Södra Sunderbyn
| Södra Sunderbyn | |
|---|---|
  Södra Sunderbyn  Södra Sunderbyn | |
| Coordinates: 65°40′N 21°57′E / 65.667°N 21.950°ECoordinates: 65°40′N 21°57′E / 65.667°N 21.950°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Norrbotten |
| County | Norrbotten County |
| Municipality | Luleå Municipality |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 2.0 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,977 |
| • Density | 1,486/km2 (3,850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Södra Sunderbyn is a locality situated in Luleå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 2,977 inhabitants in 2010.[1] Northeast of the community, between Highway 97 and Malmbanan (Iron Ore Line), is Sunderby hospital located, which was built in the 1990s when hospitals were merged in Luleå and Boden. The society also inhabits Sunderby Folk High School.
The village is growing through the new part Hammaren almost together with Gammelstad and is regularly trafficked by city busses from Luleå public transportation. It is therefore increasingly regarded as a suburb of Luleå.
History
Sunderbyn in the beginning
Sunderbyn’s history can be traced as far back as 500 years. Originally there were only a few farmers in the village and these lived mostly around “Kråkberget” or “Crow Mountain” in English. This is the same mountain/hill where the current Sunderby Folk High School is located. How the name “Sunderbyn” itself has come to life is there divided theories on. One theory says that the name may go back to the ancient Swedish word “Sundarby” and is thus an improvement of this name, other theories say that Sunder means south, which would mean that the name stands for “Söderbyn”, while some theories say that the name should have Sami origin – “Suntekille”, where "kille” comes from the Finnish word "kylä", meaning village.
Agriculture, brickworks and timber rafting
The agriculture, or farming, has long been a major factor in Sunderbyn’s subsequent history, which clearly was shown in the preceding paragraph. Without agriculture Sunderbyn would most likely never have been able to evolve and grow into the village that it is today. In 1899 there started a brickyard built in Södra Sunderbyn. “Mariebergs tegelbruk”, or Marieberg's brickyard, as it was called, was already from the beginning threatened by bankruptcy, but survived, despite this setback, relatively well until it finally closed in 1967. The brickyard has additionly influenced the name to the main road that runs through the whole of Sunderbyn, Hammaren and Gammelstad – “Mariebergsvägen” or The Road of Marieberg. The timber rafting operations which took place from the island Grundet is also something that most Sunderby-habitants has heard a lot about. The rafting started around 1934 and ended late in 1987.
Sports
Sunderbyn has one club Sunderby SK that is offering activities like ice hockey, football, skiing and basketball. In the latter of these sports, the sports association has achieved great success in youth SM (Swedish Championship) but also in the Scania Cup. Basketball players that used to play in Sunderby SK include: Mattias Kenttä, Tommy Kurkinen, Jonas Hallberg, Jim Enbom, Stina Nilsson, Nils Nilsson, Per Nilsson, Fredrik Karlsson, William Hangasjärvi and national team players John Rosendahl and Joel Nordin.
Sundishallen, a sports hall in Sunderbyn, is a central spot for the villages sportsinterested. In recent years it has been possible to read in the newspapers about "Sundisparken", (Sundis park) mostly in the newspaper Norrbottens-Kuriren. This training park was meant to be "a sports mecca for young and old" in the village but when the money from the municipality did not seem to be enough, this idea had to be dropped until further notice.
Children and leisure
There are three schools in Sunderbyn, two elementary schools for the classes 1-6 and one for the classes 7-9. The two primary schools are called Hemängsskolan and Kläppenskolan and the high school is named Kråkbergskolan. There has been talk of Kläppenskolan will be closed, an idea that in recent days have been turned down. This partly because of the village's powerful increase, and partly thanks to the villagers’ serious complaints.
The scout-corps
Sunderby Scoutkår (Sunderby scout-corps) is a part of the Swedish Guide and Scout Association (SSF), which currently holds about 65 000 members and is also one of the largest youth organizations in Sweden. The corps has members from both Gammelstad and Sunderbyn since a while back when Gammelstad scout-corporation was closed. According to them their activities is suitable for children and adolescents aged 7 and up but also encourages parents and other adults participating in the activity. They also say that their "primary purpose is the scout’s development" and that they "use the Scouting common pedagogy. Other important common elements are: the work of a small group, patrol, outdoor activities, and knowledge and responsibility for all of our environment." Sunderbyns scouts sells majblommor (may flower) and 2009 they received a diploma from Queen Silvia of Sweden in a ceremony.
Trade and industry
Sunderbyn have long had a place known as the center of the village. In these central parts lies a grocery store in, one which is currently run by the man Lubomir Novotny. When it became known that he would take over the store many villagers cheered him on, for them the store was a necessary. Despite this, the store during Novotny leadership started to profit less and the rumor has been heard several times in the village that the shop is near bankruptcy, largely because of the articles in Norrbottens-Kuriren and NSD where it says that the grocery struggle with bankruptcy. Previously the shop was run by Hans “ICA-Hasse" Nenonen and his wife Ann-Sofi Kemi, known locally among other things for his "Hasse-baggar.” (Hasse-sandwiches)
In addition to the supermarket there are in Sunderbyn two restaurants, Sunderbyn restaurant and cafe, and Xanadu (the latter is situated on Hammaren, a nearby village). Xanadu is currently engaged only in catering business.
Cable TV Association
Sunderbyn has its own CATV networks for television and internet. The year 2009 was the network merged with Öhns Cable TV and the new compound has up to 1200 households / members. Cable TV Association is run as a nonprofit organization. At the merger of 2009, there were also added the members of the agglomeration Gammelstad.
References
- 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
Swedish wikipedia-site about Södra Sunderbyn.