{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Munkedal, Sweden |image_skyline = Munkedals-centrum-3.JPG |image_caption = Central Munkedal |pushpin_map = Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Sweden |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Munkedal Municipality |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Västra Götaland County |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Bohuslän |area_footnotes = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 5.41 |population_as_of = 31 December 2010 |population_footnotes = <ref name=scb /> |population_total = 3,718 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). --> |population_density_km2 = 687 |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|58|29|N|11|41|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |website = }} '''Munkedal''' is a locality and the seat of Munkedal Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 3,718 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb /> Joakim Andersson, an ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings, grew up in Munkedal. Olympian Erland Koch was born here.<ref name="Koch">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/erland-koch-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203608/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/erland-koch-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Erland Koch |accessdate=25 January 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> The Battle of Kvistrum took place near the town.<ref name="Nils Modig">Nils Modig. Strömstad—Gränsstad i Ofred och Krig (2013). Warne Förlag, Sävedalen. pp. 146–159</ref>
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