Hedenäset

Hedenäset
Hedenäset
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Norrbotten County
Historical Province (landskap):	Norrbotten
Municipality  :	Övertorneå
Coordinates :	66 ° 14 ′  N , 23 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 14 ′  N , 23 ° 41 ′  E
SCB code :	8612
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	243 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	1.38 km²
Population density :	176 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Norrbotten County

Hedenäset

Hedenäset (Finnish Hietaniemi ) is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Norrbotten County and in the historic province of Norrbotten .

location

Hedenäset belongs to the municipality of Övertorneå . The place is about 100 km as the crow flies northeast of the provincial capital Luleå and a good 20 km south of the main town of the municipality, Övertorneå , on the right bank of the Torne river , which marks the border with Finland there .

traffic

Riksväg 99 runs through Hedenäset and runs from Haparanda along the Torne älv and the Finnish border to Karesuando . The provincial road Länsväg 398 branches off in a westerly direction , which leads to the town of Sangis to the south .

In 1914 the Karungi – Övertorneå railway line was built through the town. In 1984 the passenger traffic and 1986 the freight traffic was stopped. In 1992 the line was then largely dismantled.

history

People have lived on the Torne älv for 5000 years. The population in Hedenäset has been decreasing continuously since the 1960s. The place used to be a center for training in the community.

Attractions

Hietaniemi Church

At the southern end of the village is the wooden church Hietaniemi, built in 1747, with one of the oldest organs in Sweden.

Personalities

• Lennart Hardell (* 1944) Professor of oncology and epidemiology of cancer

Winter sports

In 1980 and 1981 races of the biathlon world cup were held in Hedenäset .

year	date	discipline	winner
1980	20. 3.	Single 20 km	Klaus Siebert
	22. 3.	Sprint 10 km	Frank Ullrich
	23. 3.	Relay 4 × 7.5 km	German Democratic Republic
1981	2. 4.	Single 20 km	Fritz Fischer
	4. 4.	Sprint 10 km	Eirik Kvalfoss
	5. 4.	Relay 4 × 7.5 km	BR Germany

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. ↑ Statsbanorna Veittijärvi - Karungi - Matarengi (övertorneå) (Swedish). historiskt.nu, accessed on March 17, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Gång- och cykelväg i Hietaniemi (Swedish). (PDF) Norrbottens museum, p. 4 , accessed on March 17, 2017 . 
4. ↑ På denna sida kommer nya data efter hand (Swedish). (No longer available online.) Swipnet.se, archived from the original on August 30, 2014 ; accessed on March 17, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Våra kyrkor (Swedish). overtornea.se, accessed March 17, 2017 . 

Web links

Website of the municipality of Övertorneå