Lycksele (; sma, Liksjoe;

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and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in

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 ...

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Lapland Lapland may refer to: Places *Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia) **Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region *** Lapland (former pr ...

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with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.

History

Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami 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

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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 Eva Birgitta Björklund (born November 12, 1942 in Lycksele, Västerbotten County) is a Swedish Left Party politician. She is currently a substitute to the board of the Left Party, and editor of the periodical ''Kuba'' ("Cuba") which is published ...

, 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, carver * Melker Karlsson, ice hockey player * John Lindgren, cross-country skier * Figge Norling, actor * David Rundblad, 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, 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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