Vännäs

This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Swedish. (August 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Swedish article. Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 826 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at [[:sv:Vännäs]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template {{Translated|sv|Vännäs}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Vännäs
Vännäs railway station in July 2005
Vännäs Vännäs Show map of VästerbottenShow map of SwedenShow all
Coordinates: 63°55′N 19°45′E / 63.917°N 19.750°E / 63.917; 19.750Coordinates: 63°55′N 19°45′E / 63.917°N 19.750°E / 63.917; 19.750
Country	Sweden
Province	Västerbotten
County	Västerbotten County
Municipality	Vännäs Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	3.28 km2 (1.27 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2018)[1]
• Total	4,466
• Density	1,257/km2 (3,260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Vännäs (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvɛ̌nːɛs])^[2] is a locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 4,466 inhabitants in 2018.^[1]

The name of the village is known since 1535 (Wendenäs, ‘The place where a person walking down the western shoreline of the Vindel river must change her path’.^[3]

Vännäs is the hometown of the hardcore-band Refused. The Vännäs TV Tower, a 323 metres tall partially manned broadcasting mast, is located in the vicinity of Vännäs.

Twinned municipalities[]

Johannes Church

Vännäs Municipality is twinned with Cameri, Italy (since 2003), Hemnes, Norway and Storkyro, Finland.

Vännäsdagarna[]

Vännäsdagarna ("The Vännäs Days") is a three days long annual festival during the second weekend of July, which brings a mix of performers and street vendors to Vännäs every year. An estimated 58,000 visitors attend the festival each year, thus making Vännäsdagarna the biggest festival in Västerbotten County.^{[citation needed]}

Railway[]

The Main Line Through Upper Norrland was built during the 19th century, and was for military reasons^{[citation needed]} passing through Vännäs instead of the Westrobothnian capital Umeå. The railway made Vännäs an important rail junction, which facilitated the rapid growth of the locality.

Schools[]

Liljaskolan, the locality's only upper secondary school caters for 1100 students, studying at eleven programmes. Students at Liljaskolan can choose to study, among other things, transportation and tourism.

Hammarskolan caters for some 250 pupils in year 7-9, whereas younger students attend Vegaskolan which caters for year 0-9.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people from Vännäs[]

Athletes[]

• Daniel Tjärnqvist
• Mathias Tjärnqvist

Musicians[]

• Dennis Lyxzén

Media[]

• Sverker Olofsson
• Linda Olofsson

Authors[]

• Pär Hansson

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vännäs.

External links[]

• Vännäs Municipality
• Vännäsdagarna