Lycksele
| Lycksele | |
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Late 1970s in Lycksele | |
  Lycksele  Lycksele | |
| Coordinates: 64°36′N 18°40′E / 64.600°N 18.667°ECoordinates: 64°36′N 18°40′E / 64.600°N 18.667°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Lapland |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Municipality | Lycksele Municipality |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 8.53 km2 (3.29 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,513 |
| • Density | 998/km2 (2,580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Lycksele (Southern Sami: Liksjoe, Ume Sami: Likssjuo) is a locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
History
Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish Lappland. The first Swedish Sami school, Skytteanska skolan, was built here in 1634.
Lycksele was the first place in Swedish Lappland to be designated a city in 1946, hence its nickname "Lapp-Stockholm". Lycksele is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still called a city (stad).
Sports
The following sports clubs are based in Lycksele:
- Betsele IF
- Lycksele IF
- Lycksele SK
Notable people
- Eva Björklund, politician
- Levi Borgstrom, carver
- Melker Karlsson, ice hockey player
- John Lindgren, cross-country skier
- Figge Norling, actor
- David Rundblad, ice hockey player and Stanley Cup winner
- Maic Sema, football player
Climate
Lycksele has a subarctic climate with short cool summers and long cold and snowy winters. Despite its extremely northern latitude, the climate is relatively mild compared to other places at similar latitude because of the Gulf Stream.[2]
| Climate data for Lycksele (temperature 2002-2015; precipitation 1961-1990; extremes since 1945) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
7.2 (45) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.2 (54) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) |
−15.0 (5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
6.1 (43) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.8 (46) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.0 (−45.4) |
−41.0 (−41.8) |
−37.2 (−35) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.1 (30) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−8.9 (16) |
−25.0 (−13) |
−33.2 (−27.8) |
−39.1 (−38.4) |
−43.0 (−45.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29.6 (1.165) |
22.0 (0.866) |
25.0 (0.984) |
23.9 (0.941) |
29.1 (1.146) |
37.7 (1.484) |
62.1 (2.445) |
55.7 (2.193) |
47.0 (1.85) |
39.7 (1.563) |
39.8 (1.567) |
31.3 (1.232) |
442.9 (17.437) |
| Source #1: SMHI precipitation average 1961-1990[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: SMHI climate data 2002-2015[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
- Blue Highway, an international tourist route
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lycksele. |
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lycksele. |
- 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ weather.msn.com
- ↑ "SMHI precipitation average 1961-1990". Swedish Metereological and Hydrological Institute (Lycksele code 14 833).
- ↑ "SMHI climate data 2002-2015". SMHI. June 22, 2016.
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