Luleå

Luleå, the capital of the Swedish county of Norbotten, is situated at the mouth of the river Luleå, on the north-west coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. It exports timber, tar, salmon, reindeer-hides, and the produce of the Gellivara iron-mines (situated 126 miles NW. from Luleå). In October 1888 a beginning was made with the construction of the northernmost railway in Europe (304 miles long), to run from Luleå north-westwards across the north of Sweden and Norway to Ofoten Fjord in the north of the latter country. Pop. 3392.