Grebbestad

Grebbestad is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götaland County and the historic province of Bohuslän. The place is one of the most popular seaside resorts on the west coast. A few miles south is the tourist complex Tanumstrand. There are still several trawlers calling at Grebbestad as a home port. Your catch consists mainly of shrimps and crabs from. In addition, oysters and lobsters are caught.

There is also a folk high school with mainly artisanal orientation.

The 1892 inaugurated granite church is built in Gothic Revival style.

History

The area around Grebbestad was inhabited a long time. In the vicinity there are several relics, such as the burial ground of Greby from the Iron Age, a Steinlabyrint and a castle wall.

The present town Grebbestad was called in the 17th century for the first time. In the 19th century, the trade, the shipping industry, the canning industry and the fishing, lumber and grain were shipped developed. In 1870 a cannery was established under the Stöberg. At the end of the 19th century, the stone masonry began.

Today, however, mainly tourism plays an important role, which is also the main source of income for Grebbestad.

The first motorized bus in Sweden, which was inaugurated in 1911 ran between the station and Tanum Grebbestad.

Etymology

The name " Grebbestad " comes from " Grebys city ", where " stad " does not mean the city but boot space here. " Greby " comes from the Old Norse word " grjotby " which means " stone " or " rocky ground " means from.

Culture

The poet Ebba Lindqvist (1908-1995), after a place in Grebbestad is named, grew up here. The poet Evert Taube spent a summer on the Grebbestad barrier island Otterön.