Skara Sommarland, Theme park in Skara, Sweden
Skara Sommarland is a theme park in Skara Municipality, Sweden, featuring water slides, rollercoasters, swimming pools, and rides designed for different age groups. The facility spreads across a large outdoor area with several themed zones and entertainment sections.
Bert Karlsson founded and inaugurated the park on 7 May 1984 in a gravel pit about ten kilometres east of Skara, starting with go-karts and water slides. Fairy-tale pools, more slides and a campsite followed within a few years. Karlsson lost control in 1993 amid bankruptcy threats; then-CEO Michael Kaufmann and the firm Rasta took over in 1994, Sparta Operations in 1997, and Parks & Resorts Scandinavia AB in 2001.
The park's summer entertainment stage has hosted Swedish performers such as Carola, Vikingarna, Jerry Williams and Eva Dahlgren. Around 450 seasonal workers staff the pools, rides, games and restaurants each summer. The park lies just north of Axvall, about 8 km east of Skara, and draws roughly 300,000 guests a year.
The park lies just north of Axvall, about 8 km east of Skara, and has a campsite next to it with room for 800 caravans or tents plus 300 cabins. Around 450 seasonal staff work each summer as pool hosts, ride hosts, games hosts and restaurant assistants. The grounds are outdoors, with pools, slides and paved paths between them.
The park was built in a gravel pit about ten kilometres east of Skara, and in the 1980s it drew around 800,000 visitors a year. Its first season in 1984 offered go-karts and water slides. The Stand Up coaster, run from 1988 to 1994, was sold to La Ronde in Montreal and renamed Cobra.
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