Odenslund, Östersund — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Odenslund?

Stora kyrkan anchors the district's skyline, its tower a fixed point for anyone crossing Odenslund. A short way off stands Östersunds gamla kyrka, the older church whose plain walls predate much of the surrounding city. Families head instead to Storsjöbadet.

The indoor bathing complex draws crowds the way the churches once did, and Marielundskyrkan adds a third house of worship to the immediate area. Gaaltije, the Southern Sámi cultural centre, rounds out a compact set of landmarks that keeps the central part of Östersund busy through every season.

What is the history of Odenslund?

Odenslund grew as Östersund itself filled in the ground around its parish churches. Östersunds gamla kyrka marks the early phase, when the settlement clustered tightly near worship and water. Stora kyrkan came later. Its construction signalled a city outgrowing its first church, and the district around it took on the houses and streets that define Odenslund in the central part of Östersund within Jämtland County to this day.

Where is Odenslund?

Odenslund occupies the central part of Östersund, the inner ground where the older parish lines and newer streets of the city overlap. The district belongs to Östersund in northern Sweden, and its edges run close to the civic core rather than the outlying suburbs. Short blocks.

Walking distances stay modest, so reaching the city's central institutions from Odenslund takes only a few minutes on foot through the surrounding grid of Östersund.