Bomhus is a district of

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

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. It began to grow as an urban area after the sawmill Korsnäs AB moved from

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, Falun to the coast near Gävle in 1899. Korsnäs AB became a pulp and paper manufacturer in 1910. In 2012 it fused with Billerud AB forming

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. Bomhus is home to a

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club called

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. Several

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s can be found in Bomhus, especially in the

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area Signalberget.

References

Populated places in Gävle Municipality Gästrikland Gävle {{Gävleborg-geo-stub