Timrå () is a locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010.

It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and could arguably be considered a satellite to that town.

Timrå

The two closest cities (Sundsvall and Härnösand) share one airport, Midlanda, that is geographically located in Timrå.

Timrå

Indalsälven, one of Sweden's largest rivers with a length of 430 km, meets the Gulf of Botnia in Timrå.

Timrå

In Sweden, Timrå is mainly known for its ice hockey club Timrå IK, which, as of season 2021/22 plays in the Swedish top division SHL.

In 1995, Swedish artist Bengt Lindström constructed the Y, a 30 meter high sculpture located in Timrå.

Local legend says that Sörberge, on the north side of the town, is haunted by a tall man wearing a very large coat called 'Stor Bubbas'.

Climate

Timrå has historically had a subarctic climate, but it has in recent decades more resembled a cool-summer humid continental climate.

Notable citizens

Lennart "Lillstrimma" Svedberg (1944–1972), ice hockey player

Magdalena Forsberg (1967), cross country skier, biathlon

Henrik Flyman, guitarist, composer, producer

Henrik Forsberg (1967), cross country skier

Mats Näslund (1959), ice hockey player

Anna Olsson (1964), canoeist

Anton Lander (1991), ice hockey player

Gallery

References

External links

TravelMath on Other cities, towns, and suburbs near Timra, Sweden

Populated places in Timrå Municipality

Medelpad

Municipal seats of Västernorrland County

Swedish municipal seats

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