Jämtlands Flyg AB

Aktiebolag

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is a Swedish

Sweden

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 helicopter company that specialise in both Aerial and charter work. They operate out of the main heliport

Heliport

A heliport is a small airport suitable only for use by helicopters. Heliports typically contain one or more helipads and may have limited facilities such as fuel, lighting, a windsock, or even hangars...

 Göviken

Göviken Heliport

Göviken Heliport, Östersund is the home base of Jämtlands Flyg AB helicopter company. The base is located near central Östersund city.-See also:* List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries...

 in the city of Östersund

Östersund

Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...

, in Jämtland County

Jämtland County

Jämtland County is a county or län in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two tiny uninhabited strips of Lapland and Dalarna. Jämtland County constitutes 12 percent of Sweden's total area, and is...

. Jämtlands Flyg AB is a member of Swedish Association of Aviation Companies (SFR), and is
purveyor to the Court of Sweden.

History

The company was founded in 1954 by the mountain

Mountain

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-aviator

Aviator

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 Gunnar Andersson

Gunnar "Spökis" Andersson

Gunnar "Spökis" Andersson was a famous Swedish aviator who was dedicated to developing the mountain-aviation in Scandinavia.He started out as a radio-seller in remote areas...

. At first operations were solely by seaplanes. The company also ran cabins in the mountains for mainly fishing

Fishing

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 tourists and grouse

Grouse

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 hunters. Later these were sold off and the rotor wing aircraft took over entirely. Andersson died in a plane crash in 1974. Later his daughter Siw A. Grinde took over as CEO in 1981 and ran the company until his grand-daughter Sara Grinde took over as CEO in 2007. The company is still fully family owned in the third generation.

Operations

• Fire-Fighting/Water Bombing
• Herding
  Herding
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   of Reindeer
  Reindeer
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• Inspection of power lines and forest
  Forest
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• Taxi/V.I.P.
• Game darting
• Game inventory
• Heavy Lifting
• Precision Lifting
• Snow
  Snow
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   Radar
  Radar
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   Measuring
• Supervision for Swedish government and law enforcement agencies
• Water Sampling
• Photo and Filming
• Parachuting
  Parachuting
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Fleet

Jämtlands Flyg AB operates seven helicopters .

Helicopter	No of aircraft	Seats	Sling Load
Eurocopter AS350B2 Ecureuil	1	6-7	1160 kg
Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri Eurocopter Colibri The Eurocopter EC120 Colibri is a 5-seat, single-engine, single main rotor, light helicopter. Jointly designed and developed by Eurocopter, China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation , Harbin Aviation Industries Ltd and Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd at Eurocopter France's...	3	5	550 kg
Robinson R44 Raven II Robinson R44 |-See also:-External links:* * * * * *...	3	4	300 kg

Bases

Bases with heli-ports and hangars are in use at the following locations:

Heliport/Base	Location	Details	Coordinates
Göviken Göviken Heliport Göviken Heliport, Östersund is the home base of Jämtlands Flyg AB helicopter company. The base is located near central Östersund city.-See also:* List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries...	Östersund Östersund Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the... , Jämtland Jämtland Jämtland or Jamtland is a historical province or landskap in the center of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders to Härjedalen and Medelpad in the south, Ångermanland in the east, Lapland in the north and Trøndelag and Norway in the west...	Main office, hangars and service	63°11′33"N 14°37′53"E
Ljusnedal	Funäsdalen Funäsdalen Funäsdalen is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 798 inhabitants in 2005.... , Härjedalen Härjedalen ' is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. It borders the country of Norway as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad, and Jämtland...	Hangars	62°31′24"N 12°35′27"E
Laisholm	Tarnaby, Västerbotten Västerbotten ', English exonym: West Bothnia, is a province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders Ångermanland, Lapland, Norrbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is famous for the cheese with the same name as the province.- Administration :...	Hangars	65°45′21"N 15°9′36"E

External links

• www.JamtlandsFlyg.se Helicopter Company's Official homepage