Sundsvall

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Sundsvall
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Sundsvall is located in Sweden
Sundsvall
Coordinates: 62°24′N 17°19′E / 62.4°N 17.317°E / 62.4; 17.317Coordinates: 62°24′N 17°19′E / 62.4°N 17.317°E / 62.4; 17.317
Country Sweden
Province Medelpad
County Västernorrland County
Municipality Sundsvall Municipality
Area [1]
 - Total 27.39 km2 (10.6 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
 - Total 49,339
 - Density 1,801/km2 (4,664.6/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Sundsvall (Swedish pronunciation: [sɵndˈsval]) is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 49,339 inhabitants in 2005.[1]

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Sundsvall circa 1700, in Suecia antiqua et hodierna.

Sundsvall was chartered in 1621, 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.[2] The first time, in 1721, it was set on fire by the Russian army during the Great Northern War. 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 (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 industry in Sweden than it is today. The first large Swedish strike was the "Sundsvall strike" in 1879.[3] 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 is also located in the city.

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Sundsvall.jpg Sundsvall in Sweden from above.jpg Gustav Adolfs kyrka Sundsvall.jpg
Sundsvall City Centre Sundsvall viewed from above Gustav Adolfs kyrkan


Weather data for Sundsvall
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
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
(47)
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)
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)
Avg. precipitation days 16 13 13 11 11 11 14 14 15 15 15 16 164
Source: World Meteorogical Organization[4] April 30, 2009

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (in Swedish) (xls). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%c3%a4torternami0810tab1.xls. Retrieved 2009-05-09. 
  2. ^ http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/slhist_l.htm
  3. ^ http://www.popularhistoria.se/o.o.i.s?id=43&vid=612
  4. ^ World Meteorogical Organization: WWIS: Sundsvall

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1. Stockholm 1,252,000
2. Gothenburg 510,500
3. Malmö 258,000
4. Uppsala 144,839
5. Västerås 107,000
6. Örebro 98,200
7. Linköping 97,400
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16. Eskilstuna 60,200
17. Täby 58,600
18. Karlstad 58,500
19. Halmstad 55,700
20. Växjö 55,600
21. Sundsvall 49,300
22. Luleå 45,500
23. Trollhättan 44,500
24. Östersund 43,800
25. Borlänge 39,400
26. Falun 36,400
27. Upplands Väsby 36,000
28. Tumba 35,300
29. Kalmar 35,200
30. Skövde 33,100
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