Sundsvall
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Top:Panorama view of downtown Sundsvall, Stenstaden and South Stadsberget, 2nd left:Mid Sweden University (Mittuniversitetet), 2nd right:Court of Appeal for Lower Norrland in Bunsouska Pond, 3rd left:North Gate Arena and Gustav Adolf Church, 3rd right:Sundsvall Theater, Bottom:Kulturmagasiret, Sundsvall Museum and Library
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 Sundsvall
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| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Medelpad |
| County | Västernorrland County |
| Municipality | Sundsvall Municipality |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 27.46 km2 (10.60 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 51,354 |
| • Density | 1,847/km2 (4,780/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Sundsvall (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsɵnsˈval]<phonos file="Sv-Sundsvall.ogg"> </phonos>) is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 51,354 as of 2010; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area.
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History
The town was chartered in 1621, and a first urban plan for Sundsvall was probably created by Olof Bure in 1642, less likely in 1623.[2] It has a port by the Gulf of Bothnia, and is located 395 km north of Stockholm. The city has burned down and been rebuilt four times.[3] The first time, in 1721, it was set on fire by the Russian army during the Great Northern War.
According to one historian,[who?] Swedish industrialism started in Sundsvall when the Tunadal sawmill bought a steam-engine driven saw in 1849. In the early 20th century Sundsvall was an even greater centre of forestry industry in Sweden than it is today. The first large Swedish strike was the "Sundsvall strike" in 1879.[5] The industrial heritage makes social democrat and socialist sympathies more prevalent in the Sundsvall region than in Sweden as a whole.
In 1888 on the 25 June, strong wind and dry conditions contributed to two city fires in Sweden on the same day. On this day both Umeå and Sundsvall caught fire.[4] The Sundsvall fire was the largest in Sweden's history. It is presumed that the fire was caused by a spark from a steamship. After the fire, and unlike Umeå, the decision was to rebuild using stone. Sundsvall's centre was later nicknamed Stenstaden (the stone city). One advantage of the new construction was that within three years the town was arguing that it should be allowed reduced insurance as new rules had been brought in that applied to wooden towns. One disadvantage was that after the fire only the better off could afford to live in the centre.[6]
Today Sundsvall is not only dominated by the pulp and paper industry, and the aluminium production but there are also banks, insurance companies, telecommunications administration and a number of large public data-processing centres such as the national social insurance board. The main campus of the newly established Mid Sweden University is also located in the city.
Demography
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Culture
1987-2013 there was a musicfestival called Gatufesten in july, from 2014 there´s a new one called Hamnyran. There are two theatres and various musical venues. There is also a small guitar festival and a larger heavy metal festival every autumn called Nordfest. Sundsvall is also home to the unique festival Musikschlaget which is an alternative song contest for groups around Sweden with disabilities.
Transport
Its airport is Sundsvall-Timrå Airport, also called Midlanda.
Sport
- Alnö IF, Soccer
- GIF Sundsvall, Soccer
- IF Sundsvall Hockey, Ice hockey
- IFK Sundsvall, Soccer
- Kovlands IF, multi-sport alliance club
- Kovlands Ishockeyförening, Ice hockey
- Selånger SK, multi-sport alliance club
- Selånger FK, Soccer
- Sidsjö-Böle IF, Soccer
- Sund IF, Soccer
- Sundsvall Dragons, Basketball
- Sundsvall Flames, American Football
- Sundsvall Mosquitoes, Baseball
Notable people
- Sigrid Hjertén (1885-1948), painter
- Harry Ahlin (1900-1969), actor
- Per Arne Collinder (1890-1975), astronomer (born in Sundsvall)
- Gina Dirawi (1990-), television presenter, host of Melodifestivalen 2012 and 2013
- Elin Ek (1976-), TV and radio personality (as Grynet), singer
- Fredrik Ericsson (1975 - 2010), extreme skier
- Jessica Falk (1973-), singer-songwriter and musician
- Anders Abraham Grafström (1790-1870), poet
- Anders Graneheim (1962-), bodybuilder
- Stan Hasselgård (1922-1948), musician
- Bengt Lindström (1925-2008), artist
- Kjell Lönnå (1936-), musician
- Fredrik Modin (1974-), ice hockey player
- Max Magnus Norman (1973-), artist
- Erik Ringmar (1960-), political scientist and author
- Helen Sjöholm (1970-), singer, actress and musical theater performer
- Carl Strandlund (1899–1974), Swedish-American inventor and entrepreneur
- Henrik Zetterberg (1980-), ice hockey player
- Yohio (1995-), singer and guitarist
- Kevin Walker (1989-) football player for Djurgårdens IF and winner of Idol 2013
- Charlotte Kalla (1987-) cross-country skier
Gallery
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| Sundsvall viewed from above | Sundsvall City Centre | Gustav Adolfskyrkan |
Climate
Sundsvall has a climate which is on the border between subarctic and cold continental. Temperatures are made significantly milder and regulated by the influence from the Gulf Stream.
| Climate data for Sundsvall | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
13.9 (57) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.3 (88.3) |
27.2 (81) |
20.1 (68.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −5 (23) |
−3 (27) |
2 (36) |
7 (45) |
14 (57) |
19 (66) |
21 (70) |
19 (66) |
14 (57) |
9 (48) |
2 (36) |
−2 (28) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −15 (5) |
−13 (9) |
−8 (18) |
−2 (28) |
2 (36) |
8 (46) |
10 (50) |
9 (48) |
5 (41) |
1 (34) |
−5 (23) |
−11 (12) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.5 (−31.9) |
−34.8 (−30.6) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
−20.0 (−4) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−22.1 (−7.8) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 38 (1.5) |
28 (1.1) |
30 (1.18) |
32 (1.26) |
35 (1.38) |
41 (1.61) |
58 (2.28) |
64 (2.52) |
64 (2.52) |
52 (2.05) |
53 (2.09) |
46 (1.81) |
541 (21.3) |
| Average precipitation days | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 164 |
| Source #1: World Meteorogical Organization[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute[8] | |||||||||||||
Because of the availability of snow, the Sundsvall Regional Hospital, covering 190 000m2,[9] is cooled down year-round by stored snow, bringing down energy consumption for hospital cooling by 90%.[9][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Nils Ahlberg, Stadsgrundningar och planförändringar : Svensk stadsplanering 1521–1721, avhandling vid Institutionen för landskapsplanering Ultuna och Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, Stockholms universitet 2005, s. 550
- ↑ http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/slhist_l.htm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fire of 1888, Sunsvall.se, retrieved 28 May 2014
- ↑ http://www.popularhistoria.se/o.o.i.s?id=43&vid=612
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- ↑ World Meteorogical Organization: WWIS: Sundsvall
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External links
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- Sundsvall - Official site
- (Swedish) article Sundsvall from Nordisk Familjebok (1918)
- (Swedish) sundsvallturism.com - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau.
- (English) Sundsvalltown.se - The alternative guide to Sundsvall.
- (Swedish) sundsvallsbilder.com - Blog with photos from Sundsvall.
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