Joesjö (or Jovattnet) is a
Swedish
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village which lies about 30 km from
Tärnaby
Tärnaby is a locality situated in Storuman Municipality, Lappland, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 482 inhabitants in 2010.
It is known for its successful skiers, particularly in the "technical" disciplines: Slalom and Giant Slalom: Ingemar St ...
and
Hemavan. To get there from Tärnaby one takes the E12 (Blue Road) west. After 10 km one turns off towards Joesjö and
Hattfjelldal
Hattfjelldal ( sma, Aarborte) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hattfjelldal. Other villages include Grubben, Svens ...
(on Krutfjällsvägen, road 1116. From there it is 25 km to Joesjö.
In Joesjö there is, amongst other things, the food store Tärna Vilt AB. Joesjö was previously (up to the 1950s) a centre for trade between people from
Midt-Helgeland on the
Norwegian
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border and their neighbouring Swedes. From Joesjö it is barely 20 km to the nearest Norwegian hamlet.
Ingemar Stenmark
Jan Ingemar Stenmark (; born 18 March 1956) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed fo ...
, an
Alpine skier
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...
, was born here.
Populated places in Västerbotten County
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