Court of Appeal for Northern Norrland
| Court of Appeal for Northern Norrland | |
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| Hovrätten för Övre Norrland | |
Court of Appeal for Northern Norrland
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| Established | 1936 |
| Country | Sweden |
| Location | Umeå |
| Decisions are appealed to | Supreme Court of Sweden |
| Website | hovrattenovrenorrland.domstol.se |
Coordinates: 63°49′37.02″N 20°15′16.32″E / 63.8269500°N 20.2545333°E
The Court of Appeal for Northern Norrland (Swedish: Hovrätten för Övre Norrland) is a court of appeal with a court district covering the entire area of Västerbotten County and Norrbotten County. The court has its seat in Umeå, in one of the few masonry buildings still standing after the great Umeå city fire in 1888, which destroyed most of the city.
The large white building, built in 1886–1887 and one of the oldest in the city, was designed in a neo-Renaissance style by the architect Johan Nordquist. Because it was not made of wood it was one of the few buildings to survive the Umeå city fire of 1888. The first few years the house was used as a school for educating Volksschule teachers. The building housed the principal's residence, classrooms, an auditorium and the gym. The building was surrounded by a small park.
In the 1920s the building was no longer used as a school and during some subsequent years it served as Civic Center with both a library and a museum. The large auditorium was used as a theater and concert hall.
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