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GEFLE , a seaport of See also:

Sweden on an inlet of the Gulf of See also:

BOTHNIA, GULF OF

Bothnia, See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

DISTRICT

district (lan) of Gefleborg, 112 M. N.N.W. of See also:

STOCKHOLM

Stockholm by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1900) 29,522. It is the chief See also:

PORT

port of the district of Kopparberg, with its See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and other mines and forests. The exports consist principally of See also:

TIMBER

timber and See also:

wood-pulp, iron and See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, which has two entrances about 20 ft. deep, is usually See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound in See also:

MID

mid-See also:

winter. Large vessels generally load in the roads at Gr..See also:

BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

berg, 6 m. distant. There are slips and See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding yards, and a manufacture of See also:

SAIL

sail-See also:

CLOTH

cloth. The town is an important See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial centre, having See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco and See also:

leather factories, See also:

electrical and other See also:

MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

WORKS

works, and breweries. At Skutskar at the mouth of the Dal See also:

RIVER

river are wood-pulp and saw See also:

mills, dealing with the large quantities of timber floated down the river; and there are large wood-yards in the suburb of Bomhus. Gefle was almost destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1869, but was rebuilt in See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

style, and has the ad-vantage of a beautiful situation.

The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are' a See also:

castle, founded by See also:

King See also:

John III. (1568–1592), but rebuilt later, a See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council-See also:

house erected by Gustavus III., who held a See also:

DIET

diet here in 1792, an See also:

EXCHANGE

exchange, and See also:

SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

commerce and See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

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