Facts about Luleå
- Just over 77 000 inhabitants
- Founded in 1621 at the site of the medieval church in Gammelstad
- Moved in 1649 10km out towards the sea at its current place
- Land area: 2 110 square kilometers
- 1 312 islands
- The worlds only brackish water archipelago
- In 2016 Gammelstads church town celebrated 20 years as a UNESCO world heritage
- The Luleå region, including the neighboring municipalities, have around 170 000 inhabitants
- Norrbotten county – a fourth of Sweden
- Norrbotten Theatre is the first region theatre of the country, with Luleå theater acedemy next door
- Norrbotten railway museum in Karlsvik is one of Sweden's largest railway museums with unique collections
- The Port of Luleå is one of Sweden's largest ports with a goods turnover of 9 million metric tonne per year
- An industry town with Sweden's largest blast furnace (SSAB)
- Metallurgical center with a large steel industry and advanced research
- Scandinavias most northern technical university – Luleå University of Technology with around 16,000 students in four locations
- The business park Luleå Science park has around 100 businesses connected to the university
- Luleå Airport - Swedens fifth largest airport
- Norrbotten Air Force Wing, F21, is the largest air force wing in Sweden
- Communications center of the Barents Region
- Four sports elite teams: Luleå Hockey, Luleå Hockey/MSSK, BC Luleå and Luleå basket
- Luleå Pride festival is northern Sweden's largest Pride festival
- Luleå is the gateway to Swedish Lapland
- Sweden's hottest housing market
(The index is based on the total number of clicks on the objects in a municipality in a day on the housing market website Hemnet, divided with the total number of object in the municipality on the same day) - Luleå lokaltrafik (Luleå pubilc transport) has had Sweden's most satisfied travelers for ten year straight within city limits