What is "faglavik"

Fåglavik is a bimunicipal village situated in Herrljunga Municipality and Vara Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 209 inhabitants in 2005, increasing to 5043 in 2010.

Was born here the Blessed Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad, (June 4, 1870 – April 24, 1957), nurse, catholic nun and re-founder of the Bridgettines. An artist Jan Van Den Bergen used to live the house where she was born. Jan was an artist who was a Fantastic Realist, he died some time after 2008 of cancer. He was known for painting fantasy scenes.

The village used to have a glass factory, the glass factory was a brick building which was contaminated with asbestos, during 2008 the building was demolished and site conditioned to reduce the spread of contamination into the environment.