Skellefteå

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Skellefteå
Skellefteå coat of arms
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Skellefteå
Skellefteå
Localization of Västerbotten in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västerbotten County
Historical Province (landskap): Västerbotten
Municipality  : Skellefteå
Coordinates : 64 ° 45 ′  N , 20 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 64 ° 45 ′  N , 20 ° 57 ′  E
SCB code : 8312
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 35,516 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 24.82 km²
Population density : 1431 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 931 00 - 931 99
List of perpetrators in Västerbotten County
Skellefteå

Skellefteå [ ɧɛˈlɛftə ] is a town in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Västerbotten . It is the capital of the municipality of the same name .

The city was founded in 1845 by Vicar Nils Nordlander, making it one of the youngest cities on the coast of northern Sweden . As a religious gathering place, however, the place has long been important. Around the church there were a large number of buildings that were used by the residents of the surrounding area as overnight accommodations at church festivals. However, this church town fell victim to several fires. At the time of the industrial revolution, almost all wooden buildings were replaced by brick houses.

In the nearby Boliden mine of today's Boliden AB , arsenic and gold were mined for a long time , which earned the city the nickname "Goldstadt".

history

traffic

Skellefteå is on European route 4 , which runs roughly parallel to the Baltic coast. Other important connections are the Silberweg to Bodø in Norway and the road 364 towards Umeå .

A Norrbotniabanan that would connect Skellefteå in passenger transport is currently in the planning phase. The Bastuträsk – Skelleftehamn railway line is only used by freight trains. The nearest passenger station is in Bastuträsk, which belongs to the neighboring municipality of Norsjö .

The nearest airport with flights to Stockholm / Arlanda , Skellefteå Airport , is 20 km south of the city center.

economy

In October 2017, the Northvolt company decided to build a factory here to manufacture lithium-ion battery cells . In June 2019 it was announced that Volkswagen AG is participating in a joint venture with Northvolt AB.

Sports

Skellefteå is home to one of the most famous Swedish ice hockey teams, the Skellefteå AIK , which plays its home games in the Skellefteå Kraft Arena and plays in the highest Swedish ice hockey league, the Svenska Hockeyligan .

sons and daughters of the town

The kangarpunk and crustcore band Totalt Jävla Mörker, founded in 1996, comes from Skellefteå .

Web links

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

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  1. ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
  2. ↑ Skellefteå to become the location for Northvolt Gigafactory - electrive.com . In: electrive.net . October 19, 2017 ( electrive.net [accessed October 20, 2017]).