Bohuslän

Bohuslän, or Bahusia, is a traditional province or landskap on the western coast of Sweden. It borders to Dalsland and Västergötland. It is also borders to Skagerrak and to Norway.

County For current affairs see: County of Västra Götaland

For many years Bohuslän formed a county togeather with the City of Gothenburg, but in 1999 it was replaced by the several times larger County of Västra Götaland.

History Main article: History of Bohuslän

Chartered cities before 1971:

• Kungälv (approximately 1100)
• Lysekil (1903)
• Marstrand[?] (approximately 1200)
• Strömstad (1672)
• Uddevalla (1498)

Bohuslän became a Swedish province in 1658 due to the Treaty of Roskilde. The province gets its name from the fortress of Bohus[?], by the town of Kungälv. The other part of the name - län, which means fief is also the term used for the current administrative units. counties.

Geography Main article: Geography of Bohuslän

The fortress of Carlsten[?] was built in Marstrand during the 17th century. It was for a period also a free port (porto franco), with a free religious practice and as such home to the only synagogue in Sweden, at the time.

Culture Main article: Culture of Bohuslän[?]

The rock carvings in Tanum made 2,500 to 3,000 years ago has been entered as a site in the UNESCO World heritage program.

Heraldry Main article: Heraldry of Bohuslän[?]

Bohuslän was granted its arms at the time of the funural for Charles X Gustav of Sweden in 1660, it was identical to the arms of the Town of Kungälv. In 1962 the higher claim of the town was established and a variation for the arms of the county was introduced. The coat of arms is represented with a dukal coronet. Blazon: "Argent, a Castle embatteled Gules with one embatteled Tower of the same and two doors Or hinged Sable between a Sword point upwards and Lion rampant holding the Tower both Azure langued and armed Or."

External Links

• Bohuslän (http://www.bohuslan.com/) - Tourist site