Tärnaby is a

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situated in

Storuman Municipality Storuman Municipality (; ; ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is located in Storuman. The parish Stensele was created as late as 1822. It was, together with th ...

, Lapland,

Västerbotten County Västerbotten County (), sometimes called Westrobothnia, is a county or '' län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the ...

, Sweden with 482 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for its successful

skiers Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International ...

, particularly in the "technical" disciplines: Slalom and

Giant Slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

Ingemar Stenmark Jan Ingemar Stenmark (; born 18 March 1956) is a Swedish former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. He is regarded as a legendary skier and one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, having won several Oly ...

Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (; born 25 April 1981) is a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion. This included winn ...

Bengt Fjällberg Bengt Henrik Fjällberg (born 15 September 1961) is a Swedish former alpine skier. His greatest achievement is the slalom bronze in the 1982 World Championships in Schladming. He was trained by Hermann Nogler. Fjällberg and Ingemar Sten ...

Stig Strand Stig Strand (born 25 August 1956) is a Swedish former alpine skier and a sports commentator on alpine skiing.

and

Jens Byggmark Jens Byggmark (born 22 August 1985) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer who specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Byggmark was born in Örebro but was raised in Tärnaby. He raced for Tärna IK Fjällvind ...

. In winter, Tärnaby is transformed into one of northern Sweden's ski resorts. By summer, the lakes and mountains provide opportunities for activities such as fishing, canoeing, hiking and mountain biking. 18 km further north in the Parish of Tärnaby is the village

Hemavan Hemavan ( South Sami: Bïerke) is a locality situated in Storuman Municipality, Västerbotten County ( Lapland), Sweden with 222 inhabitants in 2010. It is located on European route E12. During the winter months Hemavan caters to many tourists a ...

, a ski resort, with an airport and start point of the

Kungsleden Kungsleden (King's Trail) is a hiking trail in northern Sweden, approximately long, between Abisko in the north and Hemavan in the south. The full distance breaks down into 419.3 km of trekking, 18.2 km of lake crossings and a 29.5 km stretch o ...

trail.

History

Tärna is the latest permanently settled parish in Sweden, with the oldest new construction built in 1824 at Lövlund. However, for centuries before that, the

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had practiced

reindeer herding Reindeer herding is when reindeer are herded by people in a limited area. Currently, reindeer are the only semi-domesticated animal which naturally belong to the North. Reindeer herding is conducted in nine countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russ ...

in the area. There are also around 9,000-year-old Stone Age finds in the area around Tärnasjön. The Swedish Tourist Association's tourist station in Tärnaby was inaugurated on 14 July 1927, by the county governor (''Landshövding''). In the early 1950s, after

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, tourism in Tärnaby began to develop, with the construction of several hotels and ski lifts. In the 1960s, hydroelectric power plants were built, flooding farms and agricultural lands, with the landowners being compensated by the municipality for this intrusion. Since 1971, the parish of Tärna has been part of the municipality of

Storuman Storuman (, Ume Sami language, Ume Sami: ''Lusspie'') is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Storuman Municipality in Västerbotten County, provinces of Sweden, province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland, Sweden with 2,207 inhabitants in 2 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarnaby Populated places in Storuman Municipality Ski areas and resorts in Sweden

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