Skelleftea is a city and the seat of Skelleftea Municipality in Vasterbotten County, Sweden, with 32,775 inhabitants in 2010. The municipality had approximately 72,000 inhabitants at the end of 2013 . In the local accent the "a" is omitted and the city is pronounced locally as Skellefte. The city is a historically industrial city with mining being a large industry, especially for gold – hence the nickname "Gold Town". Politically it is a Social Democratic stronghold. The city is a well-known ice hockey town, with its main team Skelleftea AIK playing in the Swedish top division, the SHL and being Swedish champions on multiple occasions.