Uddevalla

Uddevalla is a town (34,581 inhabitants end 2015) and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It is located at a bay of the south-eastern part of Skagerrak. The beaches of Uddevalla are filled with seashells and Uddevalla has one of the largest shell-banks in the world.

Uddevalla has a port and it once had a large shipyard, the Uddevallavarvet ("Uddevalla wharf"), which was the largest employer in Bohuslän during the 1960s. The 1970s recession, that affected the Swedish shipyard industry severely, led to the closing of the wharf in 1985.

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20th century

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19th century

Antiqua circle in 1866.

Sub Offices

In 1967 the post office of Hogstorp became Uddevalla 1 POB 1

Dotted circle HOGSTORP in 1904.