Boden

Boden is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 18,277 population in 2010. It is part of the bigger place round coastal town Lulea some 36 kilometres southeast. The metropolis of Boden began as a railway junction in which the Northern Line met with the Ore Line from the rich iron ore fields in northern Sweden. The city experienced multiplied growth while the Boden Fortress changed into built within the beginning of the 20 th century.

The cause of the fortress become to protect Sweden from a likely assault from the east, where Russia turned into taken into consideration the maximum risky hazard. The first official writings approximately Boden, changed into in a 1500 tax paper, wherein the mention of "Boden village" with 7 houses. Boden got the identify of city in 1919. This title became out of date in 1971 and Boden is now the seat of Boden Municipality.