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Bombings in Sweden are attacks and sabotage using explosive devices by criminals in Sweden. The weapons used are weapons such as hand grenades and explosives intended for either civilian or military use. [2] Legal authorities use the term allmänfarlig ödeläggelse genom sprängning (English: damage by explosive blast) and media in Sweden use ...
Bombing of Pajala. Craters at Pajala church. The bombing of Pajala was a bombing that took place in Sweden during World War II on February 21, 1940. Seven Soviet bombers accidentally dropped around 150 aerial bombs over Pajala in Norrbotten County. Six buildings caught fire and two people were injured.
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 ...
Liveuamap. Live Universal Awareness Map, commonly known as Liveuamap, is an internet service to monitor and indicate activities on online geographic maps, particularly of locations with ongoing armed conflicts. [1] It was developed by the Ukrainian software engineers from Dnipro Rodion Rozhkovskiy and Oleksandr Bilchenko.
Battle of Ratan. / 63.9922194°N 20.8977806°E / 63.9922194; 20.8977806. The Battle of Ratan was the last battle fought on Swedish soil during the Russian-Swedish War of 1808 - 1809. It took place a day apart from the Battle of Sävar, on 20 August 1809. Having conquered Finland from Sweden, the Russians had a small force in the ...
Umeå Airport ( IATA: UME, ICAO: ESNU) is an airport located on the southern outskirts of the city of Umeå, Sweden. As of 2019, it is the seventh-largest airport in Sweden. [2] It had 960,351 passengers in 2019. [3] By road, the airport is located about 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) from Umeå city centre.
The old bridge from the north side. / 63.82500°N 20.24917°E / 63.82500; 20.24917. Gamla bron (English: the old bridge) is Umeås oldest remaining bridge over Ume River and is 301 metres (988 ft) long.
The Ume River (Swedish: Ume älv or Umeälven) is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around 460 km (290 mi) long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake Överuman by the Norwegian border within the Scandinavian mountain range. For large parts, the European route E12, also known as Blå Vägen (Blue Route ...