Sundsvall

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Sundsvall

Sundsvall (pronounced ) is a city (pop. 49,400) in Medelpad

Medelpad

is a historical Provinces of Sweden or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders to H?lsingland, H?rjedalen, J?mtland, ?ngermanland and the Gulf of Bothnia....
, lower Norrland

Norrland

Norrland is one of the three lands of Sweden , the northern part, consisting of nine Provinces of Sweden. The term Norrland is not used for any administrative purpose, but it is common in everyday language, e.g....
in central Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. It is the seat of Sundsvall Municipality

Sundsvall Municipality

Sundsvall Municipality is a Municipalities of Sweden in V?sternorrland County, northern Sweden, where the city Sundsvall is the seat.As most municipalities of Sweden, Sundsvalls kommun is a result of a series of amalgamations, carried out in 1952 and in the period 1965-1974....
(pop. 94,339) Västernorrland County

Västernorrland County

V?sternorrland County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of G?vleborg County, J?mtland County, V?sterbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia....
.

svall was chartered in 1621, has a port by the Gulf of Bothnia

Gulf of Bothnia

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the ?land, between the Sea of ?land and the Archipelago Sea....
, and is located 395 km north of Stockholm

Stockholm

is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....
. The city has burned down and been rebuilt four times.

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History

Sundsvall was chartered in 1621, has a port by the Gulf of Bothnia

Gulf of Bothnia

Stockholm

Great Northern War

The Great Northern War was a war in which the so-called Northern Alliance composed of Russia, Denmark-Norway, Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth and Saxony engaged Sweden to challenge them for the supremacy in the Baltic Sea....
. The last fire, in 1888, was the largest in Sweden's history. It is presumed that the fire was caused by a spark from a steamship. After that fire, the city centre was rebuilt only with stone buildings. Sundsvall's centre is therefore nicknamed Stenstaden

Stenstaden

Stenstaden, the Stone City, is the name of the historical centre of Sundsvall in Sweden. It consists of stone buildings, several of those in art nouveau style, which were built after the great fire in 1888....
(the stone city).

According to one historian, 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

Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
industry in Sweden than it is today. The first large Swedish strike was the "Sundsvall strike" in 1879. The industrial heritage makes social democrat and socialist sympathies more prevalent in the Sundsvall region than in Sweden as a whole.

Today Sundsvall is not only dominated by the pulp and paper industry, and the aluminium production, but also by 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

Mid Sweden University

Mid Sweden University is a Sweden Collegiate university university located in the region around the geographical center of Sweden, with three campuses in the cities of ?stersund, Sundsvall and H?rn?sand....
is also located in the city.

Notable citizens

Christian Beijer (1962-), artist
Per Arne Collinder
Per Collinder

Per Collinder was a Sweden astronomer. He is known for a catalog of open clusters that he published in 1931, which is today known as the Collinder catalog....
(1890-1975), astronomer (born in Sundsvall)
Elin Ek
Elin Ek

Elin Ek is a radio and television actress that plays the character Grynet on Sveriges Television....
(1976-), TV and Radio personality (as Grynet), singer
Anders Abraham Grafström
Anders Abraham Grafström

Anders Abraham Grafstr?m was a Sweden historian, priest and poet.In 1819, Grafstr?m was the library secretary of Uppsala University. The following year he was named as a lecturer in history at the university, later teaching at the Military Academy Karlberg....
(1790-1870), poet
Stan Hasselgård
Stan Hasselgård

Ake "Stan" Hasselg?rd was Swedish jazz clarinetist. Hasselg?rd was heavily influenced by Benny Goodman, and played swing jazz in his early years before exploring bebop shortly before his death....
Bengt Lindström
Bengt Lindström

Bengt Karl Erik Lindstr?m was a Sweden artist. Lindstr?m was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, often including contorted faces....
(1925-2008), artist
Kjell Lönnå
Kjell Lönnå

Kjell L?nn? is a Sweden choirleader, composer and TV host.L?nn? is one of the national conductors for the National Swedish Choir Association ....
(1936-), musician
Max Magnus Norman
Max Magnus Norman

Cal Henrik Max Magnus Norman is a Sweden artist, Painting, and sculpture.Norman was born in Sundsvall, Medelpad, where he still works. He paints Vision s and dreamlike images as accurately as possible, which results in paintings with a photorealistic quality ....
(1973-), artist
Helen Sjöholm
Helen Sjöholm

Marie Helen Sj?holm is a Sweden singer, actress and musical theatre performer who lives in Gamla Enskede in Stockholm. She grew up in Sundsvall and started to sing in choirs at an early age, working, among others, with Swedish conductor Kjell L?nn?....
(1970-), singer, actress and musical theatre performer

Sister communities and adopted cities

Pori

Pori is a List of cities and towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland on the west coast of Finland. The centre of the city it located some from the coast of Gulf of Bothnia, at the estuary of Kokem?enjoki river....
, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
Porsgrunn

Porsgrunn

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Telemark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Grenland....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
Sønderborg

Sønderborg

S?nderborg Municipality , is a municipality in Region Syddanmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als Island in south Denmark, at the border with Germany....
, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
Volkhov

Volkhov

Volkhov is an industrial town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated 122 km east of Saint Petersburg, on the Volkhov River. Population: 46,100 , 46,596 ....
, Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
Konin

Konin

Konin is a city in central Poland.Konin may also refer to:*Emperor Konin , emperor of Japan who reigned 770–781*Konin , a Japanese era name for the years 810–824...
, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....

External links

- Official site
from Nordisk Familjebok
Nordisk familjebok

Nordisk familjebok is a Swedish language encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957.The first edition was published in 20 volumes between 1876 and 1899....
(1918)
- Sundsvalls tourist information bureau.

- The alternative guide to Sundsvall