Tjörn at the centre of Scandinavia at the heart of the province of Bohuslän

It makes up part of the Västra Götaland administrative region but its contacts are as much across the north Atlantic as with the European continent. Fishing and the freight trade, both to east and west, have contributed to shaping a community open to the world and yet firmly anchored in land and sea.

Tjörn covers an area of 167 square kilometres, ranking it Sweden's sixth in order of size.
The wellknown Tjörn bridge links the island to the mainland. Around Tjörn spread the skerries of the archipelago, one of Europe's rare and valued treasures, with seven inhabited islands and a host of uninhabited minor outcrops.

Tjörn's strategic position in the Västra Götaland region - close to both Göteborg and to the 'four-city' complex of Trollhättan, Vänersborg, Uddevalla and Lysekil, and near too to Stenungsund with its petrochemical industries - all help to make Tjörn an attractive place to live, work and thrive in. 15,000 people have chosen to live in Tjörn's very special and well preserved landscape today.

Typical of what Tjörn has to offer are the well proportioned dwelling facilities, easy access to all forms of social service, and favourable conditions for both personal and commercial development.

Tjörn is easily reached from all over Scandinavia. The island is rich in flora and fauna and is a place of living history. Tjörn offers visitors and residents the pleasures of sunshine, sea bathing, fishing, salt breezes, trekking, traditions, and a keen social life with cultural activities suited to young and old. Tjörn today is a municipality with a strong commercial economy, plenty of selfconfidence and a belief in the future.

Choose Tjörn and you've chosen a place with established traditions alongside innovative thinking, a spirit of experimentation and development. You've chosen the very quality of life which is on offer here.

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