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Strömstad is a locality and the seat of Strömstad Municipality, about 400 km west of Stockholm and about 145 km northwest of the capital of Västra Götaland County, Göteborg. Strömstad has a population of about 7,200 (2015), the Ströstad municipality has a population of about 13,300 (2021). Strömstad is a bustling town throughout the year due to its international ferry link to Sandefjord, Norway. It is also home to a domestic ferry connection to the Koster Islands, a nature preserve which is Sweden's westernmost populated islands. It is home to Sweden's largest deepwater harbor. Strömstad claims to have more summer sunshine days than any other town north of the Alps.

Originally, the province Bohuslän, where Strömstad is situated, was Norwegian territory, which was transferred to Sweden according to the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. At Strömstad, there was a small fishing village known as Strömmen. The village got small privileges as a merchant town (köping) shortly thereafter, which seems to have made it expand, because it is documented to have gotten a charter in 1676, although some documents show it was already considered a city in 1672. As it was the seat for a merchant navy, the coat of arms was designed with such a ship, and has remained that way even after the use of sailing ships was discontinued in the 19th century. The city was a seat for Sweden's warfare against Denmark-Norway, and more than once it was conquered and reconquered throughout the centuries. The late 18th century saw the spa and bathing attract visitors, a position it kept throughout the 19th century. In 1786 Sweden's first hot baths were opened in the city.

Strömstad is the setting for the play The Creditors by August Strindberg.

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