Editing Lysekil Municipality (section)

==History==
In Lysekil, humans have long left a mark on water, wood, soil, and stone.

[[Image:Lysekil postcard cirka 1900.jpg|thumb|right|Postcard from [[Fiskebäckskil]] around 1900.]]
With protected harbor surrounded by water and jutting out toward the fisheries of Kattegatt, The North Sea, and beyond, Lysekil has deep ties to the [[fishing]] and canning industry.  Mirrored fish on the current municipal [[coat of arms]] and a jumping dolphin on that of 1895 show the absolute dominance of the sea on the area. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Lysekil - Kommunvapen - Coat of arms - crest of Lysekil|url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Lysekil|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.heraldry-wiki.com|language=en}}</ref>

To many outsiders, especially those coming from Stockholm and the East coast whose ocean access was only the salty waters of the Baltic Sea, The granite beach and sweet water of Gullmarsfjorden made [[Lysekil]] a famous bathing location in 19th century.  Kallbadhuset (the cold bathing house), a somewhat exclusive, and very popular wooden bathing house dating from 1847 still stands in operation. Local rumor has it that once upon a time the King of Sweden would visit the Lysekil bathing house and specifically ask that the commoners of the town be allowed enter the wooden walls of Kallbadhuset because he 'liked' the everyday people of Lysekil (whom otherwise were not welcome inside the Bathing house compound.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lysekil Kallbadhus - History|url=http://www.lysekilkallbadhus.se/en/history|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.lysekilkallbadhus.se}}</ref>

Traditionally fishing, sailing, farming, stone-cutting, and forestry formed the largest chunk of the local economy and continue today; however, petroleum products refining (Preemraff in Lyse,) light industry (Husqvarna in Brastad,) and local and international [[tourism]] (especially during the summertime,) all form a large part in the economy of the municipality.