Kungshamn

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title: "Kungshamn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-sotenäs-municipality", "municipal-seats-of-västra-götaland-county", "swedish-municipal-seats"] topic_path: "geography/sweden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungshamn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Kungshamn
image_skyline	Kungshamn 1.JPG
image_caption	Kungshamn
pushpin_map	Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Sweden
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Sotenäs Municipality
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Västra Götaland County
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Bohuslän
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	2.08
population_as_of	31 December 2010
population_footnotes
population_total	2,814
population_density_km2	1350
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
coordinates
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The town consists of the former towns of "Gravarne", "Bäckevik" and "Fisketången". Kungshamn is situated on a peninsula just north of Lysekil and on the same latitude as Uddevalla, Skövde and Linköping. Since 1970, the town is connected to the Smögen island by a bridge.

Kungshamn is known for its fishing industry. The Abba Seafood company is located next to Smögen Bridge. Since 1920, all products for the company have been manufactured in the town.

Name

The direct translation of Kungshamn is "King's harbour" but mostly known as and correctly translated to "King's Landing". The name implies a connection to a king, but its origin is unknown. The locality was named Kungshamn in the 1960s. Before the renaming, it consisted of the smaller settlements Gravarne, Bäckevik and Fisketången. The names referred to the small communities located in the "Kungshamn area". Gravarne was the most commonly used in the late 20th century and fishermen used that name on their boats to identify their home port.

History

All of Bohuslän used to belong to Norway until it was seceded to Sweden in the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde. During the Middle Ages, foreigners were attracted by the rich herring fishing and therefore came to the west coast of Sweden to fish herring and later export it. Toll houses were established and one of the largest was in Kungshamn. Due to the herring fishing more and more people came to settle down in the Kungshamn locality. A more permanent village was established during the 19th century, due to a period of exceptional rich herring fishing.

Nature

The north eastern part of Kungshamn is forested. The landscape is characteristic for Bohuslän, with predominantly bare granite cliffs intersected by deep valleys with shrub bog areas, rich with birdlife. In the forest there is a 60 km hiking trail. The trail goes through Kungshamn and continues into other localities within the Sotenäs Municipality.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Kungshamn:

Kungshamns IF ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Kungshamn_pano.jpg" caption="Panorama"] ::

References

(14 December 2011). "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010". [[Statistics Sweden]].
[http://www.sotenas.se/kommunen/faktahistoria/sotenashistoria/kungshamn.4.3bdd1f2911f26749dbe800014394.html ''Sotenäs Kommun: Historia''] {{webarchive. link. (2009-07-12)
[http://www.sotenas.se/kommunen/faktahistoria/sotenashistoria/kungshamn.4.3bdd1f2911f26749dbe800014394.html "Kungshamn: Fakta/Historia"] {{webarchive. link. (2009-07-12)
[http://www.abbaseafood.se/Om-foeretaget "Abba Seafood: Om företaget"]
[http://www.vastsverige.com/sv/sotenas/artiklar/Kungshamn/ "VästSverige: Sotenäs Turistbyrå"]
[http://www.bohusgillet.se/Kungshamn%20m%20m.htm "Bohusgillet.se: Kungshamn"]
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[http://www.sotenas.se/kommunen/faktahistoria/sotenashistoria/kungshamn.4.3bdd1f2911f26749dbe800014394.html " Sotenäs: Sotenäs Kommun"] {{webarchive. link. (2009-07-12)
[http://www.sotenas.se/invanare/folkhalsafriskvard/motionssparochleder/kungshamn.106.445d3a42121be165878800011894.html "VästSverige: Sotenäs Kommun: Natur"]
[http://www.vastsverige.com/sv/Vastsverige/products/48897/Soteleden/Sotenäs Turistbyrå: Soteleden"]

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