Holmsund is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010.

To the west, across the river estuary, is a town called Obbola, the towns are connected by the E12 road which is carried over the river estuary by the Obbola Bridge.

From the southern end of Holmsund a ferry service runs to the Finnish port of Vaasa.

Swedish water-powered sawmills were under threat when steam power was introduced to Sweden in 1849.

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