Östersund

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city

Östersund is a city in central Sweden known for its strong winter sports tradition and repeated bids to host the Winter Olympics.

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Surface form Occurrences
Stockholm–Åre 2026 bid 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
connectedByRailTo Stockholm ⓘ
Trondheim ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
distanceTo about 560 km northwest of Stockholm ⓘ
elevation approximately 300 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundedIn 1786 ⓘ
founder King Gustav III of Sweden ⓘ
governingBody Östersund Municipal Council ⓘ
hasAirport Åre Östersund Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode +46 63 ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Coat of arms of Östersund ⓘ
hasDemonym Östersundare ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry public sector services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
winter sports tourism ⓘ
hasMunicipality Östersund Municipality ⓘ
hasNickname Winter City ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.ostersund.se/ ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 50000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 831 ⓘ
hasSportsClub Jämtland Basket ⓘ
Östersunds FK ⓘ
hasSportsVenue Östersund Ski Stadium ⓘ
hasTwinningRelationshipWith Sundsvall ⓘ
Voss ⓘ
Yekaterinburg ⓘ
hasUniversity Mid Sweden University campus ⓘ
hostsEvent Biathlon World Championships ⓘ
Biathlon World Cup competitions ⓘ
Storsjöyran music festival ⓘ
isCapitalOf Jämtland region ⓘ
surface form: Jämtland County
isSeatOf Östersund Municipality ⓘ
isTransportHubFor Jämtland region ⓘ
knownFor biathlon competitions ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
repeated bids to host the Winter Olympics ⓘ
winter sports tradition ⓘ
language Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn Jämtland region ⓘ
surface form: Jämtland County

central Sweden ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalProvince Jämtland region ⓘ
surface form: Jämtland
locatedOnShoreOf Storsjön ⓘ
partOf northern Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Norrland
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usesCurrency Swedish krona ⓘ

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2002 Winter Olympics → biddingCity → Östersund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stockholm–Åre 2026 bid