Njurunda ()
is a small village in
Sundsvall Municipality
Sundsvall Municipality ( sv, Sundsvalls kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden, where the city Sundsvall is the seat.
As most municipalities of Sweden, ''Sundsvalls kommun'' is a result of a series of amalgamations, ...
, located in
Västernorrland County
Västernorrland County ( sv, Västernorrlands län) is a county (''län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.
The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrl ...
,
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 ...
. The village is situated at the mouth of the Ljungan river and located about 17 kilometers south of Sundsvall. It is primarily a sleeper town for Sundsvall, with a residential population of about 5,000 households and about 450 small to medium-sized businesses. The elementary school is Kyrkmons skola, which has about 339 students, most of whom head on to
Kvissleby
Kvissleby is a locality situated in Sundsvall Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 2,614 inhabitants in 2010.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Kvissleby:
* Svartviks IF
Svartviks IF is a Swedish football club locat ...
and Nivrenaskolan for their 7th - 9th grades before they finally move on to the
secondary schools
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
in Sundsvall.
The town was the seat of the former Nivren rural municipality, which later was swallowed by Sundsvall municipality in the consolidation process during the 1960s. Historically, there have been people living in Njurunda since the 5th century. The population, however, did not grow significantly until the 14th century, but late that century the
Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...
halted this growth. Industrialization began around 1830 when several
saw mill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ( dimens ...
s were established close to the
Ljungan
Ljungan ( Jamtlandic: ''Jångna'' or ''Aoa'', from Old Norse ''*Oghn'' "the dreadful") is a 322 kilometer long river in Sweden. It originates near Trondheim and the Norwegian border. The river runs through the Swedish counties of Jämtland and ...
, which was used to float logs out to the coast.
The Njurunda area is also home to the ruins of a 12th-century church.
Notable persons
*
Fredrik Modin – Hockey player
*
Henrik Zetterberg – Hockey player
*
Lars Dahlqvist
Lars Dahlqvist (October 26, 1935, Njurunda – November 10, 1969) was a Swedish nordic combined skier who competed in the 1960s. He finished eighth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.
Dahlqvist was born a ...
– Skier
*
Fredrik Wikingsson
Lars Filip Hammar (born March 26, 1975) and Fredrik Wikingsson (born August 16, 1973), commonly known as Filip and Fredrik, are two Swedish writers, television hosts and journalists both known for their youthful, though intellectual, humour and un ...
– Journalist
*
Sebastian Lauritzen
Sebastian Lauritzen is a former Swedish professional ice hockey winger.
He has played for Djurgårdens IF, Brynäs IF and Linköping HC of the SHL, Timrå IK, Bofors IK, IF Sundsvall and Växjö Lakers of the Allsvenskan and KalPa of the Fin ...
– Hockey player
*
Mathias Månsson
Mathias Månsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for KalPa of the SM-liiga
The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or F ...
– Hockey player
See also
*
Njurunda Court District
Njurunda () is a small village in Sundsvall Municipality, located in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The village is situated at the mouth of the Ljungan river and located about 17 kilometers south of Sundsvall. It is primarily a sleeper town for ...
References
External links
Njurunda- Tourist site
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Populated places in Sundsvall Municipality
Medelpad