The hospital was completed in 1988 and was a merger between two hospitals in Trollhättan and Vänersborg.
The city is located on the southern shores of lake Vänern, close to where the river Göta älv leaves the lake.
:Venersborg redirects here; for the city in Sweden, see Vänersborg
Vargön, a locality situated in Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden