna began his military career in the Swedish Navy in 1882 and participated in a world voyage aboard the fri ...

- Navy admiral * Jack Vreeswijk - singer and composer *

Sylvia Vrethammar Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945) is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. Vrethammar was born in Uddevalla, Sweden. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar, an education official, and Britta Vrethammar, a musical education te ...

- singer *

Martin Wallström Carl Martin Gunnar Wallström Milkéwitz (born 7 July 1983) is a Swedish television and film actor. A successful actor in his home country, he is best known internationally for his 2015 American debut role as Tyrell Wellick in the USA Network c ...

- actor * Cissi Wallin - actress and radio personality *

Bo Wålemark Bo Wålemark (born 18 August 1964) is a Swedish association football, football manager and former player. In 2011 became the manager of IK Brage. References

Living people 1964 births Men's association football defenders Swedish men's foot ...

- football manager *

Axel Wenner-Gren Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren (5 June 1881 – 24 November 1961) was a Swedish entrepreneur and one of the wealthiest men in the world during the 1930s. Early life He was born on 5 June 1881 in Uddevalla, a town on the west coast of Sweden. He ...

- entrepreneur *

Marie Wennersten-From Marie Louise Inger Wennersten From (born 17 March 1958) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Wennersten was born in Uddevalla on the west-coast of Sweden ...

- golfer * Herman Zetterberg - jurist and politician

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Nationalencyklopedin (; "The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia with several hundred thousand articles. It is available both online and via a printed version. History The project was ...

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Article Uddevalla, from NF

Uddevalla Gymnasieskola
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{{Authority control Populated places in Uddevalla Municipality Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats Coastal cities and towns in Sweden Former Norwegian towns Cities in Sweden

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