Östersund
Östersund is the seat of Jämtland County in Norrland in Sweden. It was founded in 1786, as the only Swedish city founded during the 18th century. Östersund is the only city in Jämtland, and its economic and political center.Map | Satellite | Directions |
- Location: Jämtland County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- Population: 52,300
- IATA airport code: OSD
- United Nations Location Code: SE OSD
- Latitude: 63.1792° or 63° 10' 45.1" north
- Longitude: 14.6357° or 14° 38' 8.4" east
- Elevation: 328 meters (1076 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 2685750
Also Known As
- Arabic: إوسترسوند
- Belarusian: Эстэрсунд
- Bulgarian: Йостершунд
- Chechen: Эстерсунд
- Chinese: 厄斯特松德
- French: Östersund
- Georgian: ესტერსუნდი
- German: Östersund
- Greek: Έστερσουντ
- Italian: Östersund
- Japanese: エステルスンド
- Korean: 외스테르순드
- Latvian: Estešunda
- Lithuanian: Estešundas
- Norwegian: Østersund
- Ossetian: Эстерсунд
- Persian: اوستشوند
- Portuguese: Östersund
- Russian: Эстерсунд
- Serbian: Естерсунд
- Spanish: Östersund
- Ukrainian: Естерсунд
- Urdu: اوسترشوند
- Western Panjabi: اوسٹرسنڈ
- OEstersund
In the Area
Localities
- HornsbergSuburb
- KörfältetSuburb, 2 km east
- OdenskogSuburb, 3 km east
- Norra BergeHamlet, 3 km northwest
- HjälmtorpetHamlet, 3 km northwest
- LugnvikSuburb, 3 km north
Landmarks
- Östersunds rådhusTown hall
- Jämtlands GymnasiumSchool
- Mid Sweden UniversityUniversity
- Jamtli youth hostelHostel
- JamtliMuseum
- Stora kyrkanChurch building
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. - Robert Louis Stevenson