Sundsvall (http://visitsundsvall.se) is the only major town in the small province of Medelpad in southern Norrland, central Sweden. The population figure is about 55,000 but including suburbs the population is close to 100,000. It is located in a hilly area by the coast and is the centre of an industrial district pulp and paper factories, sawmill, aluminium industry, hydroelectrical power. Sundsvall also houses one of the major campuses of the Mittuniversitetet Mid Sweden University, which got university status in 2005.
