Pre departure guide Pre-departure Guide Lule? University of Technology CContents Lule? city Culture of Sweden Religion Climate Shopping Adventure and sports Entertainment Entry visa Insurance Student Health Services Expected Costs Accommodation Transporta
Pre-departure Guide Lule? University of Technology CContents Lule? city Culture of Sweden Religion Climate Shopping Adventure and sports Entertainment Entry visa Insurance Student Health Services Expected Costs Accommodation Transportation Communications How to pay your rent and other bills Going to the Supermarket LTU Campuses Lule? kiruna skelleftea pitea Library info how to search Academic Year Check list CLule? city Lule? of today is the result of the municipal amalgamation of In that year the municipalities of Lule? City NederLule? and R? ne? were united to form the large Municipality of Lule? stretching over an area of sq km The coat of arms of the three previous municipalities included a key the symbol of Peter the Apostle a ?sherman on the Sea of Galilee In the th century Gammelstad Church was consecrated in the honor of St Peter The symbol is therefore unusually suitable for Lule? Moreover in former times ?shing was the main source of livelihood in this area Lule? was founded in around the medieval church in Gammelstad The city was an important commercial centre even then with maritime trade with ports in the south in particular Stockholm However the harbor in Gammelstad did not satisfy the demands made by an expanding maritime trade and the city had to be moved kilometers to its present site Nevertheless the citizens refused to abandon Gammelstad The King had to resort to a decree to force them to move to the new city In spite of this show of royal power the move to the new site went slowly but was ?nally accomplished in Trading with ?sh leather wood and tar continued The new city developed slowly and right up to the end of the th century there was rather a village atmosphere to Lule? It would take more than another half century before venture capital from the south would pave the way for industrial activity here Several shipbuilders established great yards in di ?erent parts of the city and produced vessels of high class When steamships put an end to the era of sailing ships production at the shipyards gradually ceased The shipbuilders were to be followed by others later on Attempts to re ?ne the Lapland ore attracted pertinacious metallurgists to the County of Norrbotten and the traces of their toils can be seen in several places in Lule? The Ore Railway changed the economic prerequisites for iron production and Lule? Ironworks was inaugurated in Karlsvik in Its history however became a short one In the s the Norrbotten Ironworks was built up and came to play an important role for Lule? and the whole of the County of Norrbotten It is nowadays known as SSAB Lule? Swedish Steel Co Ltd Lule? Steelworks and is one of the most modern steelworks in Europe Lule? is the seat of the Norrbotten County Administration and has a population of about The city centre is on a peninsula water plays an important part in the lives of Lule? inhabitants The Lule? archipelago has
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