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Gullspång is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Hova. It had 1,167 inhabitants in 2010.HistoryGullspång provided the name for the new municipality created through the local government reform of 1971, but the administration was placed in the more centrally located Hova, with just some minor offices in Gullspång.Due to the long lasting rivalry between Gullspång and Hova the municipality avoids the term centralort (seat). Instead they are called the municipality's two main localities.BusinessIn Gullspångs municipality one finds the majority of industries and professionals. A major employer in the place is Partex Marking Systems, the company that manufactures cable identification is one of the largest exporters in Sweden of just cable labeling.In Gullspång Fortum also has a hydroelectric power as using the water from Skagern produces electricity. Although Fortum is quite a large employer in the town GullspångA stone's throw from Gullspång is Vänerplys factory for the manufacture of Plywood (Otterbäcken). It produces around 8 000 000m ² Plywood year. The company has about 160 employees and is the largest employer in the municipality.Vänerhamn AB, which has cargo ports around the entire Vänern is also a port of Otterbäcken. The port is the only natural deep harbor in the entire Vänern treat several million tonnes of freight each year.CultureLinda Bengtzing, who's a famous Swedish singer had in 2005 a hit with the song called "alla flickor" in the Swedish Song Contest. Linda was born and raised in Gullspång. She has participated in the Swedish Song Contest twice after "alla flickor". Linda Bengtzing competed with a choir from Gullspång in the high-profile contest Clash of the Choirs (2008).