Kungshamn
Kungshamn is a locality ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götaland County and the historical province ( landskap ) Bohuslän. The village lies on a peninsula on the Swedish west coast and is connected since 1970 by a bridge Smögen. Kungshamn is the administrative center of the municipality Sotenäs.
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- 3.2 Other sources
History
In the 16th century, when the first large schools of herring reached the Skagerrak, the area belonged to Norway, and the first fishermen settled in the territory of the present-day village. Resistant buildings were constructed but only during the glut herring in the 18th century. The name Kungshamn first emerged in the 17th century on a chart and on a designated anchorage, which today is among the place and Smögen. Between 1772 and 1963 Kungshamn was the name of a Christian community for the surrounding settlements. In 1900 the settlements Gravarne and Bäckevik united to a patch ( Municipalsamhälle ) and the place Fisketången received the same status. When the Municipalsamhällen were abolished in 1952, it came to merge under the name Kungshamn, the same was capital of the province.
In the 1970s, the city center has been transformed fundamentally. The port was partially filled, torn fishing shacks and built large homes that house shops today.
Economy
In Kungshamn find the Municipal House, where all the official work of the community to run. A large part of the population commutes daily to the communities Lysekil and Uddevalla to work, but there are also many people from the municipalities listed who work in the company of Kungshamn.
Fishing
Fisheries in Kungshamn the longest tradition and was long the only industry of the place. In the mid-20th century there were more than 200 professional fishermen in Gravarne and many people were busy trying to process the incoming fish. Yet in 1953 more than 10 million kilograms of fish were offered at auctions. Thereafter, the fishery declined rapidly, so that today only a few active fishing boats are left. Fish processing is still an important economic factor, since many of the companies that were founded in the 20th century, continues to exist. For example, a canning factory was opened in 1927, which later became the joint-stock company Gebrüder Amel (today better known as Abba Seafood ). 1954 started in the factory with the production of sweden widely known Kalles Kaviar.
2005 Abba bought the company AB Hållöfisk, which had in 1946 started with the processing of shrimp and crabs.
Tourism
When the fishing declined, the town began to focus on tourism. Initially, the better-off people came from Sweden's major cities, but today visitors come from around the country and from abroad. Of the foreign visitors, the Norwegians are the largest group, but also the proportion of Danes, Germans and Dutch is remarkable. Alluring is especially close to the sea and many guests unsuccessful in their private boat to the host port. Since the landscape is mountainous, there is almost no sandy beaches. That's why many bridges were built, of which the water is easy to reach.
At times Kungshamn was a place for young party goers, but because the local government has made less good experience with this, is now set to more families with young children.
Swell
- Claes Claesson / Nils Niklasson / Richard Holmstrom: Bohuslän. Allhems Förlag, Malmö 1956 ( 2nd edition 1963).
- Ted Knapp: longitudinal kusten i Bohuslän. Warne, Sävedalen 2005, ISBN 91-86425-84-6.