Härnösand

History

On 10 December 1885, Härnösand became the first town in Sweden with electric street lighting, following the Gådeå power station being taken into use.

World War II

During World War II, owing to its strategic position as a port, the town was used to help the Nazis transport soldiers and weapons.

Education

Härnösand is the seat of The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten).

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) operates its training programme Sida Partnership Forum in Härnösand.

Industry

One of the biggest employers in Härnösand is the cable-TV and Cable internet service provider Com Hem.

Sports

The women's team of the bandy club Härnösands AIK plays in the highest division and the men's team has done.

Their handballteam plays in division 2 and is called Brännans IF.

The football club IF Älgarna plays in Division 2 Norrland.

Curling has also been a successful sport in the city, Team Anette Norberg is from here. Anette has taken several medals in the sport, including Olympic gold. It is perhaps therefore not surprising that Sweden's only curling high school is located here. The high school started at 1989 and has since contributed several talented curlers to the world.

Härnösand also has an ice hockey team AIK Hockey Härnösand that plays in division 1 in region norr.

Recreation

Härnösand is a fairly small town and some of the activities young people engage in are Kåken (Ungdomens Hus), a youth centre provided by the municipality. The city also has an extensive selection of outdoor activities in the summer and wintertime. Wintertime people can go skiing (cross country and downhill), ice skating, etc. Summertime activities include climbing, kayaking, trekking, etc. The town also features a summertime beach Smitingen, which occasionally gets some surfable waves. Härnösand is each summer the site of one of the world's largest airsoft events, Berget.

Climate

Härnösand has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with significant maritime influence, causing mild to warm summers and cold but not severe winters that are milder than areas further north. In the Kvarken area and further north the water is less salty and freezes easier, creating colder winter climate.

|Jan record high C = 10.5 |Feb record high C = 12.5 |Mar record high C = 17.0 |Apr record high C = 22.4 |May record high C = 28.4 |Jun record high C = 31.4 |Jul record high C = 32.7 |Aug record high C = 31.5 |Sep record high C = 26.0 |Oct record high C = 20.6 |Nov record high C = 13.9 |Dec record high C = 10.3 |year record high C = 32.7 |Jan avg record high C = 5.2 |Feb avg record high C = 6.6 |Mar avg record high C = 11.0 |Apr avg record high C = 15.6 |May avg record high C = 21.7 |Jun avg record high C = 24.7 |Jul avg record high C = 26.9 |Aug avg record high C = 25.1 |Sep avg record high C = 20.4 |Oct avg record high C = 14.1 |Nov avg record high C = 9.2 |Dec avg record high C = 6.7 |year avg record high C = 27.6 |Jan avg record low C = -20.2 |Feb avg record low C = -19.2 |Mar avg record low C = -15.7 |Apr avg record low C = -6.9 |May avg record low C = -2.0 |Jun avg record low C = 3.6 |Jul avg record low C = 7.1 |Aug avg record low C = 5.7 |Sep avg record low C = 0.6 |Oct avg record low C = -6.4 |Nov avg record low C = -10.7 |Dec avg record low C = -15.8 |year avg record low C = -23.4 |Jan record low C = -32.5 |Feb record low C = -33.2 |Mar record low C = -31.0 |Apr record low C = -18.0 |May record low C = -6.5 |Jun record low C = -2.7 |Jul record low C = 3.0 |Aug record low C = 0.2 |Sep record low C = -5.8 |Oct record low C = -16.0 |Nov record low C = -21.5 |Dec record low C = -34.7 |year record low C = -34.7

Notable people

• Alfhild Agrell, writer and playwright
• Anders Jonas Ångström, physicist
• Albert Atterberg, soil mechanics
• Dagmar Beling (1929–2023), painter
• Nils Bohlin, inventor
• Lena Endre, Actor
• Tomas Fischer, book publisher and businessman
• Anton Forsberg, ice hockey goaltender for the Ottawa Senators
• Bo Holmberg, politician
• Lasse Lindh, Musician
• Johan Lundgren, businessman
• Bertil Malmberg, writer
• Anette Norberg, women's curling Olympic gold medalist
• Carl Gustaf Nordin, statesman
• Ulf Sandström, ice hockey player
• Monica Sjöö, (December 31, 1938 – August 8, 2005), painter, writer and a radical anarcho/ eco-feminist and an exponent of the Goddess movement.
• Frideborg Winblad, educator and administrator

References

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7. (3 June 2019). "SMHI climate data 2002-2018". S MHI.