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Kungälv is a city (pop. 20,500) in Bohuslän
Bohuslän

is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated on the west coast of the country. It borders Dalsland and V?sterg?tland as well as the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea and ?stfold in Norway....
 on the Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 west coast and the seat of Kungälv Municipality
Kungälv Municipality

Kung?lv Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in V?stra G?taland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad of Kung?lv.The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Kung?lv, the City of Marstrand and territories belonging to four rural municipalities....
, Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County

V?stra G?taland County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 Municipalities of Sweden ....
. Kungälv is roughly translated as "King River" and is such named because of the two rivers that float in the vicinity, Göta Älv
Göta älv

The G?ta ?lv is a river that drains lake V?nern into Kattegat, and the North Sea, at the city of Gothenburg on the western coast of Sweden. It is located in G?taland, with the river itself being a site of early Geats settlement....
 and Nodre Älv. Kungälv has never housed any royalties, neither Norwegian nor Swedish.

The city was founded in 1612, when the former settlement at Kungahälla
Kungahälla

Kungah?lla was a medieval Norway settlement in southern Bohusl?n on what is presently the property of Kastellg?rden in Kung?lv Municipality.The Legendary saga talk of Konghelle as a Viking Age settlement, excavations to date provide no evidence that the site was inhabited before the 12th century....
 was moved to the Bohus Fortress
Bohus Fortress

Bohus Fortress lies along the old Norway - Sweden border in Kung?lv, Bohusl?n, Sweden, north east from Hisingen where the G?ta ?lv splits into two branches ....
. The fortress combined with "Bräckboden" is the most popular tourist attraction in Kungälv.

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Kungälv is a city (pop. 20,500) in Bohuslän
Bohuslän

is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated on the west coast of the country. It borders Dalsland and V?sterg?tland as well as the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea and ?stfold in Norway....
 on the Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 west coast and the seat of Kungälv Municipality
Kungälv Municipality

Kung?lv Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in V?stra G?taland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad of Kung?lv.The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Kung?lv, the City of Marstrand and territories belonging to four rural municipalities....
, Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County

V?stra G?taland County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 Municipalities of Sweden ....
. Kungälv is roughly translated as "King River" and is such named because of the two rivers that float in the vicinity, Göta Älv
Göta älv

The G?ta ?lv is a river that drains lake V?nern into Kattegat, and the North Sea, at the city of Gothenburg on the western coast of Sweden. It is located in G?taland, with the river itself being a site of early Geats settlement....
 and Nodre Älv. Kungälv has never housed any royalties, neither Norwegian nor Swedish.

The city was founded in 1612, when the former settlement at Kungahälla
Kungahälla

Kungah?lla was a medieval Norway settlement in southern Bohusl?n on what is presently the property of Kastellg?rden in Kung?lv Municipality.The Legendary saga talk of Konghelle as a Viking Age settlement, excavations to date provide no evidence that the site was inhabited before the 12th century....
 was moved to the Bohus Fortress
Bohus Fortress

Bohus Fortress lies along the old Norway - Sweden border in Kung?lv, Bohusl?n, Sweden, north east from Hisingen where the G?ta ?lv splits into two branches ....
. The fortress combined with "Bräckboden" is the most popular tourist attraction in Kungälv.

Boston Bruins forward and Olympian P. J. Axelsson was born and raised in Kungälv.