Fjällbacka

Fjällbacka is a locality ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götaland County and the historic province of Bohuslän. The town in the municipality lies at Tanum Riksväg 163, about 130 kilometers north of Gothenburg and about 25 kilometers from the Norwegian border.

Fjällbacka includes the tourist area known locations on the Swedish west coast, because the steep walls of the Vette mountain protrude almost perpendicular to immediately behind the last houses. By Vette mountain the gap Kungsklyfta, were filmed at the parts of the movie Ronja runs. The fishing was known early on as a seaside resort.

Personalities

Ingrid Bergman made ​​regularly on the island Danholmen before Fjällbacka holiday. After her death her ​​ashes were scattered at sea there. My honor is called to the main square near the harbor today Ingrid Bergmans Torg; there is also the monument erected in 1983 with a bust by sculptor Gudmar Olofsson.

The writer Camilla Läckberg was born in Fjällbacka. Her crime novels are set in the region of their place of birth.