Bodträskfors is a village situated in
Boden Municipality
Boden Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Boden.
In 1919 the evolving garrison town of Boden was detached from Överluleå and instituted as a city municipality of its own. In 1967 th ...
,
Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County (, Meänkieli/, ) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares borders with Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
with 205 inhabitants in 2005.
It is situated by the river of
Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...
, opposite
Harads. The village became important because of the river of Bodträskfors, where among other things a mill was built. Today the impressive mansion is the only building left from "the good old days".
The
Bodträskån
The Bodträskån ("Bodträsk River") is a small river that flows into Lule River in Norrbotten, Sweden.
Description
The river starts in Jokkmokk municipality and ends at Bodträskfors, a small village, in Edefors parish. Until the 1950s the Bod ...
River ends here.
References
Populated places in Boden Municipality
Norrbotten
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