Lycksele

Lycksele is a locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.

History

Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish Lappland. The first Swedish Sami school, Skytteanska skolan, was built here in 1634.

Lycksele was the first place in Swedish Lappland to be designated a city in 1946, hence its nickname “Lapp-Stockholm”. Lycksele is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still called a city (stad).

Sports

The following sports clubs are based in Lycksele:

GALLERY
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Contact

Lycksele kommun
email
kommun@lycksele.se
address
Stadshuset, Storgatan 22
phone
0950-166 00
WEBSITE