Bollnäs Municipality

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**Bollnäs Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Municipality and seat in Sweden Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Bollnäs
	61°21' N 16°24'E
	County	Gävleborg County
	Province	Hälsingland
	Area Rank	1,821 km² 47th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	26,249 94th of 290
	Density	14.5/km²

Bollnäs Municipality is a Municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Bollnäs (pop. 13,000).

1 Municipal towns
2 Geography
3 History
4 Famous figures
5 External links

[edit] Municipal towns

Population as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden:

Bollnäs, 20,026
Arbrå, 2,294
Kilafors 1,150
Lottefors 413
Rengsjö 261

The internationally renowned actor Peter Stormare is from Arbrå.

[edit] Geography

The town is located alongside river Ljusnan, which also follows the path of the northern main line railway (Norra Stambanan). Some kilometer south, Ljusnan is also intersected by river Voxnan.

Around the town are several water areas with fish such as trout, brass and pikes. The streams Ljusnan and Voxnan also offer fishing.

There is also a possibility for fishing in the town Bollnäs, in the tributary lake Vågen.

Natures reserves: Grossjöberget, Galvån, Kölberget, Hästhagsberget, Djupsjön-Römmaberget.

[edit] History

Bollnäs church was built in the 14th century, but the tower is from 1460.

In written sources Bollnäs is traced from 1312, by a vicar named Ingemund who referred to it as Baldenaes which means "the large isthmus" and referring to the isthmus into a nearby lake.

The city of Bollnäs received its privileges in 1942 when the towns of Bollnäs and Björkhamre merged. Bollnäs is a station along the Northern Railline (Norra Stambanan) but has never served any higher purposes more than as a centre of trade for the surrounding lands.

The current size of municipality was created in 1974 with the reform then, when the Swedish city Bollnäs was merged with three smaller municipalities, and the "city" per se was abolished into the municipality.

[edit] Famous figures

Finnish writer Timo K. Mukka (1944 - 1973) was born in Bollnäs, to where his family had been evacuated from the Lapland region during the Lapland War.