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Encyclopedia Britannica



HERNOSAND

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 374 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HEG-HIG
HERNOSAND , a seaport of Sweden,
chief
  town of the
district
  (lan) of Vesternorrland on the Gulf of Bothnia. Pop. (19oo) 789o. It stands on the'
island
  of Herno (which is connected with the mainland by bridges) near the mouth of the Angerman river, 423 M. N. of Stockholm by rail. It is the seat of a bishop and possesses a fine cathedral. There are
engine
 -works, timber-yards and saw-mills. The harbour is good, but generally ice-bound from December to May. Timber, iron and
wood
 -pulp are exported. There are a school of navigation and an institute for pisciculture. Hernosand was founded in 1584, and received itsfirst town-privileges from John III. in 1587. It was the first town in Europe to be lighted by electricity (1885). The poet Franzen (q.v.), Bishop of HernSsand, is buried here.


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