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unusual facts about Halsön, Kalix


Halsön

Halsön, Kalix, an island in the Kalix archipelago of the Bothnian bay


Berghamn

Berghamn, Kalix: Swedish island belonging to the Kalix archipelago in the northern edge of the Gulf of Bothnia

Halsön

Halsön, Korsnäs, an island in the Kvarken (Quark) archipelago in the Bothnian Sea

Halsön, Skellefteå, an island in the Skellefteå archipelago the Bothnian bay

Kalix dialect

A sharp language border is found between the villages Säivis and Sangis, where the latter traditionally uses the Kalix language.

Kalix language is very much related to nearby languages/dialects westwards and southwards Råneå, Luleå, Piteå, Skellefteå, Umeå northwards Overkalix etc., basically mutually intelligible with Kalix language as they all are part of a broader Westrobothnian dialect continuum.

Likskär

Likskär, Kalix, an island and nature reserve in the Kalix Archipelago of Sweden

Ranon

Rånön, an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Kalix archipelago

Sd.Kfz. 10

1966 all were sold to the highest bidders at Kalix airfield and they ended up in he villages surrounding Kalix and Boden.

Westrobothnian

The Kvens were then gradually assimilated into the Westrobothnian speaking society and the Finnish presence can be felt in the falling intonation of speakers from especially Luleå and Kalix, there are also several loan words of Finnish origin among the fishing terms used in dialects from Kalix to Byske.


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