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Luleå

American  
[loo-le-aw] / ˈlu lɛˌɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.


Luleå British  
/ ˈluːləoː /

noun

  1. a port in N Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia: industrial and shipbuilding centre; icebound in winter. Pop: 72 608 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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According to Maria Petterson, a professor in environmental law at Luleå University of Technology, investing in fossil-free industries is broadly necessary for Sweden to meet its climate goals.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

For every tonne of iron that will go to make steel, this furnace produces 1.6 tonnes of CO2, says Martin Pei, chief technology officer at SSAB, the company that owns the plant here in Luleå.

From Scientific American • Nov. 23, 2022

Nadhir al-Ansari, the engineer who made the first inspection of the Mosul Dam, now lives in Luleå, Sweden.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016

Welcome to the Node Pole, a hi-tech hub in Luleå, northern Sweden, and the site of Facebook’s first datacentre outside the US.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015

We have slept in Luleå, and Piteå, and dined in Umeå,—and further my journal saith not.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard

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