Tanum (municipality)

Tanum community
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap):	Bohuslan
Main place:	Tanumshede
SCB code:	1435
Residents :	12,841 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	954.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	13.4 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.tanum.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 58 ° 43 '  N , 11 ° 20'  E

Hällsö in Tanum

Tanum is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Bohuslän . The main town of the municipality is Tanumshede .

history

Before the amalgamation of Älvsborgs län , Skaraborgs län and Göteborgs och Bohus län to Västra Götalands län , Tanum belonged to the province of Göteborgs och Bohus län.

Attractions

→ Main article : Rock carvings from Tanum

In six places in the community there are rock carvings that were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 as rock carvings by Tanum . The 3000 year old carvings and the large number of found objects from different epochs suggest an early settlement.

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

• Fjällbacka
• Hamburgsund ; The place is divided and is located both on the mainland and on the island of Hamburgö
• Tanumshede
• Grebbestad
• Rabbalshede

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Per Jacobsson (1894–1963), Swedish manager; from 1956 to 1963 Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Web links

Commons : Gemeinde Tanum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Tanum  - Travel Guide

• Official website (Swedish, German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)