Vedum is a

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situated in

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 ...

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with 926 inhabitants in 2010. The company ''Vedum Kök och Bad AB'', a manufacturer of kitchen and bathroom appliances, is located in Vedum. The locality grew up around a station on the

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line

Herrljunga Herrljunga () is a locality and the seat of Herrljunga Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,822 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The town grew up around a railway junction. From 1906 it had the status of a ''municipalsamhälle' ...

Uddevalla Uddevalla is a Stad (Sweden), town in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It’s the seat of Uddevalla Municipality. In 2015, it had a population of 34,781, making it the largest town fully in Bohuslän. Uddevalla is located where the river Bäveån ...

, which was opened in 1866. The originally

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was rebuilt to

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in 1899-1900 and trains still call at Vedum. The station building played an important part in the

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comedy " Stinsen brinner" (The Station Master is on Fire) from 1991.

References

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