Norrbyskär
Norrbyskär is a small group of islands outside of Umeå, Sweden. From 1895 to 1952 it was the location of a steam-powered sawmill, which at one time was one of the largest of its kind in Europe, owned by the Mo och Domsjö corporation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Atteism, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: small group of islands outside of Umeå, Sweden
- Also known as: “Norrbyskar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Norrbyskärs museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hörnefors.
Hörnefors
Village
Photo: Bamsefar75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hörnefors is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,542 inhabitants in 2010. Hörnefors is situated 9 km north of Norrbyskär.
Norrbyskär
- Categories: mill town, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hörnefors socken, Hörnefors, Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.55288° or 63° 33′ 10″ northLongitude
19.87498° or 19° 52′ 30″ eastOpen location code
9FMXHV3F+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 4601660OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Norrbyskär” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Norrbyskär”
- German: “Norrbyskären”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norrbyskär”
- Spanish: “Norrbyskär”
- Swedish: “Kägelbanan på Norrbyskär”
- Swedish: “Norrbyskär”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Norrbyskär”. Photo: Atteism, Public domain.