Ekholm

Ekholm was a medieval stronghold on an island in the Göta älv near Trollhättan. Håkan Magnusson had it built in the 1360s to guard the old crossing between Malöga and Naglum, a route between Sweden and Norway. In 1413 a mill called Trollhette kvarn was recorded as grinding grain for the castle's household. The surrounding falls and rapids made this stretch of the river a place where travellers and goods had to be carried overland.