Onsala
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Kungsbacka Municipality |
| County | Halland County |
| Province | Halland |
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| - Total | 10.44 km² (4 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 11,375 |
| - Density | 1,090/km² (2,823.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Onsala is the biggest peninsula in Sweden, 40 kilometers south of Gothenburg, and is part of Kungsbacka Municipality.
The population is around 12-14,000 with a densely inhabited east coast, mainly consisting of villas. The biggest village is Gottskär, in older days a fishing village, and which today has a few restaurants and a leisure boat harbour. Lars Gathenhielm was born in the old parish of Onsala. He was a Swedish privateer commissioned by the king to raid Danish ships. He and his wife, Ingela, who took over his buisness as a privateer as a widow, are interred in a basement crypt beneath the smaller tower of the church. Their white sarcophagi have carved "jolly rogers" at the foot end.
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- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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