Timrå () is a
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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and the seat of
Timrå Municipality
Timrå Municipality (''Timrå kommun'') is a municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat.
The rural municipality ''Timrå'' was made a market town (''köping'') in 1947. The present municipality was ...
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 ...
,
Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010.
It is located about 13 km north of
Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and could arguably be considered a satellite to that town.
The two closest cities (Sundsvall and Härnösand) share one airport,
Midlanda, that is geographically located in Timrå.
Indalsälven
Indalsälven is one of Sweden's longest rivers with a total length of 430 kilometers. Among its tributaries are Kallströmmen, Långan, Hårkan and Ammerån. A total of 26 hydropower plants are placed along its course, making it the third mo ...
, one of Sweden's largest rivers with a length of 430 km, meets the
Gulf of Botnia in Timrå.
In Sweden, Timrå is mainly known for its
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
club
Timrå IK
Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seaso ...
, which, as of season 2021/22 plays in the Swedish top division
SHL.
In 1995, Swedish artist
Bengt Lindström constructed the
Y, a 30 meter high sculpture located in Timrå.
Local legend says that Sörberge, on the north side of the town, is haunted by a tall man wearing a very large coat called 'Stor Bubbas'.
Climate
Timrå has historically had a
subarctic climate, but it has in recent decades more resembled a cool-summer
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
.
Notable citizens
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Lennart "Lillstrimma" Svedberg (1944–1972), ice hockey player
*
Magdalena Forsberg (1967), cross country skier, biathlon
*
Henrik Flyman, guitarist, composer, producer
*
Henrik Forsberg
Henrik Forsberg (born 16 February 1967) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and biathlete who competed from 1988 to 2001. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finishes at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville in cross-coun ...
(1967), cross country skier
*
Mats Näslund
Mats Torsten Näslund (born 31 October 1959), nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a Swedish former ice hockey player. He played as a left winger. Despite his small size at only five feet and seven inches, Näslund is best known for being one of th ...
(1959), ice hockey player
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Anna Olsson (1964), canoeist
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Anton Lander (1991), ice hockey player
Gallery
File:Timrå centrum sett från Alnö.JPG , Timrå
File:Timrå Kommunhus.JPG , The municipal office
File:Timrå Centrum1.JPG , Town centre
File:Östrand sett från Skönvik.JPG, Östrand pulp mill
References
External links
TravelMath on Other cities, towns, and suburbs near Timra, Sweden
Populated places in Timrå Municipality
Medelpad
Municipal seats of Västernorrland County
Swedish municipal seats
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