Lycksele (; sma, Liksjoe;

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and the seat of

Lycksele Municipality Lycksele Municipality (; sma, Liksjoe tjïelte; sju, Liksjuon kommuvdna) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is located in Lycksele. The municipality traces its ...

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 ...

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

of Lapland,

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 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.

History

Lycksele is the oldest lasting

Sami Acronyms * SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft * Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company * South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise net ...

settlement in Swedish Lappland. The first Swedish Sami school, ''Skytteanska skolan'', was built here in 1634. Lycksele was the first place in Swedish Lappland to be designated a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in 1946, hence its nickname "Lapp-Stockholm". Lycksele is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still called a ''city'' (stad).

Sports

The following sports clubs are based in Lycksele: *

Betsele IF Betsele IF is a Swedish football club located in Lycksele in Västerbotten County. Background Founded in 1961 Betsele Idrottsförening provides football for women and girls. The club's football ground and clubhouse is located in the village of ...

* Lycksele IF * Lycksele SK

Notable people

* Eva Björklund, politician *

Elisabeth Svantesson Karin Elisabeth Svantesson (née Lundin; born 26 October 1967) is a Sweden, Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance (Sweden), Minister for Finance in the Kristersson Cabinet, cabinet of Ulf Kristersson si ...

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Levi Borgstrom Levi Petrus Borgstrom (7 November 1919 – 25 July 2001) was a Swedish-New Zealand carver. Early life Borgstrom was born in Lycksele, Sweden in 1919. As a teenager, he began using his father's tools to carve wooden cutlery and crockery and wa ...

, carver *

Melker Karlsson Melker Karlsson (born 18 July 1990), nicknamed The Melkman, is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played for the San Jose Sharks of the National ...

, ice hockey player *

John Lindgren John Halvar Theofron Lindgren (8 November 1899 – 30 January 1990) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the 1927 world titles in the 18 km and 50 km events. He finished eighth in the 50 km race at the 1932 Winter Olympics ...

, cross-country skier *

Figge Norling Fredrik Olof Johan ("Figge") Norling (born 1 May 1965 in Lycksele, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and theatre director. He has been married to the actress Tova Magnusson Norling. He is best known for being the voice for Emperor Kuzco from the swedis ...

, actor *

David Rundblad David Rundblad (born October 8, 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with Kärpät in the Liiga. Rundblad was drafted 17th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career ...

, ice hockey player and Stanley Cup winner *

Maic Sema Maic Ndongala Namputu Sema (born 2 December 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for IFK Norrköping. Career Sema was born in Lycksele. Until 2011, he played for Hammarby IF, where he came from IF Sylvia summer 2008. In the 201 ...

, football player *

Linn Svahn Linn Svahn (born 9 December 1999) is a Swedish cross-country skier who represents the club Östersunds SK. On 14 December 2019, she won her first World Cup competition, when winning a sprint competition in Davos, Grisons, Switzerland. Cross- ...

, cross-country skier *

Andreas Wingerli Andreas Wingerli (born September 11, 1997) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Wingerli as a youth played with hometown club, Lycksele SK ...

, ice hockey player

Climate

Lycksele has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

( Dfc) with short mild summers and long cold and snowy winters. Despite its extremely northern latitude, the climate is relatively mild compared to other places at similar latitude because of the

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References

{{Authority control Populated places in Västerbotten County Populated places in Lycksele Municipality Municipal seats of Västerbotten County Swedish municipal seats Lapland (Sweden)

History

Sports

Notable people

Climate

See also

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