Please read this: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/07/2014-chess-olympiad-candidate-city.html or this: http://www.tromso2014.no/about_tromso.htm before you read my comment on Susans Blog which reads as follows:
Don't believe a word of this text! For example: --- Key Facts
Tromsø is the largest city in the Nordic countries north of the Arctic Circle --- There is no chance that this little town has grow larger than Kiruna.
And the rest of this article is also just rubbish written by some norwegian local patsy.
Look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiruna
and you will find: "Kiruna became a Swedish city on January 1, 1948, and was at one time listed as the largest city in the world"
Don't believe a word of this text!
For example:
---
Key Facts
Tromsø is the largest city in the Nordic countries north of the Arctic Circle
---
There is no chance that this little town
has grow larger than Kiruna.
And the rest of this article is also
just rubbish written by some norwegian
local patsy.
Look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiruna
and you will find:
"Kiruna became a Swedish city on January 1, 1948, and was at one time listed as the largest city in the world"