Holmsund

This article is about a place in Sweden. For other uses, see Holmsund (disambiguation).

Holmsund is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] It is located 18 km south of the city of Umeå and serves as a port for Umeå.

Holmsund
The Holmsund sawmill in 2012
Holmsund Show map of Västerbotten Holmsund Show map of Sweden
Coordinates: 63°42′30″N 20°22′10″E
Country	Sweden
Province	Västerbotten
County	Västerbotten County
Municipality	Umeå Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	5.48 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	5,489
• Density	1,001/km2 (2,590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Position

Holmsund lies at the mouth of the Ume River. To the west, across the river estuary, is a town called Obbola, the towns are connected by the E12 road which is carried over the river estuary by the Obbola Bridge. Both Holmsund and Obbola have wood and paper industries. From the southern end of Holmsund a ferry service runs to the Finnish port of Vaasa.

History

Swedish water-powered sawmills were under threat when steam power was introduced to Sweden in 1849. The largest Swedish water-powered saw mill was at Baggböle. It was one of the last to close in 1884 when Holmsund built a steam-powered mill. Swedish sawn timber became a major export.^[2]

Notable residents

Sports people

• Thommy Abrahamsson ice hockey player, born in Holmsund
• Christer Abris ice hockey player, born in Holmsund
• Hjalmar Bergström skier, born in Holmsund
• Kent Forsberg ice hockey trainer, born in Holmsund.
• Gus Forslund ice hockey player, born in Holmsund.
• Elon Sundström ice hockey player, born in Holmsund
• Kay Wiestål football player, born in Holmsund

Others

• Fredrik Burgman, journalist
• Kjell-Olof Feldt, politician (s), born in Holmsund.
• Lisa Miskovsky, musician, born in Holmsund
• Frida Selander musician, raised in Holmsund
• Kristofer Steen, guitarist, born in Holmsund
• Thure Jadestig politician (s), born in Holmsund
• Kurt Ove Johansson politician (s), raised in Holmsund
• Eva-Lena Lundgren Fröken Sverige, born in Holmsund

Holmsund in pictures

• 
  View towards the sea (Patholmsviken).
• 
  This is an old Swedish anchor which you will find about 10 minutes' walk from Holmsund's centre.
• 
  Holmsund Church, located on Västerbacken (Old Holmsund).

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Holmsund:

• IFK Holmsund
• Sandviks IK

See also

• Blue Highway, an international tourist route

References

1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. The Company Town Architecture and Society in the Early Industrial Age. New York: Oxford University Press. 1992. p. 85. ISBN 0195361415.

External links

• Holmsund.org Archived 2020-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• LänsTrafiken, public transport