Sveg

Overview

Sveg is the largest urban area in Härjedalen and the fourth largest in the county of Jämtland. The Ljusnan river flows through the city. Sveg is located on Riksväg 84 which runs from Hudiksvall in Gävleborg County to the Norwegian border where it connects with Fylkesvei 31 providing a route to Røros.

The addition of railway lines, Orsa–Svegs Järnväg between Orsa and Sveg in 1909 together with connection line from Sveg to Brunflo in 1922 and between Sveg and Hede in 1924, supported the development of large forest companies in the area.

Hydroelectric power plants

Sveg Power Plant (Svegs kraftverk) is a hydroelectric power plant that began to be built in 1972. The work was greatly accelerated as the energy crisis increased the need for Swedish energy production. The power plant was commissioned in 1975. The power plant is located at the 18 meter high dam next to Lake Svegssjön, a water reservoir that was created when the Ljusnan, Veman and Härjån rivers were dammed up in 1975.

There are two power plant facilities directly adjacent to the lake. Svegs kraftverk is the larger of the facilities, and the dam itself, is located near Sveg. The smaller power plant located at Kvarnforsen just south of Herrö was built in 1966 and is owned by Härjeåns Kraft AB. |access-date=December 1, 2019}}{{cite web|url= http://www.visitsveg.com/post_type_product/vid-svegssjon/|title = Herrö

Sveg Church

Sveg Church (Svegs kyrka) is located in central Sveg. The church is of stone with towers and narrower sacristy. It was built in 1845–47. The present church is believed to have been preceded by at least three prior church buildings, the first of which was probably built in the late 1000s. Construction was under the direction of Jacob Norin (1795–1864) from Norrala in Hälsingland. The church includes an altar from 1623 and a pulpit from 1649. The church bell was cast at Stockholm in 1683.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/harjedalen/svegs-kyrka |title= Svegs kyrka |publisher= svenskakyrkan.se |access-date=January 1, 2019}}

Climate

Sveg has a relatively mild subarctic climate. It has certain continental features, being prone to heat and cold extremes with an all-time record of 36 C and a cold extreme of -43 C, although the latter was set in the 19th century. A more recent reading was -42.6 C in January 1987 during a chilling cold wave that struck Northern Europe. In spite of it being in the middle of the Scandinavian landmass on such a high latitude and a bit elevated, the winters are somewhat milder than expected, due to the mild North Atlantic air that often raises temperatures. Summer days are often warm, many times averaging around 20 C, but nights are regularly cool, and frost can be recorded even in the midst of summer. In terms of Scandinavian climate, Sveg is an anomaly in that December is at least as cold as February, both averaging similar means.

|Jan record high C = 10.0 |Feb record high C = 10.0 |Mar record high C = 16.0 |Apr record high C = 22.5 |May record high C = 28.0 |Jun record high C = 35.0 |Jul record high C = 36.0 |Aug record high C = 33.0 |Sep record high C = 27.4 |Oct record high C = 21.9 |Nov record high C = 13.7 |Dec record high C = 9.9 |year record high C = 36.0 |Jan avg record high C = 4.4 |Feb avg record high C = 4.9 |Mar avg record high C = 9.5 |Apr avg record high C = 16.6 |May avg record high C = 23.5 |Jun avg record high C = 26.5 |Jul avg record high C = 27.5 |Aug avg record high C = 25.7 |Sep avg record high C = 20.5 |Oct avg record high C = 13.5 |Nov avg record high C = 8.2 |Dec avg record high C = 5.1 |year avg record high C = 29.0 |Jan avg record low C = -26.6 |Feb avg record low C = -26.1 |Mar avg record low C = -21.9 |Apr avg record low C = -10.5 |May avg record low C = -5.3 |Jun avg record low C = -0.8 |Jul avg record low C = 1.8 |Aug avg record low C = 0.1 |Sep avg record low C = -2.8 |Oct avg record low C = -10.3 |Nov avg record low C = -17.0 |Dec avg record low C = -23.7 |year avg record low C = -30.3 |Jan record low C = -42.6 |Feb record low C = -39.8 |Mar record low C = -38.0 |Apr record low C = -27.0 |May record low C = -12.5 |Jun record low C = -8.0 |Jul record low C = -3.0 |Aug record low C = -5.7 |Sep record low C = -10.5 |Oct record low C = -25.9 |Nov record low C = -33.0 |Dec record low C = -41.0 |year record low C = -42.6

Literature

Swedish author Henning Mankell (1948–2015) was brought up in Sveg, where his father was a district judge. Sveg is the setting for his crime novel Danslärarens återkomst (2000) which was translated by Laurie Thompson (1938–2015) into English as The Return of the Dancing Master*.*

References

References

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