Fjällbacka, Sweden

Fjällbacka is an urban area in Tanum municipality, in Bohuslän, Västra Götaland county.

In the middle of Fjällbacka is the 74 meter high Vetteberget. Kungsklyftan, formerly called Ramneklovan (Korpklyftan), runs through the mountain. The gorge got its name after Oscar II visited Fjällbacka in 1886.

The old Fjällbacka faces, like many other coastal communities in Bohuslän, crouching below the mountains towards the sea. The new Fjällbacka is located in the fields towards land and up in the mountains. Off the coast is the Fjällbacka archipelago and at the far west is the Väderöarna.

During the following centuries, the fishing village grew in connection with herring periods. In 1742, Pehr Kalm visited Fjällbacka and then wrote down the story of Gudmundsskäret, which is located just west of Fjällbacka. Herring altars and crane breweries grew up in the area. Accumulated wealth from fishing and fish freight during the herring periods caused the shipping business to grow during the second half of the 19th century.

In the 1840s, Fjällbacka is mentioned as one of Bohuslän’s liveliest fishing villages. In the 1860s, there were about 50 ship skippers, about 20 medium-sized cargo ships, 165 pilots and sailors and just over 100 fishermen in the community.

On May 12, 1928 at 6 pm, a large fire broke out in Fjällbacka, and 22 residential houses were destroyed and values ​​of SEK 300,000 were wasted and 78 people became homeless. Through dynamite explosions that cleared a fire street, they managed to contain the fire. Firefighters from Grebbestad, Strömstad and Uddevalla participated in the extinguishing work.

The area from the current Fire Park to the old telegraph station was more or less wiped out. The fire brigade had major problems getting to the fire site from the south. As a result, it was decided to build a ring road around Vetteberget. The road is today called Föreningsgatan.

Fjällbacka was and is located in Kville parish and was part of the Kville county municipality after the municipal reform of 1862. In this, Fjällbacka municipal society was established for the town on 28 July 1888, which was then dissolved on 31 December 1964.

The actress Ingrid Bergman often visited Fjällbacka and lived from 1958 for many summers on Dannholmen in the outer archipelago west of Fjällbacka. After her death in 1982, her ashes were scattered in the sea around the island. A statue has been erected in the square. To honor her memory, the square was renamed Ingrid Bergman’s square.

In the early 70’s, the TV series A Merchant’s House in the archipelago was filmed in Fjällbacka. Some scenes from the film Ronja Rövardotter are recorded in Kungsklyftan / Ramneklovan. In the film, it is called the Wolf Clamp. Camilla Läckberg’s detective story takes place in Fjällbacka, where the author grew up. On Stensholmen in the Fjällbacka archipelago, the German author Johann Wilhelm Kinau (aka Gorch Fock) is buried in a war cemetery that dates from the First World War period.

Here is a video from our visit to Fjällbacka:

Here is where you can find more information about the Fjällbacka: https://www.vastsverige.com/tanum/turistbyraer/fjallbacka-turistinformation/?site=145

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