Lycksele

	Lycksele
	Lycksele
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västerbotten County
Historical Province (landskap):	Lapland
Municipality :	Lycksele
Coordinates :	64 ° 36 ' N , 18 ° 41' E Coordinates: 64 ° 36 ' N , 18 ° 41' E
SCB code :	8232
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	8545 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	7.27 km²
Population density :	1175 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	921 01 - 921 99
	List of perpetrators in Västerbotten County

Monument to the first settlers

Lycksele ( South Sami : Liksjoe , Umesamisch : Likssjuo ) is a city in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historical province of Lapland . Lycksele is located 130 km northwest of Umeå on European route 12 and is the capital of the municipality of the same name . Lycksele has a train station on the Hällnäs – Storuman railway line .

history

Lycksele is one of the oldest places in Lapland and was the center of southern Lapland from the 17th century. Lycksele became a market in 1929 and received city rights in 1946. With around 2900 inhabitants, the city was one of the smallest cities in Sweden at the time, but it has undergone dynamic development as a trade and service center for southern Lapland.

Attractions

Lycksele is an important winter sports center, but also a gliding center. The northernmost zoo in Europe is located in Lycksele. Mainly native northern Swedish animals can be seen here. The musk oxen and the aquarium with flowing water are a special attraction. In Lycksele there is a market every year at the beginning of March, a tradition that can be traced back to the 17th century. It used to be a meeting point for Sami and merchants, today it is a folk festival that attracts thousands of visitors from near and far, with the Sami in their traditional costumes being another attraction.

Gammplatsen is now an open-air museum, but used to be the old meeting place and market place for the Sami people. In addition to the open-air museum, there is also the forest museum (Skogsmuseum).

Personalities

Melker Karlsson (* 1990), ice hockey player
John Lindgren (1899–1990), Nordic skier and world champion
David Rundblad (born 1990), ice hockey player

Web links

Commons : Lycksele - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)