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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 374 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HERNOSAND  , a seaport of

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Sweden,
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chief
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town of the
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district (lan) of Vesternorrland on the Gulf of
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Bothnia . Pop . (19oo) 789o . It stands on the'
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island of Herno (which is connected with the mainland by
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bridges) near the mouth of the Angerman
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river, 423 M . N. of
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Stockholm by
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rail . It is the seat of a
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bishop and possesses a
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fine
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cathedral . There are
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engine-
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works,
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timber-yards and saw-
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mills . The
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harbour is
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good, but generally
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ice-
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bound from
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December to May . Timber,
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iron and
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wood-pulp are exported . There are a school of
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navigation and an
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institute for
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pisciculture . Hernosand was founded in 1584, and received itsfirst town-privileges from
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John III. in 1587 . It was the first town in
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Europe to be lighted by
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electricity (1885) .

The poet

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Franzen (q.v.), Bishop of HernSsand, is buried here .

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