HARNOSAND

city and port, capital of the administrative ln (county) of Vsternorrland, northeastern Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia, near the mouth of ngerman Stream. It is set amid hills partly on the mainland and partly on Hrnn, an island just offshore. From its founding (1585), it grew into the principal town of the landskap (province) of ngermanland and later of Vsternorrland, and into the seat of a Lutheran bishopric. It was burned by the Russians in 1721 and afterward rebuilt. Its economy centres on forestry and shipping. It is also an educational and cultural centre. Pop. (1992 est.) mun. 27,512.