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8 unusual facts about Umeå


Collado Villalba

I.E.S María Guerrero of the same town have started to make an exchange with the high school Minervaskolan of Umeålocated 600 kilometres on the north of Stockholm, in Sweden

Ersmark

Ersmark, Umeå, a locality in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden

Kung Fury

Working on a very limited budget, Sandberg shot majority of the film at his office in Umeå, Sweden, using digital effects to replicate the streets of Miami.

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

In 1809 he won a European reputation by a rapid and daring march over the frozen Gulf of Bothnia, which allowed him to surprise the enemy and seize Umeå in Sweden.

MS Arberia

In addition to the Vaasa—Sundsvall route she also sailed from Vaasa to Umeå.

Nikolay Kamensky

It was he who came up with a daring plan of the Russian infantry's crossing the frozen Gulf of Bothnia from Finland towards Umeå and Åland, which forced Sweden to cede Finland to Tsar Alexander.

Rana Niejta

Bo Lundmark: Bæi'vi mánno nástit (Ume Sami) = Sol- och månkult samt astrala och celesta föreställningar bland samerna (Swedish) The Sun and the Moon cult and Celestial and Astral concepts among the Saamis), Acta Bothniensia Occidentalis, Skrifter i västerbottnisk kulturhistoria, Umeå, Västerbottens museum, 1982

Umea Region

The Umea Region (Swedish: Umeåregionen) is a functional region which consists of six co-operating municipalities in north Sweden; Bjurholm, Nordmaling, Robertsfors, Umeå, Vindeln and Vännäs.


ACN Inc.

The company is based in Concord, North Carolina, United States, ACN has international expansion offices located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Sydney, Australia; Wrocław, Poland; Umeå, Sweden and Seoul, South Korea.

Algoryx Simulation AB

Algoryx Simulation AB was formed in 2007 in Umeå, Sweden as a spin-off company from Umeå University.

Edor Hjukström

After his primary education he was a forestry worker for three years before he joined the Västerbottens regemente in Umeå.

Elaine Estrela Moura

After a game between the Brazilian national team and Umeå IK in 2004, she was contracted by Umeå and played for them in Damallsvenskan from 2005 to 2009, where she joined Marta.

Gus Forslund

Gustaf Forslund was born in Umeå in Västerbotten, Sweden to Lars Anton Forslund and his wife Ida Maria Fällman.

Inge Johansson

Inge Johansson (born May 10, 1977) is the bass player of the politically charged punk/rock band The (International) Noise Conspiracy, which he formed in Umeå, Sweden in 1998 together with Dennis Lyxzén, Sara Almgren, Ludwig Dahlberg and Lars Strömberg.

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.

Mariehem SK

A number of local players have Mariehem SK as the parent club, for example Anton Holmberg (UCD), Mikael Dahlberg (Umeå FC and GIF Sundsvall) and Hanna Ljungberg (Umeå IK).

Mats/Morgan Band

Born in Umeå, Sweden, Ågren was spotted as an outstanding talent at a young age as he began performing publicly at age seven, and eventually joined forces with keyboardist Mats Öberg in 1981.

MS Silja Festival

After the Euroway service was terminated in April 1994, Silja Festival was moved back to the Kvarken to operate from Vaasa to Umeå and Sundsvall.

Nocturnal Rites

The album Grand Illusion, out in 2005, featured many special guests, including Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), Henrik Danhage (Evergrey), Kristoffer W. Olivius (Naglfar), Stefan Elmgren (HammerFall), and, more surprisingly, the Swedish world champion of cross-country skiing (three times world cup gold winner), Per Elofsson who comes from the same town as the band, Umeå.

Roemer van Toorn

He is currently a guest 'Professor of Theater & Media' at the Umeå School of Architecture (UMA), in Umeå, Sweden.

Royal Skyttean Society

The Royal Skyttean Society (Swedish Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundet) is a scholarly and scientific academy with its seat in the northern Swedish university town of Umeå.

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Although its head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses in different parts of Sweden, the other main facilities being Alnarp in Lomma Municipality, Skara, and Umeå.

The Last Big Thing

The Last Big Thing premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 1996 and went on to play at other festivals including the Hamptons International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, Boston Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Gen Art Film Festival, Galway Film Fleah, and the Umea Film Festival.

Volvo Trucks

Volvo cabs are manufactured in the north of Sweden in Umeå and Ghent, Belgium, while the engines are made in the central town of Skövde.

Women's Professional Soccer All-Star Game

WPS in fact had 20 players in the game, as two ex-Umeå players (Östberg and Frisk) suited up for their former team.


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