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Encyclopedia Britannica



OSTERSUND

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 358 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ORC-PAI
OSTERSUND , a town of
Sweden
 ,
capital
  of the
district
  (lan) of Jemtland, on the
east
  shore of Storsjo (
Great
  Lake), 364 M. N. by W. of Stockholm by rail. Pop. (Igloo) 6866. It lies at an
elevation
  of about r000 ft. and is the metropolis of a mountainous and beautiful
district
 . Immediately facing the town is the lofty
island
  of Fros, with which it is connected by a
bridge
  1148 ft.
long
 . A runic stone commemorates the building of a
bridge
  hereby a Christian missionary, Austmader, son of Gudfast. Ostersund was founded in 1786. It has a considerable
trade
  in timber, and a local
trade
  by. steamers on Storsjo. Electricity is obtained for lighting and other purposes by utilizing the abundant water-power in the district.


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