Stensele

Stensele lies beside the upper Ume River, in a region of lakes and forest stretching toward the Scandinavian mountains. Its scattered inhabitants once belonged to the vast parish of Lycksele. A chapel at Stensele was proposed in 1781, but the church was not built until 1816–1824. The district became a chapel parish in 1815 and a separate pastorate in 1822, bringing church services closer to the inhabitants of the upper valley.