Uddevalla's a city and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 30,513 inhabitants in 2005.. He founded a number of industries, mostly textile in the beginning. Another factor contributing to Uddevalla's recovery was the railroad. Today After the Swedish shipyard crisis in the 1980s, forcing the closure of Uddevallavarvet, Uddevalla suffered economic setback. The population has been steady over the last thirty years. Education All the high schools in… (More on Uddevalla)