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4 unusual facts about Luleå


Elmer L. Andersen

Her father was a seaman from Luleå, in northern Sweden, who came to America as a young man and worked in the timbering business.

In the Club

After coming first in the first of 4 semi-finals that was held on 5 February 2011 in Coop Arena, Luleå, he qualified for the Melodifestivalen finals as one of 10 songs chosen.

Luleå Theatre Academy

Luleå Theatre Academy (original Swedish name: Teaterhögskolan i Luleå) is a Swedish drama school in Luleå and part of the Luleå University of Technology.

Swedish name

The Swedish family Benzelius was derived from Bentseby (Bentse village) in Luleå the birthplace of Ericus Henrici Benzelius Bothniensis who was the first to adopt the family name.


Benzelius family

Henrik Jacobsson was born on the island of Hindersön in the archipelago of Luleå, where he was until 1629 a farmer before he moved to Bensbyn, through either marriage or inheritance.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Iron Ore Line

Located on the Baltic Sea, ore is shipped to Baltic customers, or delivered to furnaces operated by SSAB in Luleå and Oxelösund.

Israel Ruong

He received his training to become a teacher in Luleå, after which he went on to worked as a teacher in the nomad school in Jukkasjärvi.

John W. Nordstrom

He was born Johan Nordström (later anglicizing it to "John") in the village of Alvik, near Luleå, Sweden, and 60 miles from the Arctic Circle.

Kalix dialect

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.

Langon

Långön, an island in the Luleå archipelago in the Swedish part of the Bothnian Bay

Narvik Station

The station is located 3.70 km from the line terminus at Narvik Port and is served by three daily passenger trains from, respectively, Kiruna, Luleå and Stockholm in Sweden.

Queen Lurline

Queen Zixi of Ix depicts another Fairy Queen named Lulea, who is based in the Forest of Burzee, just as The Fairy Queen and Queen Zurline of the Wood Nymphs are.

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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