SUNDSVALL  , a seaport of

Sweden in the district (lan) of Vesternorrland, on a wide bay of the Baltic, at the north of the Seianger River, 36o m . N. by W. of Stockholm, the terminus of a branch from Ange on the northern railway . Pop . (1900), 14,831 . It was rebuilt in brick and stone after a destructive fire in 1888 . In the town and its vicinity are numerous steam saw-mills, besides wood-pulp factories, steelworks, brickworks, engineering shops, breweries and joineries, but Sundsvall owes its chief importance to its export trade in timber (6 to 7 million cub. ft. annually), the bulk of which goes to Germany, France and Great Britain . It also exports wood-pulp, iron and fish . There is a special trade with Finland . The harbour, which is usually closed by ice from about the middle of December to the second week in May, is sheltered against the east winds by a group of islands .