Holmsund is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

situated in

Umeå Municipality Umeå Municipality (, sme, Ubmi gielda) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County. Administration The municipality is an administrative entity defined ...

Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bot ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010. It is located 18 km south of the city of

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

and serves as a port for Umeå.

Position

Holmsund lies at the mouth of the

Ume River The Ume River (Swedish: ''Ume älv'' or ''Umeälven'') is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake ''Överuman'' by the Norway, Norwegian border within the Scand ...

. To the west, across the river estuary, is a town called

Obbola Obbola is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,197 inhabitants in 2010. It is located close to the town of Holmsund. Obbola lies to the west of the mouth of Ume River at the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic ...

, the towns are connected by the E12 road which is carried over the river estuary by the

Obbola Bridge Obbola bridge ( sv, Obbolabron) is a road bridge on the E12 over Österfjärden that connects Obbola and Holmsund Holmsund is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010. It is located ...

. Both Holmsund and Obbola have wood and paper industries. From the southern end of Holmsund a ferry service runs to the Finnish port of

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

History

Swedish water-powered sawmills were under threat when steam power was introduced to Sweden in 1849. The largest Swedish water-powered saw mill was at

Baggböle Baggböle is a small village on the Ume River in northern Sweden, approximately upstream of the city of Umeå. The village was a base for sawing local timber in the nineteenth century, with a sawmill powered by the water of the river rapids close ...

. It was one of the last to close in 1884 when Holmsund built a steam-powered mill. Swedish sawn timber became a major export.

Notable residents

Sports people

Thommy Abrahamsson Ulf Thomas Abrahamsson (born 8 April 1947) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. During his career he played in the Swedish Elite League, the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association. Abrahamsson has a twin brother, Christer Abris, ...

ice hockey player, born in Holmsund * Christer Abris ice hockey player, born in Holmsund *

Hjalmar Bergström Hjalmar Karl Bergström (19 January 1907 – 30 March 2000) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won four medals at the world championships in 1929–1933. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as ...

skier, born in Holmsund *

Kent Forsberg Kent Forsberg (born 12 September 1947) is a Swedish ice hockey coach. He has coached Modo Hockey of the Swedish Hockey League, Elitserien and, between 1995–1998, the Sweden men's national ice hockey team, Swedish national team. He is the father ...

ice hockey trainer, born in Holmsund. *

Gus Forslund Gustaf Oliver Forslund (April 25, 1908 – August 4, 1962) was a Swedish-born Canadian professional ice hockey right wing player. In the 1932–33 season, he became the first Swedish-born player in the National Hockey League, and played 48 games ...

ice hockey player, born in Holmsund. * Elon Sundström ice hockey player, born in Holmsund *

Kay Wiestål Kay-Arne Arvid Wiestål (16 October 1940 – 14 November 2020) was a Swedish footballer and entrepreneur. Career Wiestål played for Djurgårdens IF and won Allsvenskan in 1966. He later played in the North American Soccer League for Oakland C ...

football player, born in Holmsund

Others

Fredrik Burgman Fredrik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name '' Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in Norway, Finlan ...

, journalist *

Kjell-Olof Feldt Kjell-Olof Feldt (born 18 August 1931) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who was minister of finance between 1983 and 1990. Previously, Feldt was assistant minister of finance from 1975 to 1976 and minister of commerce and industry f ...

, politician (s), born in Holmsund. *

Lisa Miskovsky Lisa Miskovsky (born 9 March 1975) is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter. Biography Miskovsky quickly placed herself on the Swedish rock music charts with her debut album ''Lisa Miskovsky'' and single "Driving One of Your Cars", with Swed ...

, musician, born in Holmsund * Frida Selander musician, raised in Holmsund *

Kristofer Steen Kristofer Steen (born June 26, 1974) is a Swedish musician, who is the guitarist for hardcore punk band Refused. He directed ''Refused Are Fucking Dead'', a 2006 documentary charting the demise of Refused in 1998. After Refused's demise, Steen ...

, guitarist, born in Holmsund * Thure Jadestig politician (s), born in Holmsund * Kurt Ove Johansson politician (s), raised in Holmsund *

Eva-Lena Lundgren Eva-Lena Lundgren (born 1961) is a Swedish model, and a former Miss Sweden 1981.Fröken Sv ...

Fröken Sverige, born in Holmsund

Holmsund in pictures

Image:Holmsund,_Sweden,_Yogb21.jpg, View towards the sea (Patholmsviken). File:Anchor in Holmsund Sweden.jpg, This is an old Swedish anchor which you will find about 10 minutes' walk from Holmsund's centre. Image:Holmsund_Kyrka_(Church).JPG, Holmsund Church, located on Västerbacken (Old Holmsund).

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Holmsund: *

IFK Holmsund Idrottsföreningen kamraterna Holmsund is a football club from Holmsund, Sweden, founded on 8 June 1923 that plays its home games at Kamratvallen. They took part in the 1967 Allsvenskan. They folded and were restarted in 1990. English footbal ...

Sandviks IK Sandviks IK is a Swedish sports club located in Holmsund. Background The club was formed on 7 July 1905 and is currently active in the sports of football, handball, swimming, modern pentathlon, running and cross country. Past activities that ...

References

External links

Holmsund.orgLänsTrafiken, public transport
Populated places in Umeå Municipality Coastal cities and towns in Sweden {{Västerbotten-geo-stub