The history of Lilla Edet Municipality

In Lilla Edet we drink the best water in Sweden, the water was recently awarded the prestigious  price best tasting and best quality water in Sweden. We can also enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Göta River Valley, and the possibilities of hiking in the many bewitching forests. If you are lucky you might find a forest lake with red water lilies. Lilla Edet offers many possibilities for the nature loving and the culturally interested visitor. Did you know that Lödöse  is the precursor of Gothenburg and that there are a large number of findings from the medieval times that you can see in the medieval times museum in Lödöse. Try our famous salmon fishing, known throughout northern Europe for It´s many and large catches. We are also home of the first floodgate in Sweden. We have had many presidents that have stayed at the nearby castle and many directors have used the beautiful landscape in Lilla Edet in their movies.