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Sundsvall (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsɵnsˈval] ) is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 51,354 as of 2010; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area.
The town was chartered in 1621, and a first urban plan for Sundsvall was probably created by Olof Bure in 1642, less likely in 1623. It has a port by the Gulf of Bothnia, and is located 395 km north of Stockholm. The city has burned down and been rebuilt four times. The first time, in 1721, it was set on fire by the Russian army during the Great Northern War.
According to one historian, Swedish industrialism started in Sundsvall when the Tunadal sawmill bought a steam-engine driven saw in 1849. In the early 20th century Sundsvall was an even greater centre of forestry industry in Sweden than it is today. The first large Swedish strike was the "Sundsvall strike" in 1879. The industrial heritage makes social democrat and socialist sympathies more prevalent in the Sundsvall region than in Sweden as a whole.
Actors: Mats Arehn (director), Jan Persson (editor), Kjell Bergqvist (actor), Peter Possne (producer), Marianne Ahrne (miscellaneous crew), Ylva Swedenborg (miscellaneous crew), Rolf Börjlind (writer), Lars Hansson (actor), Ralph Carlsson (actor), Christer Söderlund (actor), Thomas Samuelsson (producer), Peter Viitanen (actor), Maria Strid (costume designer), Henrik Lundström (actor), Wlodek Gilgowski (composer),
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