Bränna

Bränna lies near the mouth of the Lule River at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia. Nearby Gammelstad grew as a meeting place for coastal merchants, farmers and Sámi from the interior. Wooden cottages clustered around its stone church provided overnight shelter to parishioners travelling from distant villages. Land uplift made the harbour too shallow, and in the seventeenth century Luleå's commercial centre moved closer to the sea.