Umea was officially founded in 1622 by Gustavus II Aldophus, after the town was granted a it's second royal charter. In 1714, the city was burned down by Russian soldiers. Russian troops withdrew from Umea in 1809.
The city burned again in 1888 by a widespread fire in which 2500 of the 3000 city inhabitants lost their homes. In order to avoid similar disasters, the city planted a great number of birch trees to prevent any future fires from spreading. As a result, Umeå is now the City of the Birches.
In 1963, Umea became a university city. Umea has a population of over 104,000 inhabitants. The average age of individuals is around 36. It is 642 km away from Stockholm.
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Rotary District Conference
Team Presentation
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Happily learning about Forsakringskassan (social insurance/pension) in Lulea
Swedbank in Lulea
Vanessa with Private Banker Jorgen Pucher
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church and town
Lulea
Mixing dough
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
inside the church
Lulea
Hi from the Lulea River
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outside the church
Lulea Old town church house
Inside the house
Gammelstad UNESCO World Heritage Site
Entering one of the church houses
Lulea River
Clearing the river channel
High point
Overview
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Skelleftea Lutheran Church
Skelleftea
Church homes nearby
press
Rubber fabrication in the molds
Skelleftea
Touring the Rubber Plant
Skelleftea
Breads ready to buy
Bread Factory
Ready to bake
Mats
Mats in his studio
Skelleftea
Team in Skekkeftea bread factory
Swedish flat breads
Kiruna flat bread
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Breaking the ice
standing on the river
Climbing down to the river ice
Lulea River Ice Breaker
Ice breaker vessel in the port
Luleå Rotary Club Lunch
Lulea Rotary meeting
Presenting Rotary club banners
Lulea
downtown
Downtown Luleå
Sandy, Knut, Margareta
Sandy with hosts Knut and Margareta
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Dinner hosts Lennart and Margareta
Around Gallivare
Train Station
polar circle
At the Arctic Circle
66 degrees north
Crossing The Arctic Circle
jokkmokk arrival
Meeting Rotarians in Jokkmokk
museo
Sami Museum
april showers
Driving to Jokkmokk
traditional snow
Tradional house in Gallivare
ski
Ski slope in town
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Erin driving
big boys toys
Getting in the driver's seat
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Digging equipment Aitik mine
Luleå
Dinner Party for Team
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Aitik open pit copper, gold, silver mine
tradition
Sitting around the fire in the sami house
Lennart
Entering the tree bark Sami house
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An evening with the Sami
ICEBAR
Having a drink at the Icebar
ICEHOTEL
Entering the Hotel
1st sunset
Sunset in Kiruna
ICE HOTEL
Ice Chapel with reindeer skin seats
fjord
Norway fjord
Suomi (Sami) Host
narvik group
Norway fjord- top of the world
equipe
LKAB mine
LKAB
In the depths of the LKAB iron mine
city hall
Kiruna City Hall
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Cross country skiiing
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View of LKAB iron mine
before
We're almost ready.
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Voted most beautiful church in Sweden
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District 7890 GSE Team Sweden
Sundsvall Rotary District Conference
Caprice Concert
Sundsvall
Sundsvall
Around Sundsvall
Sundsvall City center
Dinner at Peter and Gunilla's
View from above Sundsvall
The shorn
pt with veterinarian
Physical Therapy
snowmachine
Snowmobiling in Umea in April
Umea
Sandy ready for flight with Stig-Ake Lindgren
Near Umea
The Family Homestead
Umea, ume river
View of Umea
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Dissertation Wall at Umea University
skulpture
In front of Northern Lights Sculpture at Umea University
skuleskogen
Top of Skuleskogen with Claus
skyline
Nocturnal picnic
Evening Hike
1 comment:
I'm curious to know exactly how Birch trees prevent the spread of fire. From my limited personal experience as an amateur giant bonfire builder, birch catches fire and burns super fast.
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