Luleå
Encyclopedia
Transportation
Local buses are run by Luleå LLT.A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden
Rail transport in Sweden
Rail transport in Sweden uses a network of 13,000 km of track, the 20th largest in the world. Construction of the first railway line in Sweden began in 1855. The major operator is the state-owned SJ AB....
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Luleå Airport
Luleå Airport
Luleå Airport is located about 5 km south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. The airport had a 995,581 passenger total in 2008, and is thus Sweden's sixth largest airport...
has the longest runway in Sweden and serves about 1,000,000 passengers annually.
Culture
Luleå has a variety of cultural institutions, amongst them NorrbottensteaternNorrbottensteatern
Norrbottensteatern , is a Swedish regional theater company located in Luleå.- The theater company :The company was formed in 1967, and was the first Swedish theater company with a regional mission...
, Norrbottens museum, and Norrbotten big band led by Tim Hagans
Tim Hagans
Tim Hagans is a jazz trumpeter and composer.He has been nominated for Grammys for Best Instrumental Composition for "Box of Cannoli" from The Avatar Session ; and Best Contemporary Jazz CD for Animation*Imagination and Re-Animation .He grew up in Dayton, Ohio...
. In January 2007 the Cultural house (Kulturens Hus) was opened. A library, concerts, and art exhibitions are all hosted here. It is also home to the hardcore punk band Raised Fist and melodic death metal band The Duskfall
The Duskfall
The Duskfall was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, Sweden, formed in 1999. The band released four full-length studio albums and, shortly afterwards, disbanded in 2008.-History:...
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Football
- Bergnäsets AIKBergnäsets AIKBergnäsets AIK is a Swedish football club located in Luleå in Norrbotten County.-Background:Since their foundation Bergnäsets AIK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 3 Norra Norrland which is the...
- Ersnäs IFErsnäs IFErsnäs IF is a Swedish football club located in Ersnäs, Luleå.-Background:Ersnäs IF currently plays in Division 4 Norrbotten Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football...
- IFK LuleåIFK LuleåIFK Luleå is a Swedish football club located in Luleå. The club, formed in 1900, is currently playing in the third tier of the Swedish league system, Division 1...
- Lira BK Lira BKLira BK is a Swedish football club located in Luleå. -Background:Lira BK were founded in 1933 and for many years played in the lower part of the Swedish league pyramid. From 1995 until 1999 during the most successful period in the history of the club, the title Lira Luleå BK was used. The club...
- Luleå SKLuleå SKLuleå SK is a Swedish football club located in Luleå.-Background:Luleå Sportklubb was founded on on 22 October 1915 at Lundgrens café in Storgatan....
- Notvikens IKNotvikens IKNotvikens IK is a Swedish football club located in Luleå in Norrbotten County.-Background:Since their foundation Notvikens IK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 3 Norra Norrland which is the fifth...
Basketball
- LF Basket NorrbottenLF Basket NorrbottenLF Basket Norrbotten is a basketball team from Luleå, Sweden.-Squad:Head CoachMattias Kenttä-Depth chart:...
, formerly Plannja, for men and Luleå Basket for women; Plannja has won Basketligan 7 times, which is a record.
In Luleå there is also an American football team, the Luleå Eskimos. The Swedish Championship in Yukigassen
Yukigassen
is a snowball fighting-competition from Japan. Today there are annual tournaments in Sobetsu, Hokkaidō in Japan, Kemijärvi in Finland, Vardø in Norway, Mount Buller, Victoria in Australia, Luleå in Sweden, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada....
is held in Luleå annually.
Shopping
Luleå is home to one of the oldest indoor shopping centres in the world, "Shopping" opened in 1955 and designed by British born architect Ralph ErskineRalph Erskine
Ralph Erskine is the name of:*Ralph Erskine , British-Swedish architect*Ralph Erskine , the 18th century Scottish clergyman...
. More recent additions to the city scape are the shopping centres "Strand, Smedjan, Folksamhuset" and the first "youth-galleria" in Sweden, "Storgatan 61", located in the city centre. There are two main shopping streets in the city centre: Storgatan and Kungsgatan.
A new shopping area in the industrial area of Storheden outside the city was more recently built and houses several large stores.
Notable people
- Maud AdamsMaud AdamsMaud Solveig Christina Wikström , known professionally as Maud Adams, is a Swedish actress, known for her roles as two different Bond girls: in The Man with the Golden Gun , and as the title character in Octopussy .-Early life:Adams was born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden, the...
, Swedish actress best known for appearing in two James BondJames BondJames Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
films - The Bear QuartetThe Bear QuartetThe Bear Quartet is an indie rock group from Luleå in northern Sweden. They have been playing since 1989 and have been making records at a steady rate since 1992, often to critical acclaim but never resulting in large sales....
, Swedish Rockband - Joel Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
- BreachBreach (band)-History:Swedish band formed in Luleå 1993. First full length album released in 1995. Pelle Gunnerfeldt from Fireside recorded and mixed several of the groups albums. Shortly after the release of Kollapse the band announced that they had decided to split up. The band played a reunion show in...
, Swedish Hardcore-band - Adam DunkelsAdam DunkelsAdam Dunkels, Ph.D., is a Swedish software engineer, researcher and co-founder of the Networked Embedded Systems Group at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science in Kista, Sweden. His research is mainly focused on networking technology and distributed communication for small embedded devices and...
, computer scientist - The DuskfallThe DuskfallThe Duskfall was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, Sweden, formed in 1999. The band released four full-length studio albums and, shortly afterwards, disbanded in 2008.-History:...
, Swedish Death metal band - Lena GranhagenLena GranhagenLena Granhagen is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1958. She starred in the 1969 film Made in Sweden, which won a Silver Bear award at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival....
, Swedish actress - Per LedinPer LedinPehr Gunnar Ledin is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for HV71 of the Elitserien.- Playing career :...
, Swedish ice hockey player - Martin LjungMartin LjungMartin Vilhelm Ljung was a Swedish comedian, actor and singer.His movie debut was in the 1947 movie Tappa inte sugen starring Nils Poppe....
, Actor - Machinae SupremacyMachinae SupremacyMachinae Supremacy is a Swedish band that combines modern heavy metal and alternative rock with chiptunes. Self-defined as "SID metal", many of their songs use a SidStation that features the SID chip of the Commodore 64...
, Swedish Metal band - Movits!Movits!Movits! is a Swedish music group from Luleå. The group plays swing mixed with hip hop. Their debut album Äppelknyckarjazz, literally translated as Apple swiper jazz, was released in November 2008 and has been recognized by national Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter...
, Swedish Hip-Hop band - Ludwig Nilenstrand, Swedish ice hockey player
- John W. NordstromJohn W. NordstromJohn W. Nordstrom was the co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain.-Background:...
, founder of department store chain NordstromNordstromNordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings... - Raised FistRaised FistRaised Fist is a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1993.-History:The name "Raised Fist" came as an idea from the Rage Against the Machine song "Know Your Enemy", where part of the lyrics are as follows: "Born with an insight and a raised fist..." The band has become more successful over the years,...
, Swedish Hardcore-band - Filip Stubbfält, Swedish ice hockey player
- Marita UlvskogMarita UlvskogMarita Ulvskog is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She was a member of the Riksdag 1998-2009. She was the Swedish Minister for Home Affairs from 1994 to 1996 and Minister for Culture from 1996 to 2004...
, Politician - Ingvar WixellIngvar WixellIngvar Wixell was a Swedish baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1955-2003. He mostly sang roles from the Italian repertory, and, according to The New York Times, "was best known for his steady-toned, riveting portrayals of the major baritone roles of...
, Swedish baritoneBaritoneBaritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
operaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
singer - Leif Östling, CEO of Scania AB
See also
- Swedish iron ore during World War IISwedish iron ore during World War IISwedish iron ore was an important economic factor in the European Theatre of World War II. Both the Allies and the Third Reich were keen on the control of the mining district in northernmost Sweden, surrounding the mining towns of Gällivare and Kiruna...
- Luleå CathedralLuleå Cathedral-External links:* * *...
- Diocese of Luleå
External links
article Luleå from Nordisk FamiljebokNordisk familjebok
Nordisk familjebok is a Swedish encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957.- History :The first edition was published in 20 volumes between 1876 and 1899. The first edition is known as the "Iðunn edition" because of the picture of Iðunn on the cover...
(1912)