Hammarstrand
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Hammarstrand
|image_skyline = Hammarforsens Kraftverk.jpg
|image_caption = Hammarforsens powerplant in Indalsälven near Hammarstrand
|pushpin_map = Sweden Jämtland#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Sweden
|subdivision_type3 = Municipality
|subdivision_name3 = Ragunda Municipality
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Jämtland County
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Jämtland
|area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 }}
|area_total_km2 = 2.22
|population_as_of = 31 December 2010
|population_total = 1,052
|population_density_km2 = 473
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|63|06|N|16|21|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
}}
Hammarstrand is a locality and the seat of Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,052 inhabitants in 2010. The town is host to a bobsleigh and luge track. It was built on the dry bed of the former lake Ragundasjön, which drained suddenly and catastrophically in 1796.
Bobsleigh and luge track
Constructed in 1964, the track was 1045 meters long[http://hbrk.tripod.com/rodel.htm Luge at Hammarstrand.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131191800/http://hbrk.tripod.com/rodel.htm |date=2017-01-31 }} {{in lang|sv}} - accessed March 5, 2008 with 11 curves and a start height of 900 meters.[http://hbrk.tripod.com/bilder.htm Hammarstrand track map.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717102758/http://hbrk.tripod.com/bilder.htm |date=2011-07-17 }} {{in lang|sv}} - accessed March 5, 2008
Its last World Cup luge competition was held in 1990. Until the completion of the bobsleigh and luge track used for the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer in 1992,[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK3.PDF 1994 Winter Olympics official report - Volume 3.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202195006/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK3.PDF |date=2010-12-02 }} - accessed February 19, 2008 it was the only track of its kind in Scandinavia. The track was the last natural track to host the FIL European Luge Championships and was the last natural track to host the FIL World Luge Championships until the 2000 event in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Its last use was in 2001.[http://www.alltforbyn.se/hammarstrand/rodelnsmecka.4.7c4ce89d113d712160280001501.html Hammarstrand track last usage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210194145/http://www.alltforbyn.se/hammarstrand/rodelnsmecka.4.7c4ce89d113d712160280001501.html |date=2012-02-10 }} {{in lang|sv}} - accessed March 5, 2008
Tourist attractions
Tourist attractions include waterfalls Döda Fallet (The Dead Falls) Meåfallet, Lugnåfallet; Borgvattnet, the Haunted Vicarage; Suspension Bridge over the Indalsälven; Ragunda church; Krångede Power Plant and the famous Thai Pavilion, which is King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building. It is the largest Thai Pavilion in the world outside Thailand. Its creation began in 1997 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the visit of King of Siam. This dates back to 1897 when Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, invited King Chulalongkorn of Siam to an art and industry exhibition in Sweden.
=Track statistics=
| class="wikitable"
! Turn Number ! Name ! Reason named {{in lang|sv}} |
| 1.
| Lillen | "The little one" |
| 2.
| Sista skriket | "Last scream" |
| 3.
| Centrumkurvan | "Center curve" |
| 4.
| Ole | "Eeny" in Swedish. Luge women's singles men's doubles joins the track after this curve. |
| 5.
| Dole | "Meeny" in Swedish |
| 6.
| Doff | "Miney" & "Moe" in Swedish |
| 7.
| Lady | "Lady" |
| 8.
| Sunekurvan | Named after Sune Nilsson, a former chairman of the local luge club. |
| 9.
| Ding | |
| 10.
| Dong | |
| 11.
| Målkurvan | "Finish curve" |
=Championships hosted=
- FIL European Luge Championships:[http://sports123.com/lug/me-s.html FIL European Luge Championships men's singles results since 1914] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115212520/http://sports123.com/lug/me-s.html |date=2006-11-15 }} 1970, 1976, 1978, 1986
- FIL World Luge Championships:[http://sports123.com/lug/mw-s.html FIL World Luge Championships men's single results since 1955] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218194001/http://sports123.com/lug/mw-s.html |date=2007-12-18 }} 1967, 1975, 1981
Gallery
File:Hammarstrand-night.JPG|Hammarstrand as seen by night in December 2008.
File:Hammarstrand sign.jpg|The large Hollywood Sign-style sign outside of Hammarstrand.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons}}
- [http://hbrk.tripod.com/bilder.htm Hammarstrand track map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717102758/http://hbrk.tripod.com/bilder.htm |date=2011-07-17 }} {{in lang|sv}}
- [http://www.hammarstrand.nu/ Official website] {{in lang|sv}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120210194149/http://www.alltforbyn.se/hammarstrand/vildhussensverk.4.7c4ce89d113d712160280001462.html Vilhussen information on Hammarstrand] {{in lang|sv}}
- [http://www.goragunda.com/ Hammarstrands camping]
{{Localities in Ragunda Municipality}}
{{Jämtland County}}
{{Bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks}}
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Category:Populated places in Ragunda Municipality
Category:Municipal seats of Jämtland County
Category:Swedish municipal seats