Sundsvall
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Sundsvall (Swedish: city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. Sundsvall is also known as Stenstan, meaning stone city.
History
Suecia antiqua et hodierna
The town was chartered in 1621, and a first urban plan for Sundsvall was probably created by
Russian Pillage of 1719-1721
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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.social democrat and socialist sympathies more prevalent in the Sundsvall region than in Sweden as a whole.
In 1888 on 25 June, strong wind and dry conditions contributed to two city fires in Sweden on the same day. On this day both
caught fire.[6] 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.[8]
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 Mid Sweden University (Mittuniversitetet) is also located in the city. The university, established in 1993, is a collaboration between Östersund, Sundsvall and Härnösand.
Demography
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Culture
During 1987–2013, there was a summer music festival called Gatufesten. Starting in 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.[9] Sundsvall is also home to the unique festival Musikschlaget,[10] which is a song contest for groups around Sweden with disabilities.
Transport
Its airport is
Sundsvall-Timrå Airport
, also called Midlanda.
Sport
- Alnö IF, association football
- GIF Sundsvall, association football
- IF Sundsvall Hockey, ice hockey
- IFK Sundsvall, association football
- Sundsvalls AIK (sv), wrestling (https://www.sundsvallsaik.se/)
- Sundsvalls DFF, association football
- Kovlands IF, multi-sport alliance club
- Kovlands Ishockeyförening, ice hockey
- Selånger SK, multi-sport alliance club
- Selånger FK, association football
- Selånger SK Bandy, bandy
- Sidsjö-Böle IF, association football
- Sund IF, association football
- Sundsvall Dragons, basketball
- Sundsvall Flames, American football
- Njurunda MK, Motocross, Enduro and Trial
- Timrå Enduro, Enduro
Notable people
- Otto Wallin, boxer
- Garmarna, folk band
- The Same, punk band
- 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 (1936–2022), 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
- Hanna Glas (1993–), football player
- Swedish-Americaninventor and entrepreneur
- Henrik Zetterberg (1980–), ice hockey player
- Yohio (1995–), singer and guitarist
- Kevin Walker (1989–) football player and winner of Idol 2013
- Charlotte Kalla (1987–) cross-country skier
- Carl-Herman Tillhagen (1906~2002), folklorist
- Emil Forsberg (1991–), football player
- Calder Trophywinner
- MyAnna Buring (1979–), actress (born in Sundsvall)
- Ursula Wirth (1934–2019), rally driver
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 (Dfc) and cold humid continental (Dfb), leaning towards the latter in recent years. Temperatures are made significantly milder and regulated by the influence from the Gulf Stream. The weather station is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the north and somewhat further inland near Timrå, which renders that Sundsvall's urban centre is likely milder in terms of low temperatures by some degree.
| Climate data for Sundsvall Airport (2002–2021); extremes since 1943; sunshine[11] 1961–1990
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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) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.3 (88.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.5 (52.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −22.5 (−8.5) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−24.9 (−12.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.5 (−31.9) |
−34.8 (−30.6) |
−34.2 (−29.6) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−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 precipitation mm (inches) | 56.1 (2.21) |
31.7 (1.25) |
30.5 (1.20) |
27.6 (1.09) |
43.3 (1.70) |
46.9 (1.85) |
58.8 (2.31) |
72.5 (2.85) |
59.6 (2.35) |
63.6 (2.50) |
51.0 (2.01) |
59.1 (2.33) |
600.7 (23.65) |
| Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 38 (15) |
45 (18) |
43 (17) |
23 (9.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
9 (3.5) |
22 (8.7) |
52 (20) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 43 | 81 | 135 | 185 | 259 | 287 | 267 | 215 | 142 | 98 | 57 | 34 | 1,803 |
| Source 1: SMHI Open Data for Sundsvall-Timrå flygplats, temperature[12] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI Open Data for Stordala-Midlanda D, precipitation[13] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Statistiska tätorter 2018, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet per tätort" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 23.
- ^ Nils Ahlberg, Stadsgrundningar och planförändringar : Svensk stadsplanering 1521–1721 Archived 14 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, avhandling vid Institutionen för landskapsplanering Ultuna och Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, Stockholms universitet 2005, s. 550
- ^ "Lokal historia". Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b Fire of 1888 Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Sunsvall.se, retrieved 28 May 2014
- ^ http://www.popularhistoria.se/o.o.i.s?id=43&vid=612[permanent dead link]
- . Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Nordfest". www.nordfest.se. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "www.musikschlaget.se". www.musikschlaget.se. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "NOAA WMO Normals 1691–1990". National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
- ^ "SMHI Open Data for Sundsvall-Timrå flygplats, temperature" (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "SMHI Open Data for Stordala-Midlanda D, precipitation" (in Swedish). SMHI. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sundsvall.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sundsvall.
- Sundsvall – Official site
- (in Swedish) article Sundsvall from Nordisk Familjebok(1918)
- (in Swedish) sundsvallturism.com – Sundsvalls tourist information bureau.
- (in English) Sundsvalltown.se – The alternative guide to Sundsvall.
- (in Swedish) sundsvallsbilder.com – Blog with photos from Sundsvall.
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