Njurunda
Encyclopedia
Njurunda is a small village in Sundsvall Municipality
, located in Västernorrland County
, Sweden
. The village is situated at the mouth of the Ljungan river and located about 17 kilometers south of Sundsvall. It is primarily a sleeper town to Sundsvall with a residential population of about 5,000 households and about 450 small to medium sized businesses. The elementary school is Kyrkmons skola with about 339 students of which most head on to Kvissleby
and Nivrenaskolan for their 7th - 9th grades before they finally move on to the secondary schools
in Sundsvall.
The town was the seat in the former Nivren rural municipality, which later was swallowed by Sundsvall municipality in the consolidation process during the 1960s. Historically there has been people living at Njurunda since the 5th century, but the population did not really boom until the 14th century. At which time the plague put the brakes on for a while. Industrialization began around 1830 when several saw mills began were established close by the river Ljungan
, which was used to float logs from the inland out to the coast. The sites of Njurunda includes the ruins of a 12th century church and beautifully situated graveyard at Åkroken by Stångån river.
Sundsvall Municipality
Sundsvall Municipality is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden, where the city Sundsvall is the seat....
, located in Västernorrland County
Västernorrland County
Västernorrland County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.- Province :...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The village is situated at the mouth of the Ljungan river and located about 17 kilometers south of Sundsvall. It is primarily a sleeper town to Sundsvall with a residential population of about 5,000 households and about 450 small to medium sized businesses. The elementary school is Kyrkmons skola with about 339 students of which most head on to Kvissleby
Kvissleby
Kvissleby is a locality situated in Sundsvall Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 2,633 inhabitants in 2005....
and Nivrenaskolan for their 7th - 9th grades before they finally move on to the secondary schools
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
in Sundsvall.
The town was the seat in the former Nivren rural municipality, which later was swallowed by Sundsvall municipality in the consolidation process during the 1960s. Historically there has been people living at Njurunda since the 5th century, but the population did not really boom until the 14th century. At which time the plague put the brakes on for a while. Industrialization began around 1830 when several saw mills began were established close by the river Ljungan
Ljungan
Ljungan is a 322 kilometer long river in Sweden. It originates near Trondheim and the Norwegian border. The river runs through the Swedish counties of Jämtland and Västernorrland...
, which was used to float logs from the inland out to the coast. The sites of Njurunda includes the ruins of a 12th century church and beautifully situated graveyard at Åkroken by Stångån river.
Notable natives
- Fredrik ModinFredrik ModinFredrik "Freddy" Modin is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger, who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League and most notably won the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2003–04 season....
- Henrik ZetterbergHenrik ZetterbergHenrik “Zäta" Zetterberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey center and alternate captain currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League...
- Jesper Brugge
- Peter Sjöberg
- Lars DahlqvistLars DahlqvistLars Dahlqvist was a Swedish nordic combined skier who competed in the 1960s. He finished eighth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley....