Örnsköldsvik Municipality

Örnsköldsvik Municipality Örnsköldsviks kommun
Municipality
Örnsköldsvik former city hall, now a school.
Municipal code		2284
Density is calculated using land area only.

Örnsköldsvik Municipality (

. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Örnsköldsvik with seven former rural municipalities.

Geography

Örnsköldsvik is situated near the northern end of the "

. The city is located around 100 km south of Umeå and 550 km north of Stockholm. The area is dominated by forest, but it also contains minor areas of agriculture.

Localities

The municipality of Örnsköldsvik consists of a number of parishes, within which are towns and villages. The population is distributed as follows:

Parish (town) number of citizens (31 December 2005):

• Örnsköldsvik: 9,123
• Arnäs: 7,653
• Anundsjö
  : 4,100
  • Bredbyn: 1,216
  • Mellansel: 821
• Skorped: 667
• Sidensjö: 1,192
• Nätra: 5,402
  • Bjästa: 1,777
  • Köpmanholmen: 1,263
• Själevad: 18,960
  • Domsjö
  • Gullänget
  • Sund
  • Gene
• Mo: 1,309
• Grundsunda: 3,214
• Gideå: 1,215
• Björna: 1,586
• Trehörningsjö: 522
• Gottne: 250

Total: 54,943

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Örnsköldsvik Municipality's electoral districts in the

In total there were 55,778 residents, including 43,029 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 58.5% voted for the left coalition and 40.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Arnäsvall	1,258	962	54.0	45.8	87	95	5	27,692	37
Billsta	706	542	52.8	45.9	87	96	4	27,645	42
Bjästa	1,820	1,444	61.4	37.6	79	86	14	21,783	32
Björna N	1,115	868	52.5	44.7	79	88	12	21,955	28
Björna S	679	545	61.4	37.7	87	97	3	26,574	29
Bonäset	1,944	1,449	56.0	43.5	89	96	4	31,980	60
Bredbyn-Sörflärke	1,890	1,535	60.1	38.6	85	94	6	23,055	28
Centrum	1,999	1,876	53.2	45.6	78	90	10	25,093	41
Domsjö S	1,216	902	61.9	37.2	85	93	7	27,360	42
Domsjö V	1,786	1,352	56.7	42.6	86	91	9	29,578	43
Gene	1,694	1,154	56.5	41.6	72	81	19	22,749	35
Gideå	1,084	855	56.0	43.1	87	94	6	24,361	28
Gimåt-Högland	1,445	1,055	57.5	42.0	89	94	6	30,119	54
Grundsunda N	1,273	1,011	53.2	45.3	82	92	8	26,144	28
Grundsunda S	640	559	51.9	47.3	88	94	6	28,704	42
Gullänget	1,929	1,351	58.5	40.6	84	87	13	26,159	40
Haffsta	958	698	53.4	46.1	87	93	7	27,552	39
Husum	1,021	783	62.7	36.3	71	80	20	21,559	22
Hörnett	1,980	1,478	59.7	39.2	86	93	7	29,957	46
Järved	1,278	956	59.7	38.9	86	94	6	27,826	52
Kroksta	1,539	1,161	61.3	37.5	89	95	5	29,220	46
Köpmanholmen	1,603	1,231	59.0	39.7	80	92	8	24,642	34
Mellansel	1,002	756	66.7	32.4	82	85	15	22,375	29
Mo	1,218	930	54.9	43.5	87	97	3	26,874	35
Norrflärke-Solberg	645	522	64.6	35.4	83	95	5	23,559	32
Norrlungånger	1,207	919	62.7	34.6	73	76	24	21,586	34
Nätra-Landsbygd	1,864	1,454	58.5	40.3	86	94	6	26,913	32
Ovansjö	1,156	876	53.5	44.2	89	96	4	28,064	42
Prästbordet	1,848	1,402	52.4	45.7	86	91	9	27,451	41
Sidensjö Skorped	1,704	1,325	59.6	39.3	86	94	6	24,362	32
Sjukhuset	1,181	1,015	57.9	39.6	81	86	14	22,623	41
Skyttis	1,753	1,412	64.2	34.5	69	70	30	21,423	34
Sund	2,313	1,778	59.4	39.8	84	91	9	26,601	41
Svartby-Brösta	1,028	780	58.8	40.8	90	92	8	28,503	46
Valhalla	1,644	1,139	69.5	29.4	59	55	45	18,031	27
Åsdalen	1,363	1,192	61.2	38.0	79	83	17	22,850	42
Östra	1,647	1,176	64.8	34.3	67	68	32	20,332	39
Översjäla	2,093	1,521	59.4	39.4	87	93	7	29,042	53
Övre	1,255	1,065	62.2	36.0	78	81	19	22,461	35
Source: SVT[3]

Transportation

Main road transportations are provided by the

load and unload timber and other merchandise. In North America the town is known for its excellent hockey players, a number of whom play with the NHL.

Recreation and sports

Due to the hilly surroundings,

in Europe.

Sports is also popular, the main spectator sport in town is ice hockey, with the local team Modo Hockey in Swedish Hockey League, the main league for ice hockey in Sweden. The local football teams are not quite as successful, but still pretty popular, on the men's side especially the teams Friska Viljor FC from central Örnsköldsvik and Anundsjö IF from Bredbyn outside of town, and women's Själevads IK. A couple floorball teams from town have also had some success.

Notable people

Örnsköldsvik is the birthplace of many world-famous ice hockey players, including Nils Johansson, Per Svartvadet, Peter Forsberg, Markus Näslund, Niklas Sundström, Andreas Salomonsson, Magnus Wernblom, Mattias Timander, Victor Hedman, Tobias Enström, and the twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin. The Sedin twins were top players for the Vancouver Canucks, and Hedman plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Many stars from hockey's previous generation, including Anders Hedberg, Thomas Gradin, and Anders Kallur were also either Örnsköldsvik natives (Hedberg) and/or played in the town for the Modo Hockey club.

Notable residents

• Markus Näslund, and twin brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin, are all from Örnsköldsvik Municipality; Naslund played for the Vancouver Canucks from 1996 to 2008 and his number was retired by the team in honour of his many accomplishments in December 2010, while the Sedins are captain and deputy captain of the team in 2010–11.

Twin towns – sister cities

Örnsköldsvik is twinned with:^[4]

• Äänekoski, Finland
• Hveragerði, Iceland
• Ikast-Brande, Denmark
• Sigdal, Norway
• Tarp, Germany

Etymology

• The original town was named after County Governor Per Abraham Örnsköld
• The name Örnsköldsvik is sometimes unofficially translated into English as Eagleshieldsbay.

See also

• 1976 Winter Paralympics
• Modo Hockey

References

External links

• Örnsköldsvik – Official site
• Örnsköldsvik Guide
• Örnsköldsvik Tourist Information (available in English, German and Swedish)
• Mid-Sweden University College at Örnsköldsvik
• Campus Örnsköldsvik at Umeå University
• (in English) Örnsköldsvik airport
• (in Swedish) article Örnsköldsvik from
  Nordisk Familjebok
  (1922).