Övertorneå

This article covers the place Övertorneå; for the municipality of the same name, see Övertorneå (municipality) .

Övertorneå
Övertorneå
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Norrbotten County
Historical Province (landskap):	Norrbotten
Municipality  :	Övertorneå
Coordinates :	66 ° 23 '  N , 23 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 66 ° 23 '  N , 23 ° 39'  E
SCB code :	8944
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	1906 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	2.47 km²
Population density :	772 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	957 01 - 957 99
List of perpetrators in Norrbotten County

Övertorneå ( Finnish Matarenki ) is a place ( tätort ) in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historic province of Norrbotten . It is located about 70 km northwest of Haparanda on the Torne älv river near the Finnish border and is the capital of the municipality of the same name . Övertorneå is a trading and service center for the middle Tornetal.

Culture and sights

The oldest surviving organ in Sweden

The wooden church from the 17th and 18th centuries contains the oldest surviving organ in Sweden. In Övertorneå is the Nordkalotten library with a collection of older and more recent literature on the region. A small open-air museum is north of the 17th century church.

Former Övertorneå station (built in 1914, line closed in 1986)

Sons and daughters of the place

• Lennart Häggroth (1940–2016), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Lars Gulliksson (* 1967), jazz musician
• Johan Harju (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Linus Omark (* 1987), ice hockey player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
2. ↑ Övertorneå Church (German)