Färgelanda Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Färgelanda.
The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Färgelanda Municipality (which in 1967 had absorbed Ödeborg) was amalgamated with Högsäter.
Its coat of arms is based on a medieval seal depicting a harrow, symbolizing agriculture.
Localities Färgelanda 2,000 (seat) Högsäter 750 Ödeborg 700 Stigen 350
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Färgelanda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 6,577 residents, including 5,021 Swedish citizens of voting age in the municipality. 38.3% voted for the left coalition and 60.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Färgelanda landsbygd 1,741 1,288 41.4 57.4 76 83 17 23,107 22Färgelanda tätort 1,391 1,079 45.8 53.2 72 84 16 22,074 21Högsäter 2,094 1,583 30.2 68.4 80 87 13 22,931 26Ödeborg-Torp 1,351 1,071 40.2 59.1 85 89 11 25,414 26Source: SVT
Tourism The scarcely populated municipalities in the historical province of Dalsland, with a total of 50,000 inhabitants, have a unified tourism information. Färgelanda with its low population is preferring to boast its nature. There are several opportunities for fishing, and Ellenösjön is a popular lake for pikeperch fishing. The nature reserve in Kroppefjäll offers walking lines and a mountainous nature. There is canoeing and swimming in the many lakes and streams.
Färgelanda also has an old and well-preserved ancient history. Rock carvings in Ödeborg are located by Brötegården Museum; furthermore there are some 140 grave fields from the Iron Age scattered in the municipality. Something in between a museum and a folk museum is Ödeborg's Fornsal, with more than 6,000 objects gathered from Dalsland in the last millennia.
References
External links
Färgelanda Municipality - Official site Dalsland - Official page for Dalsland municipalities Ödeborg's fornsal - In Swedish, English and German