Timrå is a locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010.It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and could arguably be considered a satellite to that town.The two closest cities (Sundsvall and Härnösand) share one airport, Midlanda, that is geographically located in Timrå.Indalsälven, one of Sweden's largest rivers with a length of 430 km, meets the Gulf of Botnia in Timrå.In Sweden, Timrå is mainly known for its ice hockey club Timrå IK, which has played in the Swedish top division SHL.In 1995, Swedish artist Bengt Lindström constructed the Y, a 30 meter high sculpture located in Timrå.ClimateTimrå has historically had a subarctic climate, but it has in recent decades more resembled a cool-summer humid continental climate.Notable citizensLennart "Lillstrimma" Svedberg (1944–1972), ice hockey playerMagdalena Forsberg (1967), cross country skier, biathlonHenrik Flyman, guitarist, composer, producerHenrik Forsberg (1967), cross country skierMats Näslund (1959), ice hockey player
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