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Our History<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The history of Varbergs Stadshotell<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Varbergs Stadshotell has a fascinating history. The town hall began to be used as early as 1901 with a number of shops on the first floor. Hotel operations started in the fall of 1902. Among other things, the hotel was one of the first buildings to be electrified and the final bill for the entire Stadshuset amounted to almost SEK 450,000! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The creation of the town hall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On February 24, 1898, Alfred Lundgren submitted a motion to the city council. He had an idea that Varberg needed a Stadshotell, which he then expanded into a Stadshus. He wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a city hotel with or without shops on the lower ground floor could be a profitable business for the city, I hereby propose that Mr. City Council appoints a committee that is commissioned to prepare cost and income calculations regarding such an enterprise and to submit a report to the City Council as soon as possible.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motion was passed and on August 23, 1902, the official inauguration dinner was held at Varberg City Hall. Since then, the building has been a natural gathering point in Varberg. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The hotel has existed since its inauguration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Originally there was Bergqvist’s delicatessen, Wetterlund’s manufactory, the post office, Ivar Johansson’s men’s hairdressing and the Hertzberg sisters’ fashion shop, as well as Kindvall’s bookshop and printing house, the liquor company and the hotel. The building also housed the fire brigade and the town ombudsman. Today, Varbergs Stadshotell is the only business that has existed since the building was opened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine how much has happened under one roof! A dizzying thought and so much fun to follow the development of the house into the future. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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preserved interior<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Inside, the richly decorated stairwell with features of Neo-Renaissance and Art Nouveau is preserved. In the stairwell there are large windows with decorative glass adorned with stylized patterns of plants and water. Varberg’s coat of arms with the goat, tower and tree and the county coat of arms with its lion are also found in the staircase windows. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Key dates in the hotel’s history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n