Kungsbacka Knowpia

Kungsbacka
Kungsbacka
	Kungsbacka
	Coat of arms
	Kungsbacka Kungsbacka
	Coordinates: 57°29′N 12°04′E / 57.483°N 12.067°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Halland
County	Halland County
Municipality	Kungsbacka Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Lisa Andersson
Area
• Total	10.03 km2 (3.87 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2018)
• Total	23,000
• Density	1,901/km2 (4,920/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kungsbacka (Swedish pronunciation: [kɵŋsˈbaˈka] ^ⓘ) is a locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 19,057 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] It is a part of Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area.

It is one of the most affluent parts of Sweden, in part due to its simultaneous proximity to the countryside and the large city of Gothenburg.^{[citation needed]} Its mayor since 2020 is Lisa Andersson.

History edit

The old train station in Kungsbacka

The first records referring to Kungsbacka as a town date from the 15th century, when it was part of Denmark. By the time it was recognised as part of Sweden (1658), the river running through the town, on which some transportation of goods took place, was almost completely overgrown and despite pleas to restore its function, this did not occur. Some trade still took place from the coast, but the town's significance as a place of naval commerce declined over the centuries. Today, it is home to over 2,000 enterprises, and the river still runs through it.^{[citation needed]}

A devastating fire in 1846 destroyed the town centre, sparing only a little red wooden cabin which still stands today. In late 2006 and early 2014 other fires affected the town centre, and construction work is ongoing to restore the loss of wooden buildings.

The town remained small until the 1960s. The municipal reform of 1971 made it the seat of the much larger Kungsbacka Municipality. The town began to grow as a part of Metropolitan Gothenburg. It is the southern terminus of the Gothenburg commuter rail system, situated 28 km from central Gothenburg.

Sister cities edit

The following cities are twinned with Kungsbacka:^[2]

Saarijärvi, Central Finland, Finland
Neiva, Huila, Colombia

Notable people edit

Bengt Andersson, football player
Jonny Andersson, International motorcycle trials rider
Torsten Billman 1909-1989. Artist, woodcut engraver and mural painter
Lasse Brandeby, comic actor
Christian Folin (born 1991), ice hockey player for Frölunder HC
Lars Gathenhielm, 1689-1718. Pirate
Calle Johansson, ice hockey player
Fredrik Jacobson, golfer
Hasse Jeppson 1925-2013. Football player. Sweden squad - 1950 FIFA World Cup, Third Place
Niklas Rubin, ice hockey goaltender
Omar Rudberg, Singer in FO&O
Ulrik Munther, Singer
Fridolina Rolfö, football player
Alexander Jeremejeff, professional footballer for Panathinaikos

Mario statue in Kungsbacka, a landmark visible from the passing European route E6

Sports edit

The following sports clubs are located in Kungsbacka:

Varla IBK Floorball
Kungsbacka IF
Tölö IF
HK Aranäs
Kungsbacka Broncos Rugby league Club

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ "Ystävyyskuntatoiminta" (in Finnish). City of Saarijärvi. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

External links edit

Kungsbacka Municipality - official website

[scb-1] "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

[2] "Ystävyyskuntatoiminta" (in Finnish). City of Saarijärvi. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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