Bollnäs
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Bollnäs Municipality |
| County | Gävleborg County |
| Province | Hälsingland |
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| - Total | 12.83 km² (5 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 12,455 |
| - Density | 971/km² (2,514.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Bollnäs is a town (pop. 13,000) in Hälsingland, Sweden and the seat of Bollnäs Municipality, Gävleborg County.
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[edit] History
In written sources Bollnäs is traced from 1312, by a vicar named Ingemund who referred to it as Baldenaes, which means "the large isthmus," referring to the isthmus into a nearby lake.
Bollnäs became a city in 1942. Bollnäs has a station along the Northern Railline (Norra Stambanan), but has never served any higher purpose other than as a centre of trade for the surrounding lands.
[edit] Famous figures
- Finnish writer Timo K. Mukka (1944-1973) was born in Bollnäs, to which his family had been evacuated from the Lapland region during the Lapland War.
- Famous supermodel Victoria Silvstedt was born in Bollnäs 1974.
- Kristoffer Lindberg
[edit] Points of interest
- Arbråmasten, a 331 metres tall guyed TV mast.
[edit] References
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- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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Bollnäs is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. |
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