Editing Uddevalla (section)

=== Industries ===
When the [[Industrial Revolution|industrial revolution]] reached Sweden, Uddevalla had fully recovered from the fire. Uddevalla's first major industry was a [[cotton mill]] named [[Kampenhof AB]]. It was built in 1857 and had 10 000 machines driven by a [[steam engine]]. A few years later in 1875, Adolf P. Zachau built a match factory called Uddevalla Tändsticksfabrik. The match factory, along with their trademark “Svalan” (translated: “The [[Swallow]]”), eventually became successful all over the world. Despite this, it was closed down in 1938. Kampenhof AB remained until 1954, when it too was closed down. The cotton mill however, stood untouched until 1982 when it was [[demolished]]. In its place today is Kampenhof Resecentrum, the main [[bus station]] of Uddevalla.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UDDEVALLA TÄNDSTICKSFABRIK |url=https://thoresmatches.se/tandsticksfabriker/uddevalla_tandsticksfabrik.htm |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=thoresmatches.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kampenhofs bomullsspinneri och väveri |url=https://digitaltmuseum.se/011014290707/kampenhofs-bomullsspinneri-och-vaveri |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=digitaltmuseum.se |language=en}}</ref>

Uddevallavarvet was at its time the biggest employer in all of Bohuslän with approximately 4 000 workers at its peak. It was founded in 1946 by Gustav B. Thordén, who bought two [[Kaiser Shipyards|kaiser shipyards]], one from [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]] and one from [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], and transported them across the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]. When Uddevallavarvet was closed down in 1986 they had built 221 [[Oil tanker|supertankers]]. Their biggest ship was the [[T/T Nanny]] which, with a length of 364 meters and a width of 79 meters, is the biggest [[ship]] ever built in Sweden. <ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Varvet och Vi |url=https://digitaltmuseum.se/021107069772/varvet-och-vi |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=digitaltmuseum.se |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kolar |first=Linn |date=2025-03-14 |title="Jätteladyn" – en svensk industriell triumf |url=https://www.dagensps.se/foretag/uddevallavarvet-och-tt-nanny-en-svensk-industriell-triumf/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Dagens PS |language=sv-SE}}</ref>