The test is limited to Norrbotten county and the European route E4 between the timber terminal in Överkalix and the sawmill in Munksund ( outside Piteå ).

Norrbotten County ( Norrbottens län ) is the northernmost county or län of Sweden.

The name " Norrbotten " is also used for a province of the same name.

Norrbotten County covers almost ¼ of Sweden's surface, but is sparsely inhabited.

Most people in Norrbotten County still refer to the entire county, including the areas in Finnish Lapland, when they say ' Norrbotten ', which is also the name of a smaller province for practical and historical reasons, which do not imply that they would not prefer to use the name Lapland.

The culture of Norrbotten County is in many ways different from the rest of Sweden, since so many different cultures can be found there ; the Sami culture, the Finnish culture ( Tornedalians ) and the Swedish settler-culture ( combined with the climate, midnight sun, and mid winter darkness ).

The main mode of person travel inside Norrbotten is by car.

Air travel is the main mode of travel between Norrbotten and southern Sweden.

Arjeplog Municipality ( Swedish: Arjeplogs kommun, ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Arvidsjaur Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Boden Municipality ( Swedish: Bodens kommun ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Luleå is the largest city in Norrbotten County and hosts the main campus of Luleå University of Technology.

Gällivare Municipality (,, or Váhčira gielda ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Haparanda Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Jokkmokk Municipality (,,, ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Kalix Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Luleå Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Its seat is located in Luleå, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.

Pajala Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland.

Piteå Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Överkalix Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Övertorneå Municipality (,, ; sometimes also referred to as Matarengin kunta by northern Finnish press to avoid confusion with the similarly named Finnish municipality Ylitornio ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland.

Älvsbyn Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden.

Another jazz singer who have performed the piece is Sofia Jernberg, who sang it with Norrbotten NEO.

These contrasts are well known throughout Sweden and often appear in TV, films, literature and folklore connected to Norrbotten, for characterizing, satiric or dramatic purposes ( e. g. some characters in the books of Eyvind Johnson or the police detective Einar Rönn in the crime novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö ).

The Riksdag of 1900, in addition to grants for the fortifications at Boden, in Norrbotten County, on the border of Russian controlled Finland, and other military objects, voted a considerable grant for an experimental mobilization, which fully exposed the defects and faults of the old system.

The summers can bring surprisingly warm temperatures for such northerly altitudes, and as a matter of fact, Norrbotten holds the all-time high record for the entire Norrland ; + 37 ° C ( 98 ° F ).

People with Meänkieli-speaking roots are often referred to as Tornedalians although the Finnish-speaking part of Norrbotten is a far larger area than the Tornio ( the Meänkieli and Finnish name for Torne ) River Valley ; judging by the names of towns and places, it stretches as far west as the city of Gällivare.

From 1996 to 2010, Hagans was Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence for the Norrbotten Big Band located in Luleå, Sweden.

His compositions are featured on numerous recordings with the Norrbotten Big Band, including Future North ( Doubletime Records, 1998 ), Future Miles ( Act Records, 2002 ), and Worth the Wait ( Fuzzy Music, 2007 ).

Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish may be used in dealing with government agencies, courts, municipalities, preschools and nursing homes in parts of Norrbotten County.

Norrbotten has a railway network with sparse passenger traffic but dense and heavy freight traffic.

Stambanan genom övre Norrland connects Norrbotten with central and southern Sweden.

Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland.

Norrbotten had gradually become synonymous with the area that was previously referred to as northern Västerbotten.

Its functions has been replaced with the counties ( län ) that took over its territories: Norrbotten, Västerbotten and Jämtland.

In the following municipalities in Norrbotten County, Sweden, the language Meänkieli may be used in dealing with government agencies, courts, preschools and nursing homes.

* Snake City North 2005 ( Jonas Kullhammar Quartet with Norrbotten Big Band )

Erik ( Rolf Lassgård ), a Stockholm police officer reunites with his relatives upon the death of his abusive father in Norrbotten, where his brother Leif ( Lennart Jähkel ) resides as an adult, having been traumatized by the abuse to which level he gave up his dreams of becoming an opera singer, and instead stayed in the small community where he was convinced he belonged.

It is the second longest river by watershed area or length in Norrbotten County ( after the Torne River and very slightly ahead of the Kalix River, which is 460. 65 km long ), but is the largest by average discharge.

Meleda disease ( MDM ) or " mal de Meleda ", also called Mljet disease, keratosis palmoplantaris and transgradiens of siemens, ( also known as " Acral keratoderma ," " Mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma of the Gamborg-Nielsen type ," " Palmoplantar ectodermal dysplasia type VIII ", and " Palmoplantar keratoderma of the Norrbotten type ") is an extremely rare autosomal recessive congenital skin disorder in which dry, thick patches of skin develop on the soles of the hands and feet, a condition known as palmoplantar hyperkeratosis.

The club currently plays in Division 5 Norrbotten Södra which is the seventh tier of Swedish football.

Its largest waterfall is Storforsen, which has also become the most popular place to visit in Norrbotten.

Geographically, it starts in the Norrbotten County, also known as the Swedish Lappland province where it drains the lakes Hornavan, Uddjaur and Storavan near Arjeplog ; then goes south-east into Västerbotten County, passing through the town Skellefteå ( which has given it its name ), and finally discharging in the Gulf of Bothnia, in the Västerbotten province.