Fiskebäckskil

Place in Bohuslän, Sweden

58°14′50″N 11°27′30″E / 58.24722°N 11.45833°E / 58.24722; 11.45833CountrySwedenProvinceBohuslänCountyVästra Götaland CountyMunicipalityLysekil MunicipalityArea

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• Total0.72 km² (0.28 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2010)^[1]

• Total379 • Density527/km² (1,360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Fiskebäckskil is a locality in Lysekil Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, at the mouth of the Gullmarn fjord. It had 379 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] Once primarily a fishing community, it transformed into a shipping community in the 19th century and currently is a thriving tourist resort.

Notable residents

Elise Hwasser (1831-1894), stage actress
Johan Hjalmar Théel (1848-1937) Marine zoologist, director of local zoological station 1892–1908
Michael Thorndyke [sv] (1946–) British marine biologist
Carl Wilhelmson (1866–1928) Artist and professor

References

^ ^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.