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Hudiksvall is a city and the seat of Hudiksvall Municipality, in Hälsingland, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 14,850 inhabitants in 2005.[1] It is sometimes known as Glada Hudik (Happy Hudik).
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The town was founded by King John III of Sweden, who had the inhabitants moved from the town Hudiksvall to the shores of the bay, and granted it its charter in 1582.
It has been damaged by fires some 10 times, the most severe when it was burnt by the Russians 1721 when only the church remained. The current street structure was applied in 1792 after the reconstruction of another fire.
At the time, fishing and merchandise of furs, skins iron, copper and wood products were the main sources of income, and the city flourished. But the city lost its privileges for foreign trading in 1636, and its development was somewhat stalled for the next two centuries.
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