Fjällbacka

Fjällbacka
Fjällbacka from above in August 2008.
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Coordinates: 58°36′N 11°17′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Bohuslän
County	Västra Götaland County
Municipality	Tanum Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.05 km^2 (0.41 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	859
• Density	819/km^2 (2,120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Fjällbacka is a locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 859 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Fjällbacka is mostly known as a summer tourist resort, with a long history, and as the setting for many of best-selling Swedish noir writer Camilla Läckberg's novels.

Fjällbacka is located approximately 150 km from Gothenburg, 165 km from Oslo and 520 km from Stockholm.^[2]

Notable residents

• The actress Ingrid Bergman lived here, when she visited Sweden.
• Swedish crime writer Camilla Läckberg grew up here; many of her books take place in or around Fjällbacka.

References

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. Fjällbacka Official Home Page Fjällbacka