Hudiksvall

{{short description|Place in Hälsingland, Sweden}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Hudiksvall, Sweden |image_skyline = Hudiksvall2010b.JPG |image_caption = Hudiksvall in 2010 |pushpin_map = Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden |pushpin_label = Hudiksvall |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{SWE}} |subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Hudiksvall Municipality]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Sweden|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Gävleborg County]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Hälsingland]] |area_footnotes = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 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 }}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 14.2 |population_as_of = 31 December 2023 |population_footnotes = <ref name=scb /> |population_total = 16,792  |population_density_km2 = |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|61|44|N|17|07|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |website = http://www.hudiksvall.se/ }} '''Hudiksvall''' ({{IPA|sv|hɵdɪksˈvalː}}) is a [[cities of Sweden|city]] and the seat of [[Hudiksvall Municipality]], in [[Hälsingland]], [[Gävleborg County]], [[Sweden]] with 16,792 inhabitants as of 2024. Hudiksvall is also known as Glada Hudik ({{langx|en|Happy Hudik}}), a term that originated in the 19th century as word spread of its friendly hospitality and its lively social life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hudiksvall.se/templates/Page____357.aspx |title=English - Hudiksvalls kommun |access-date=2010-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030111009/http://hudiksvall.se/templates/Page____357.aspx |archive-date=2010-10-30 }}</ref> The city is located along the [[European route E4|E4]], on the east coast of [[Sweden]] deep inside the bay [[Hudiksvallsfjärden]], about 80 km south of [[Sundsvall]] and about 130 km north of [[Gävle]]. Hudiksvall is [[Urban areas in Sweden#Statistics|one of Sweden's 80 largest urban area]] and also the largest urban area in [[Hälsingland]]. Around Hudiksvall within the municipality lay the communities of [[Delsbo]], [[Iggesund]], [[Enånger]], [[Njutånger]], [[Näsviken, Hudiksvall Municipality|Näsviken]] and [[Sörforsa]].

== History == [[Image:Suecia 2-066 ; Hudviksvall.jpg|left|270px|thumb|Hudiksvall around 1700, in [[Suecia antiqua et hodierna]].]] Hudiksvall was founded by King [[John III of Sweden]] in 1582. He had the inhabitants moved from the town Hudik, where his father [[Gustav Vasa]] had collected the trade- and craftsmen of Hälsingland in order to more easily collect taxes, to Hudiksvall by the shores of the bay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hudiksvall.se/templates/Page____1271.aspx |title=Hudiksvalls historia - Hudiksvalls kommun |access-date=2010-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812034431/http://www.hudiksvall.se/templates/Page____1271.aspx |archive-date=2010-08-12 }}</ref>

At the time, fishing and the trading of furs, skins, iron, copper and wood products were the main sources of income, and the city flourished. But the city lost its privileges for foreign trading in 1636, and its development was somewhat stalled for the next two centuries.

It has been damaged by fires some 10 times, the most severe when it was burnt by the [[Russia]]ns during the [[Russian Pillage of 1719-1721]] in 1721, whereafter only the church remained. The current street structure was applied in 1792 as part of the reconstruction necessitated by another fire.

== Climate == Hudiksvall has a [[humid continental climate]] with a significant [[oceanic climate|maritime]] influence. In the 1961-1990 reference period it was just above [[subarctic climate|subarctic]], but that border region has since moved somewhat further north. Considering how far north it is, the climate is comparatively mild, with warm summers and moderated winters with daytime highs often hovering around the freezing point. The town is the northernmost in Sweden to have January average highs above {{convert|-1|C|F}} and is the coastal tipping point for regular average highs of {{convert|22|C|F}} in summer. By east coast standards, Hudiksvall has a relatively wet climate with an annual precipitation rate averaging {{convert|646|mm|in}} sometimes resulting in heavy snowfall during winters.

{{Weather box |location = Hudiksvall (2002–2021 averages); extremes since 1934 |collapsed = |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 12.0 |Feb record high C = 13.5 |Mar record high C = 17.8 |Apr record high C = 24.3 |May record high C = 30.3 |Jun record high C = 31.9 |Jul record high C = 34.0 |Aug record high C = 32.5 |Sep record high C = 26.7 |Oct record high C = 21.1 |Nov record high C = 17.6 |Dec record high C = 12.3 |year record high C = 34.0 |Jan avg record high C = 6.0 |Feb avg record high C = 8.1 |Mar avg record high C = 13.8 |Apr avg record high C = 18.7 |May avg record high C = 23.4 |Jun avg record high C = 27.2 |Jul avg record high C = 28.8 |Aug avg record high C = 27.4 |Sep avg record high C = 22.9 |Oct avg record high C = 16.4 |Nov avg record high C = 11.2 |Dec avg record high C = 6.9 |year avg record high C = 29.8 |Jan high C = -0.8 |Feb high C = 0.5 |Mar high C = 5.0 |Apr high C = 10.3 |May high C = 14.9 |Jun high C = 19.6 |Jul high C = 22.5 |Aug high C = 21.0 |Sep high C = 16.5 |Oct high C = 9.7 |Nov high C = 4.1 |Dec high C = 1.0 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -4.1 |Feb mean C = -3.3 |Mar mean C = 0.5 |Apr mean C = 4.9 |May mean C = 9.5 |Jun mean C = 14.2 |Jul mean C = 17.3 |Aug mean C = 16.0 |Sep mean C = 11.7 |Oct mean C = 5.8 |Nov mean C = 1.2 |Dec mean C = -2.1 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -7.3 |Feb low C = -7.0 |Mar low C = -4.2 |Apr low C = -0.6 |May low C = 4.1 |Jun low C = 8.7 |Jul low C = 12.1 |Aug low C = 11.0 |Sep low C = 6.9 |Oct low C = 1.8 |Nov low C = -1.6 |Dec low C = -5.0 |year low C = |Jan avg record low C = -18.4 |Feb avg record low C = -18.7 |Mar avg record low C = -13.7 |Apr avg record low C = -6.9 |May avg record low C = -2.7 |Jun avg record low C = 2.8 |Jul avg record low C = 6.0 |Aug avg record low C = 4.4 |Sep avg record low C = -0.1 |Oct avg record low C = -5.8 |Nov avg record low C = -9.5 |Dec avg record low C = -14.9 |year avg record low C = -22.0 |Jan record low C = -29.1 |Feb record low C = -32.0 |Mar record low C = -26.3 |Apr record low C = -19.0 |May record low C = -7.6 |Jun record low C = -1.4 |Jul record low C = 1.9 |Aug record low C = 0.6 |Sep record low C = -3.7 |Oct record low C = -13.5 |Nov record low C = -18.8 |Dec record low C = -25.6 |year record low C = -32.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 57.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 39.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 35.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 29.4 |May precipitation mm = 42.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 61.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 71.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 82.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 46.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 66.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 55.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 67.2 |Jan snow depth cm = 37 |Feb snow depth cm = 44 |Mar snow depth cm = 36 |Apr snow depth cm = 11 |May snow depth cm = 0 |Jun snow depth cm = 0 |Jul snow depth cm = 0 |Aug snow depth cm = 0 |Sep snow depth cm = 0 |Oct snow depth cm = 2 |Nov snow depth cm = 12 |Dec snow depth cm = 23 |year snow depth cm = 52 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = SMHI Open Data<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/ladda-ner-meteorologiska-observationer/#param=precipitationMonthlySum,stations=all,stationid=117440 | title = SMHI Open Data precipitation for Hudiksvall | publisher = [[Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute]] | language = sv | access-date = 2019-04-30 | archive-date = 2019-04-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190411092753/https://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/ladda-ner-meteorologiska-observationer#param=precipitationMonthlySum,stations=all,stationid=117440 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |source 2 = SMHI climate data 2002–2021<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/temperatur/2.1240 | title=SMHI Monthly Data 2002–2021 | publisher=SMHI | date=23 December 2021 | access-date=4 May 2015 | archive-date=25 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225065632/http://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/temperatur/2.1240%20 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |date = December 2021}}

== Sport == The city has three exercise trails on either side of the town: in the West, at Fridhem, in the North, just above the [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]], and in the East at Björkberg, of which the East has hosted the Svenska mästerskap ({{langx|en|Swedish Championship}}) in cross country skiing a few times, most recently January 2005. In the western part of town there is also a ski slope, Hede, and in the North lies the trotting track Hagmyren.

The city center features a swimming pool with a gym, a solarium and an indoor sports hall. In 1939 Glysisvallen was built to include a soccer field, stadium, running track and outdoor hockey rink. In 1989 Hudiksvall received their first indoor hockey hall in the area, and in 2007 an artificial soccer field was built at Glysisvallen. In 1999, Hudiksvall also received a large modern indoor sports hall in the former sawmill located in the industrial area Håstaholmen.

In addition, Hudiksvall have the sports club [[Strands IF]], the football club [[Hudiksvalls ABK|ABK]], the hockey club HHC and the floor hockey club Hudik/Björkberg. The most successful in recent years is the Hudiksvall sports club's ski section whose sprint skier [[Björn Lind]] won two Olympic gold medals in Turin in 2006. In the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Daniel Richardson won an Olympic gold medal in the team sprint. The 2010 [[Vasaloppet|Vasalopp]] was won by [[Jörgen Brink]]. == Transport == The city is served by [[Hudiksvall Airport]]. However, there are no schedule flights to and from the airport. The nearest airport is [[Sundsvall–Timrå Airport]] which provides direct routes to [[Stockholm]] which are operated by [[Scandinavian Airlines]]. The airport is located {{convert|105|km|0|abbr=on}} north of Hudiksvall.

==Buildings and structures== Outside of Hudiksvall in Forsa socken, the [[Storbergsmasten]] is located. Storbergsmasten is a {{convert|335|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}} guyed mast for FM and TV transmission, which shares the first place as Sweden's tallest structure together with three other masts of same height.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}

*[[Läroverket (Hudiksvall)|Läroverket]], 1911 school<ref>{{cite book|date=1951|first=Stellan|id=[[LIBRIS]]: [http://libris.kb.se/bib/1434108 1434108]|language=sv|last=Arvidson|location=Hudiksvall|publisher=Läroverkets byggnadsfond/Hudiksvalls kommun|title=Hudiksvalls läroverks historia}}</ref> *Östra skolan (East School)<ref>{{cite web |title=Östra skolan |url=https://skolkollen.se/ostraskolan-hudiksvall |website=skolkollen.se |publisher=IST Group AB |access-date=31 July 2023 |language=Swedish}}</ref>

==Notable people== * [[Agneta Sjödin]], presenter and TV-personality of Swedish channel [[TV4 (Swedish TV channel)|TV4]] * [[Brainbombs]], [[noise rock]] band * [[Gösta Skoglund]], social democrat politician and educator * [[Hans Vestberg]], businessman, Chairman of the [[Swedish Handball Federation]], Former [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Ericsson|Ericcson]] & Former President of the [[Swedish Olympic Committee|SOC]] * [[Noomi Rapace]], actress * [[Jenny Sjödin]], professional wrestler and submission grappler * [[Tomas Brolin]], footballer * [[Vildhjarta]], [[Progressive metal]]/[[Djent]] band * [[Amy Gumenick]], Swedish-American actress * [[Svante Stockselius]], journalist, television executive * [[Peter Hedland]], mariner, explorer, and pearler

==See also== *[[Sjösmyrsjön]]

== References == {{commons}} {{Reflist}}

{{Attached KML}} [[Category:Hudiksvall| ]] [[Category:Populated places in Hudiksvall Municipality]] [[Category:Hälsingland]] [[Category:Municipal seats of Gävleborg County]] [[Category:Swedish municipal seats]] [[Category:Coastal cities and towns in Sweden]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1582]]