Hemavan

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title: "Hemavan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-storuman-municipality", "ski-areas-and-resorts-in-sweden"] topic_path: "geography/sweden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemavan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
official_nameHemavan
image_skylineHemavan.JPG
image_captionThe Hemavan Valley, viewed from the ski resort, just after noon a few days before the winter solstice in December 2007
pushpin_mapSweden Västerbotten#Sweden
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSweden
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Storuman Municipality
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Västerbotten County
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Lapland
area_footnotes
area_total_km20.91
population_as_of31 December 2010
population_footnotes
population_total222
population_density_km2245
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
coordinates
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|official_name = Hemavan |image_skyline = Hemavan.JPG |image_caption = The Hemavan Valley, viewed from the ski resort, just after noon a few days before the winter solstice in December 2007 |pushpin_map = Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Sweden |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Storuman Municipality |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Västerbotten County |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Lapland |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 0.91 |population_as_of = 31 December 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 222 |population_density_km2 = 245 |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = |website = Hemavan (South Sami: Bïerke) is a locality situated in Storuman Municipality, Västerbotten County (Lapland), Sweden with 222 inhabitants in 2010.

It is located on European route E12. During the winter months Hemavan caters to many tourists as a ski resort, mainly from Sweden and the neighbouring countries of Norway and Finland.

Hemavan also has the Hemavan Airport, with one flight per day 6 days of the week to and from Stockholm-Arlanda.

Hemavan is the starting point of the Kungsleden trail.

History

The area was originally named Björkfors in 1834, named by the Sámi Enar Andersson, who later sold the village to another settler family that had come from Stensele parish. When the village was provided with postal and telegraph services in 1918, the name was changed to Hemavan because another Björkfors was registered by the Torne River, and Hemavan was based on the area's 17 "avor's" (cut-off bays) in the Ume River, especially the bay that was closest.

In the beginning, the villagers subsisted on hunting, fishing, and agriculture. The transport route along the Ume River, which people (including those known as "Norgefararna" who traveled to Mo i Rana for trade) used both summer and winter, could only be traveled with skis, sleds, or horse-drawn carts/sledges before it was improved in the 1930s. With the upgrade of this road, the first tourists came to the village, staying with local residents. Hemavan officially became a ski resort when the Högfjällshotellet (1953), Hemavan inn (Wärdshus), completed in 1954, and the first ski lift was inaugurated same year.

In 1993, Hemavan's airport was completed for commercial air traffic, and before this, there was a small airfield for gliders in the 1960s.

Climate

Hemavan has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with cold winters and mild summers. Due to North Atlantic low-pressure systems dominating winter months, Hemavan receives sizeable amounts of snow in winter and the cover usually thaws in May.

|metric first= yes |single line= yes |location = Hemavan Airport 2002–2020 averages; precipitation & snow depth 2002–2018; extremes since 1901 |Jan record high C = 7.3 |Feb record high C = 8.3 |Mar record high C = 10.4 |Apr record high C = 14.6 |May record high C = 26.1 |Jun record high C = 29.0 |Jul record high C = 31.0 |Aug record high C = 27.6 |Sep record high C = 24.8 |Oct record high C = 17.7 |Nov record high C = 10.6 |Dec record high C = 7.3 |year record high C = |Jan avg record high C = 3.1 |Feb avg record high C = 3.5 |Mar avg record high C = 5.2 |Apr avg record high C = 10.3 |May avg record high C = 18.4 |Jun avg record high C = 23.0 |Jul avg record high C = 24.8 |Aug avg record high C = 23.3 |Sep avg record high C = 17.8 |Oct avg record high C = 10.5 |Nov avg record high C = 5.7 |Dec avg record high C = 4.2 |year avg record high C = 25.9 |Jan high C = -5.6 |Feb high C = -4.4 |Mar high C = -1.0 |Apr high C = 3.9 |May high C = 9.3 |Jun high C = 14.7 |Jul high C = 18.2 |Aug high C = 16.3 |Sep high C = 11.0 |Oct high C = 4.1 |Nov high C = -1.0 |Dec high C = -3.0 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -10.0 |Feb mean C = -8.5 |Mar mean C = -6.0 |Apr mean C = -0.3 |May mean C = 4.8 |Jun mean C = 9.7 |Jul mean C = 13.0 |Aug mean C = 11.6 |Sep mean C = 7.2 |Oct mean C = 1.3 |Nov mean C = -4.0 |Dec mean C = -6.8 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -14.4 |Feb low C = -13.5 |Mar low C = -10.9 |Apr low C = -4.5 |May low C = 0.3 |Jun low C = 4.7 |Jul low C = 7.8 |Aug low C = 6.8 |Sep low C = 3.4 |Oct low C = -1.5 |Nov low C = -7.0 |Dec low C = -10.5 |year low C = |Jan avg record low C = -31.4 |Feb avg record low C = -31.4 |Mar avg record low C = -27.5 |Apr avg record low C = -17.6 |May avg record low C = -6.2 |Jun avg record low C = -1.0 |Jul avg record low C = 1.1 |Aug avg record low C = -0.4 |Sep avg record low C = -3.9 |Oct avg record low C = -11.6 |Nov avg record low C = -19.7 |Dec avg record low C = -26.9 |year avg record low C = -35.1 |Jan record low C = -44.1 |Feb record low C = -44.3 |Mar record low C = -39.0 |Apr record low C = -26.6 |May record low C = -16.5 |Jun record low C = -5.0 |Jul record low C = -1.6 |Aug record low C = -4.0 |Sep record low C = -10.1 |Oct record low C = -23.4 |Nov record low C = -38.0 |Dec record low C = -48.9 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 72.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 58.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 75.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 46.2 |May precipitation mm = 36.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 57.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 81.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 76.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 91.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 62.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 69.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 102.5 |Jan snow depth cm = 76 |Feb snow depth cm = 86 |Mar snow depth cm = 97 |Apr snow depth cm = 90 |May snow depth cm = 41 |Jun snow depth cm = 0 |Jul snow depth cm = 0 |Aug snow depth cm = 0 |Sep snow depth cm = 1 |Oct snow depth cm = 6 |Nov snow depth cm = 27 |Dec snow depth cm = 57 |year snow depth cm = 102 |year precipitation mm = |source 1=

| location = Hemavan-Gierevarto A 1991-2020 normals (794m) | metric first = Yes | single line = yes

| Jan high C = -5.6 | Feb high C = -6.2 | Mar high C = -4.2 | Apr high C = 0.1 | May high C = 5.3 | Jun high C = 11.2 | Jul high C = 14.7 | Aug high C = 12.9 | Sep high C = 7.7 | Oct high C = 1.3 | Nov high C = -2.6 | Dec high C = -4.5 | year high C =

| Jan mean C = -8.1 | Feb mean C = -8.6 | Mar mean C = -6.5 | Apr mean C = -2.6 | May mean C = 2.1 | Jun mean C = 7.2 | Jul mean C = 10.7 | Aug mean C = 9.4 | Sep mean C = 5.0 | Oct mean C = -0.6 | Nov mean C = -4.7 | Dec mean C = -6.6 | year mean C =

| Jan low C = -10.4 | Feb low C = -10.9 | Mar low C = -8.8 | Apr low C = -4.9 | May low C = -0.4 | Jun low C = 4.1 | Jul low C = 7.7 | Aug low C = 6.8 | Sep low C = 2.9 | Oct low C = -2.3 | Nov low C = -6.6 | Dec low C = -8.8 | year low C =

|source 1= NOAA{{cite web |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Sweden/CSV/Hemavan_Gierevarto_A_02103.csv |title=NOAA / WMO averages 1991-2020 Hemavan-Gierevarto A |publisher= SMHI / NOAA |access-date = 28 August 2023}} |date=August 2023

| location = Hemavan Flygplats 1991–2020 normals (458m) | metric first = Yes | single line = yes

| Jan high C = -4.9 | Feb high C = -5.0 | Mar high C = -1.4 | Apr high C = 3.3 | May high C = 8.7 | Jun high C = 14.3 | Jul high C = 17.7 | Aug high C = 15.9 | Sep high C = 10.8 | Oct high C = 4.0 | Nov high C = -1.1 | Dec high C = -3.5 | year high C =

| Jan mean C = -9.1 | Feb mean C = -9.4 | Mar mean C = -5.9 | Apr mean C = -0.9 | May mean C = 4.5 | Jun mean C = 9.5 | Jul mean C = 12.6 | Aug mean C = 11.2 | Sep mean C = 6.9 | Oct mean C = 1.2 | Nov mean C = -4.1 | Dec mean C = -7.1 | year mean C =

| Jan low C = -14.4 | Feb low C = -14.9 | Mar low C = -11.6 | Apr low C = -5.8 | May low C = -0.2 | Jun low C = 4.4 | Jul low C = 7.6 | Aug low C = 6.6 | Sep low C = 3.1 | Oct low C = -1.8 | Nov low C = -7.7 | Dec low C = -11.7 | year low C =

|source 1= NOAA{{cite web |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Sweden/CSV/Hemavan_Flygplats_02101.csv |title=NOAA / WMO averages 1991-2020 Hemavan Flygplats |publisher= SMHI / NOAA |access-date = 28 August 2023}} |date=August 2023

References

References

  1. (14 December 2011). "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010". [[Statistics Sweden]].
  2. (28 January 2015). "Norgefararna".
  3. (19 October 2013). "Hemavans historia {{!}} Trolltunet".
  4. "SMHI".

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