'Åmål' is a town in the traditional province of
Dalsland,
Sweden and the seat of
Åmål Municipality,
Västra Götaland County. The town has a population of 9,300.
History
Åmål was founded in the 17th century, and became one of the now defunct
Cities of Sweden already in
1646, and the only city in the historical province of
Dalsland. Its location close to the borders of the
Denmark-Norway alliance made it suffer in the ensuing centuries. First in 1645 when it was almost completely demolished, furthermore in 1676 and 1679; and the last time in 1788 when it was conquered by the Danes who held it for a short while.
After the last severe fire in 1901, whereby 1,000 people became homeless, it was rebuilt with wider streets and larger houses.
Fucking Åmål
The movie ''
Fucking Åmål'' (released in
English as ''Show Me Love'') is set there (but was actually shot in and based upon the town of
Trollhättan) and depicts it as a relatively boring and "normal" town.
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