Veddige

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Veddige

|image_skyline = Veddige_kyrka.jpg

|image_caption = Photo of Veddige kyrka

|pushpin_map = Sweden Halland#Sweden

|pushpin_label_position =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Sweden

|subdivision_type3 = Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = Varberg Municipality

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Halland County

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Halland

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=2012-01-27 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 }}

|area_total_km2 = 1.77

|population_as_of = 31 December 2010

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 2,045

|population_density_km2 = 1156

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|57|16|N|12|19|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

}}

Veddige is a locality situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 2,045 inhabitants in 2010. It is located near the river Viskan, about 20 km from the central place of Varberg. The scenery of Veddige is dominated by a huge church from the 19th century.

The village gave its name to the parish. The three oldest words for the parish are Wighöger 1347, in Wyghöghä 1378, and Widhöya 1418.{{cite book|title=Ortnamnen i Hallands län 3. Bebyggelsenamn i norra Halland|url=http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1106202/FULLTEXT01.pdf|author=Ståhl, Harry|year=1979|page=78,84–85|language=sv}} Veddige's sports team is the local ice-hockey team, the Veddige Vipers, playing in Division 3 of the Swedish League.