Tidaholm Municipality

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Tidaholm is a Municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 521.4 km² and is located on the banks of the river Tidan. Of the total population of 12694, 6342 are male, and 6352 are female. The population density of the community is 24 inhabitants per km².

Early Tidaholm was primarily an agricultural estate. An ironworks was established in 1799 at the site of the Holmagarden forge. The ironworks were replaced in 1868 by a match factory. The Vulcan match factory eventually became the largest in the world. Today, the Lithographic Art Workshop in Tidaholm resides in the former factory and carries on the tradition of lithographic arts in Tidaholm that was begun by designers of matchbook labels. In the center of the town there are the finest hologram exhibition.

Many well-preserved medieval churches stand in the municipality of Tidaholm. Some church sites also contain examples of early Scandinavian rune stones.

[edit] External links

• Tidaholm - Official site