Utlandet

Utlanden was the name given to the westernmost districts of Västergötland around the lower Göta älv and the coast. Askim, Sävedal, Vättle and the Swedish part of Hisingen formed a narrow outlet to the sea between Norwegian Bohuslän and Danish Halland. In the Middle Ages they also formed a deanery under the bishop of Skara. In 1346 King Magnus Eriksson and Queen Blanche gave their estate at Uglem in Utlanden to their intended burial place at Vadstena.