Fiskebäckskil
Encyclopedia
Fiskebäckskil is a locality in Skaftö parish
of Lysekil Municipality
, Sweden
. Once a fishing community, it has transformed into a shipping community in the 19th century. Now it is a thriving tourist community.
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Lysekil Municipality
Lysekil Municipality
Lysekil Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lysekil....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Once a fishing community, it has transformed into a shipping community in the 19th century. Now it is a thriving tourist community.
Notable residents
- Carl Wilhelmson Artist (painter) and professor.
- Prof. Michael Thorndyke (1946- ),British Marine Biologist
See also
- Lysekil MunicipalityLysekil MunicipalityLysekil Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lysekil....