Kungsbacka is a Municipality in
Halland County, in southwest
Sweden. It is located about 30 km
south of
Gothenburg. The
total population is 71,000. The
area is 610.3 km², with a population
density of 117 inhabitants
per km². Kungsbacka is closely
integrated in the
region of Metropolitan Gothenburg.
The first
records referring to
Kungsbacka as a town
date from the 15th
century, when it was part of
Denmark. By late 16th
century,
Kungsbacka still only had some 5,650 inhabitants. It nonetheless had some significance as a
place of trading, albeit on a small scale. By the
time it was recognised as part of
Sweden (
1658), the river running through the town (pictured), on which some transportation of
goods took
place had almost overgrown, and despite pleas to
restore its function, this did not occur. Some trade still took place from the
coast, but the town's signifiance as a place of
naval commerce lessened over the centuries. Today, it is however
the home of over 2,000 businesses, and the river is still running through it. By
1805 the population had grown to 14,606. An infamous
fire in
1846 did however destroy the
town centre, sparing only a little
red wooden hut which is still standing today. In late
2006 another major
fire affected the
town centre, and construction works are currently ongoing to
restore the loss of the wooden buildings.
; "Kungsbacka")
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