# Ljungskile

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Place in Bohuslän, Sweden

Ljungskile Ljungskile in Summer 1995 Ljungskile Show map of Västra Götaland Ljungskile Show map of Sweden Coordinates: 58°13′N 11°55′E / 58.217°N 11.917°E / 58.217; 11.917 Country Sweden Province Bohuslän County Västra Götaland County Municipality Uddevalla Municipality Area [1] • Total 3.60 km2 (1.39 sq mi) Population (31 December 2010)[1] • Total 3,375 • Density 937/km2 (2,430/sq mi) Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

**Ljungskile** (Swedish pronunciation: [\[jɵŋsˈɕîːlɛ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Swedish))[2] is a [locality](/source/Urban_areas_in_Sweden) in [Uddevalla Municipality](/source/Uddevalla_Municipality), [Västra Götaland County](/source/V%C3%A4stra_G%C3%B6taland_County), [Sweden](/source/Sweden). It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of [Uddevalla](/source/Uddevalla), at the coast of Ljungskileviken and at the base of Bredfjället. It had 4 026 inhabitants in 2023.[3]

The locality is home to Lyckorna, the youngest [seaside resort](/source/Seaside_resort) in Sweden. It was founded in 1877 by Robert Macfie, a Scottish immigrant.[4] It is also home to Ljungskile Folkhögskola, one of the biggest [Folk High Schools](/source/Folk_high_school) in Sweden.[5]

The first half of the locality’s name stems from Ljungs [Socken](/source/Socken) whose church is located in Ljungskile. Meanwhile, a “kile” is an old swedish word which translates roughly to “[bay](/source/Bay)”. “Ljungskile” therefore means "Ljungs’s Bay”.[4]

## Sports

The local [football](/source/Association_football) team, [Ljungskile SK](/source/Ljungskile_SK), was founded on the 16:th of May 1926. Despite Ljungskile’s small population, the team managed to reach [Allsvenskan](/source/Allsvenskan), the highest level in the [Swedish football league system](/source/Swedish_football_league_system), where they competed both the 1997 and 2008 seasons. As of 2025 the men’s team has been relegated to [Division 1](/source/Division_1_(Swedish_football)) while the women’s are in [Division 2](/source/Division_2_(Swedish_women's_football)). Their home field is at [Skarsjövallen](/source/Skarsj%C3%B6vallen).[6]

Other sport clubs from Ljungskile include:

- Athletics: Hälle IF

- Sailing: Ljungskile Segelsällskap

- Golf: Lyckorna Golfklubb

- Tennis: Ljungskile Tennisförening

## Transport

### Roads

In Ljungskile, the [European route E6](/source/European_route_E6) connects with the [county road](/source/Swedish_county_road) 167 toward [Lilla Edet](/source/Lilla_Edet).

### Bus

The local bus line, the 826, goes in a loop through Lyckorna and Hälle before returning to Ljungskile Station. From there, there are two lines going toward Kampenhof Resecentrum in central [Uddevalla](/source/Uddevalla), one line via Grohed and one via [Ammenäs](/source/Ammen%C3%A4s).

There are also two express lines stopping at Ljungskile Station, both of which only stopping in [Kungälv](/source/Kung%C3%A4lv) before reaching their terminus in [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg). After Ljungskile, one of the lines continues non-stop to central Uddevalla, while the other becomes a slower paced ride towards [Lysekil](/source/Lysekil) after passing [Torp Terminalen](/source/Torp_K%C3%B6pcentrum).

### Train

Ljungskile Station is part of the [Bohus Line](/source/Bohus_Line).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-scb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-scb_1-1) ["Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010"](http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls) (in Swedish). [Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden). 14 December 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls) from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). [*Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter*](https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0020.html) (in Swedish). p. 16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ljungskile (Uddevalla, Västra Götaland, Sweden) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information"](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/sweden/vastragotaland/uddevalla/1485TB107__ljungskile/). *www.citypopulation.de*. Retrieved 2025-05-07.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_4-1) ["Ljungskile - en del av Uddevalla"](https://www.vastsverige.com/uddevalla/destinationer/ljungskile/). *www.vastsverige.com* (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Ljungskile folkhögskola - folkhogskola.nu"](https://www.folkhogskola.nu/sok-skolor/Vastra-Gotalands-lan/Ljungskile-folkhogskola/). *www.folkhogskola.nu* (in Swedish). 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2025-05-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Klubben – Ljungskile SK"](https://www.lsk.se/klubben/) (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-05-07.

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