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SODERHAMN

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 340 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SODERHAMN  , a seaport of

Sweden, in the
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district (lan) of Gefleborg, on an inlet of the Gulf of Bothnia, near the mouth of the Ljasne
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River, 183 in . N. by W. of
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Stockholm by
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rail . Pop . (19oo), 11,258 . This is one of the
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principal centres of the
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timber export trade, having saw-mills, planing-mills and wood-pulp
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works . There are also ironworks and breweries . Vessels
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drawing 15 ft. have access to Branthall, where they generally load . The harbour is at the suburb of Stugsund . It is usuallyice-bound for some four months in winter . The
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town was given municipal privileges by Gustavus Adolphus in 162o, but is
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modern in appearance, having been rebuilt after fires in 1860 and 1865 .

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