The Theatre Academy of Luleå is a Swedish drama school in the city of Luleå

Luleå

- Transportation :Local buses are run by .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....

 and part of the Luleå University of Technology

Luleå University of Technology

Luleå University of Technology or Luleå tekniska universitet of Sweden is Scandinavia's northernmost university of technology. It has four campuses, located in Luleå , Kiruna , Skellefteå and Piteå .-History:The university was founded on 1 June 1971 at Porsön in Luleå as...

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The Theatre Academy was started in the autumn of 1996 as a joint project between the former University College of Technology

Luleå University of Technology

Luleå University of Technology or Luleå tekniska universitet of Sweden is Scandinavia's northernmost university of technology. It has four campuses, located in Luleå , Kiruna , Skellefteå and Piteå .-History:The university was founded on 1 June 1971 at Porsön in Luleå as...

 and the regional Theatre of Norrbotten

Norrbottensteatern

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...

. This was the fourth university college of drama in Sweden and the first drama school in Norrland

Norrland

Norrland is one of the three lands of Sweden , the northern part, consisting of nine provinces. The term Norrland is not used for any administrative purpose, but it is common in everyday language, e.g...

on a university level. It is situated next to the Norrbotten Theater House and thereby has close cooperation with them.