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Luleå is Sweden's 25th largest city and Norrbotten County's largest city. Luleå is considered as the world's largest brackish water archipelago with 1,312 islands, several rivers and vast forestland. Luleå has the seventh biggest harbor in Sweden for shipping goods. It has a large steel industry and is a center for extensive research.
Sweden Valley, Pennsylvania. / 41.75583°N 77.95056°W / 41.75583; -77.95056. Sweden Valley is a census-designated place [2] located in Sweden Township in central Potter County in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the famous U.S. Route 6, a few miles east of Coudersport. As of the 2010 census the population ...
The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously into the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, forming the fjords of Norway, whereas to the northeast they gradually curve towards Finland. To the north they form the border between Norway and ...
Köppen climate classification types of Sweden using the -3°C isotherm. The south of Sweden has a temperate climate, despite its northern latitude, with largely four distinct seasons and mild temperatures throughout the year. The winter in the far south is usually weak and is manifested only through some shorter periods with snow and sub-zero ...
Vasaloppet ( Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in the central part of the province. It is the oldest cross-country ski race in the ...
Sarek National Park is the most mountainous region in Sweden and it is the part of the country that mostly resembles an alpine countryside. Within the park are 19 summits higher than 1,900 m (6,200 ft), the most noted being the second highest summit in Sweden after the Kebnekaise – the Sarektjåkkå with a height of 2,089 m (6,854 ft).
Forests of Sweden. Sweden is covered by 68% forest. [1] In southern Sweden, human interventions started to have a significant impact on broadleaved forests around 2000 years ago, where the first evidence of extensive agriculture has been found. [2] Recent studies describe a long-term process of borealization in south-central Sweden starting at ...
icehotel.com. The Icehotel is a hotel in northern Sweden, about 17 kilometers (11 mi) from Kiruna. It is rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjärvi and is the world's first ice hotel. [1] After its first opening in 1990, the hotel has been rebuilt each year from December to April. [2] The hotel, including the chairs and ...