- Vilhelmina Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
name=Vilmhelmina
fullname=Vilhelmina kommun
isocode=
capital=Vilhelmina
governor=
county=Västerbotten County
province=Lapland
arearank=7th
area=8,120
areapercent=x.x
population_as_of=2005
populationrank=249th
population=7,422
populationpercent=x.x
populationdensity=0.9Vilhelmina Municipality ("Vilhelmina kommun") is a municipality in
Västerbotten County , northernSweden . The seat is in the townVilhelmina .In
1947 the locality Vilhelmina was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town ("köping ") of Vilhelmina. The two entities were reunited in1965 .Localities
This vast municipality has only one populated place with more than 200 inhabitants, and that is the seat
Vilhelmina History
In
1804 the parish of Volgsjö was renamed Vilhelmina, in honour of Queen Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Sweden.Geography
Like the northern parts of Sweden (colloquial "
Norrland "), it is scarsely populated due to its inhospitable conditions and cold climate, but is superb for those who like wildlife and untouched nature.The village of Malgovik, about 20 kilometers north of Vilhelmina City, holds the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded in Sweden. It was set on
13 December ,1941 whentemperature dropped down to -53° C.Culture
Every July the town holds a festival called
Hembygdsdagarna Vilhelmina . In addition to popular and folk music performances, tradition holds that a local engaged couple is selected each year to get married during the festival. The bride and groom, lead a parade of fiddlers and other traditionally dressed Swedes through town to the church where the marriage is performed in front of all who wish to attend. They are not always able to find a couple willing to get married, however, so some years they hold the parade without an engaged couple, and hold a public church service instead of a wedding.Resources and external links
#: [http://runeberg.org/nfcl/0268.html article "Vilhelmina"] from
Nordisk Familjebok , 1921, in Swedish only.
* [http://www.vilhelmina.se Vilhelmina] – Official site
* [http://www.vilhelmina.se/bilder/eng.pdf "Vilhelmina – An Adventure"] TourismPDF file; 24 pages, many images. In English.
* [http://www.opentopia.com/showcam.php?camid=3604 Live webcam in Vilhelmina]
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