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Umeå, Sweden. Type. Fire. The Great Fire of Umeå took place in 1888 and destroyed most of the city of Umeå in Sweden. The unusual windy weather conditions also contributed to two other fires on the same day in Sweden. Umeå took the opportunity to complete its plans to restructure the city. Part of the new design included planting of birch ...
The church was destroyed in 1770 by the Russian Army and again following the Umeå city fire of 1888 which destroyed most of the town. The existing new-gothic church was designed by the city architect Fredrik Olaus Lindström and built in brick with a stone foundation. The church was constructed between 1892 and 1894, and it is the third of a ...
NorrlandsOperan. Coordinates: 63°49′41″N 20°16′08″E. NorrlandsOperan in Umeå. The NorrlandsOperan (literal translation, The Norrland's Opera; NOP), is a Swedish opera company in Umeå, located in Norrland, Sweden. The ownership of NOP is divided between the Umeå Municipality (40%) and the Västerbotten County Council (60%). NOP was ...
scharinska.se. Scharinska villan is a pink building at the street Storgatan 63-65, located next to Döbelns park in Umeå, Sweden. Scharinska villan was designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg and it was erected in 1904-1905 for Egil Unander-Scharin and his family. In the 1950s the building also housed the family business AB Scharins Söner .
This church was built in the 16th century when Jacob Ulfsson was archbishop. This church would have been one of the biggest on the coast. There was a fire in 1893 and another in 1986 when only the arches and the walls remained standing. The architect Jerk Alton and the artist Per Andersson supervised its reconstruction.
Umeå is a university town and centre of education, technical and medical research in northern Sweden. The two universities located in the city, Umeå University and one of the 3 main branches of SLU, host around 40,000 enrolled students, [ 8][ 9] which corresponds to around 30% of the total population. [ b] CRISPR gene editing was developed by ...
Umeå Town Hall ( Swedish: Umeå rådhus) was built after the fire in 1888 that burnt the city to the ground. It was erected on the site where the previous town hall (built in the 17th century) had been located and was completed in 1890. [1] The architect was Fredrik Olaus Lindström from Stockholm. In the new urban area development plan ...
Ön is located in the Ume River in central Umeå. It is 2.6 km (1.6 mi) long, 0.6 km (0.4 mi) wide and have a shoreline of 5.8 km (3.6 mi). The part of the Ume River which is southwest of the island is called Lillån, and the northeast part is called Storån. The island consists mostly of forest and a partially overgrown green area.