Uddevalla Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla.
University West is a university college (högskola) located in Trollhättan, in southwestern Sweden. University West was initially called University College of Trollhättan/Uddevalla and had three campuses, in Trollhättan, Uddevalla and Vänersborg. In 2008 all activities were relocated to new facilities in Trollhättan.
Dan Martin Nataniel Dahlin is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. In his prime, he was considered one of the world's best strikers. A full international between 1991 and 1997, he won 60 caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of the Sweden team that finished third in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also represented Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics as well as UEFA Euro 1992.
Uddevalla is a town and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 2021, it had a population of 34,781.
Ljungskile SK is a Swedish football club located in Ljungskile, a town within Uddevalla Municipality. They currently play in the Swedish third tier, Division 1.
IS Halmia is a football club, located in Halmstad, Sweden.
The Battle of Uddevalla took place at Uddevalla on August 28, 1677 as part of the Scanian War.
IFK Uddevalla is a Swedish football club located in Uddevalla and played two seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, in 1925–26 and 1926–27.
Agnebergshallen is an indoor arena for sports events and concerts in Uddevalla, Sweden. The arena, which was inaugurated in 1987, has a capacity for 2.400 during sports events. It is the home arena of both the man and woman section of the handball club Kroppskultur. Both in the Swedish elite.
IK Oddevold is a Swedish football club located in Uddevalla, the name "Oddevold" being an older form of Uddevalla. The club, formed on 3 July 1932, currently plays in Sweden's third-flight league, Division 1. They play most of their home games at Rimnersvallen and they also have a newly built training facility called Thordéngården where they play most of their friendly games.
Tyson Smith, better known by the ring name Kenny Omega, is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. Omega is an executive vice president of All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in which he also performs. In addition, he appears in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and Impact Wrestling, with which AEW has partnerships. Omega currently holds the AEW World Championship and the AAA Mega Championship, both in his first reign. He is also a former Impact World Champion and AEW World Tag Team Champion.
The Bohusläns Fotbollförbund(Bohuslän Football Association) is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Bohuslän.
IFK Lane is a Swedish football club located in Lane-Ryr, Uddevalla.
The NU Hospital Group consists mainly of two hospitals in Sweden; Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus in Trollhättan and Uddevalla Sjukhus in Uddevalla. NU Hospital Group also includes three smaller local hospitals in Lysekil, Strömstad and Dalsland. It serves 270,000 residents of Dalsland, northern Bohuslän and the towns of Trollhättan, Uddevalla and Vänersborg. In 2009, NU Hospital Group treated 126,000 outpatients over the course of 479,000 hospital visits, and 27,000 inpatients over the course of 39,000 visits. The NU Hospital Group is part of the Västra Götaland Regional Council.
Bullet Club, sometimes shortened to BC, is a professional wrestling stable primarily appearing in the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In the United States, the group currently appears in All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and sometimes the National Wrestling Alliance.
Ture Robert Ferdinand Malmgren was a Swedish journalist, book publisher, and municipal politician. A prominent figure in his home Uddevalla, Malmgren became a colourful and well-known part of the city's history through, among other things, his long-lasting ownership of the newspaper Bohusläningen, work in the local political scene, eccentric and extravagant lifestyle, and faux-medieval Tureborg Castle.
The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was a late-19th-century political movement founded in Uddevalla, Sweden. Local historians and the Swedish Social Democratic Party consider it the first political predecessor of the Swedish labour movement in the province of Bohuslän. Its purpose was to bring about universal suffrage in Sweden: At the time, suffrage in the country was restricted to men and based on personal wealth, therefore excluding most of the urban and rural working class from the electoral process. The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was one of many groups throughout Sweden that helped bring democratic thought into the common discourse and make way for the political breakthrough of the labour movement.
Events from the year 1677 in Sweden
The Elite is a professional wrestling stable currently appearing in the U.S. based promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Impact Wrestling. Since September 2021, the line-up has consisted of Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Adam Cole and The Good Brothers with manager Don Callis. The group currently holds numerous championships across three promotions—Omega is the AEW World Champion and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's AAA Mega Champion, in his first reign with each title and The Good Brothers are in their second reign as Impact World Tag Team Champions.
IFK Uddevalla Futsal is a Swedish futsal association. It was formed in 2013 in Uddevalla, Sweden, and they play their home games in Agnebergshallen.
