Lycksele

Lycksele (Liksjoe; Ume Sami: Likssjuo) is a locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.

History
Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish Lappland. The first Swedish Sami school, Skytteanska skolan, was built here in 1634.

Lycksele was the first place in Swedish Lappland to be designated a city in 1946, hence its nickname "Lapp-Stockholm". Lycksele is, despite its small population, for historical reasons usually still called a city (stad).

Sports
The following sports clubs are based in Lycksele:


 * Betsele IF
 * Lycksele IF
 * Lycksele SK

Notable people

 * Eva Björklund, politician
 * Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister for finance
 * Levi Borgstrom, carver
 * Melker Karlsson, ice hockey player
 * John Lindgren, cross-country skier
 * Figge Norling, actor
 * David Rundblad, ice hockey player and Stanley Cup winner
 * Maic Sema, football player
 * Linn Svahn, cross-country skier
 * Andreas Wingerli, ice hockey player

Climate
Lycksele has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with short mild summers and long cold and snowy winters. Despite its extremely northern latitude, the climate is relatively mild compared to other places at similar latitude because of the Gulf Stream.