Lule River
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![This lithograph from the year 1856 shows the waterfall Harsprånget in the polar night with the aurora borealis. The waterfall Harsprånget (former name: Njommelsaska) was the largest waterfall on the Swedish Lule River. Today there is the largest hydroelectric plant in Sweden Stora harsprånget](/Images/godic/202501/25/Njommelsaska_i_Lappland_by_Carl_Svantje_Hallbeck1510.jpg")
Lule River (Swedish:Lule älv, Luleälven) is a major river in Sweden, rising in northern Sweden and flowing southeast for 460 km (290 mi) before reaching the Gulf of Bothnia at Luleå. It is the second longest river by watershed area or length in Norrbotten County (after the Torne River and very slightly ahead of the Kalix River, which is 460.65 km long), but is the largest by average discharge.