Njurunda ()
is a small village in
Sundsvall Municipality
Sundsvall Municipality () is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden, where the city Sundsvall is the seat.
As most municipalities of Sweden, ''Sundsvalls kommun'' is a result of a series of amalgamations, carried out in 1952 a ...
, located in
Västernorrland County
Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.
The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...
,
Sweden
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. 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 for Sundsvall, with a residential population of about 5,000 households and about 450 small to medium-sized businesses. The elementary school is Kyrkmons skola, which has about 339 students, most of whom head on to
Kvissleby and Nivrenaskolan for their 7th - 9th grades before they finally move on to the
secondary schools
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...
in Sundsvall.
The town was the seat of the former Nivren rural municipality, which later was swallowed by Sundsvall municipality in the consolidation process during the 1960s. Historically, there have been people living in Njurunda since the 5th century. The population, however, did not grow significantly until the 14th century, but late that century the
Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the list of epidemics, most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as people perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. ...
halted this growth. Industrialization began around 1830 when several
saw mill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...
s were established close to the
Ljungan
Ljungan ( Jamtlandic: ''Jångna'' or ''Aoa'', from Old Norse ''*Oghn'' "the dreadful") 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 ...
, which was used to float logs out to the coast.
The Njurunda area is also home to the ruins of a 12th-century church.
Notable persons
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Fredrik Modin
Jan Fredrik "Freddy" Modin (born 8 October 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is best remembered for his most productive years with the Tampa Bay Lightning, w ...
– Hockey player
*
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg (; born 9 October 1980) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He played his entire National Hockey League career, from 2002 to 2018, with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.
Bursting onto the ...
– Hockey player
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Lars Dahlqvist – Skier
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Fredrik Wikingsson – Journalist
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Sebastian Lauritzen – Hockey player
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Mathias Månsson
Mathias Månsson (born September 20, 1981) is a former Swedish professional ice hockey player who played in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He also played for KalPa in the SM-liiga
The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in Eng ...
– Hockey player
See also
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Njurunda Court District
References
External links
Njurunda- Tourist site
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Populated places in Sundsvall Municipality
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