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Kiruna is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometres (90 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The city centre is built on the Haukavaara hill at an altitude of 530 m, high above the Torne river to the north and the Kalix River to the south. Other parts of the town are Lombolo and Tuolluvaara. Near Kiruna are the mountains Kiirunavaara and ...
Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland (Northern Sami: Sápmi, Finnish: Lappi, Latin: Lapponia), is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders the Swedish provinces of Jämtland , Ångermanland , Västerbotten , and Norrbotten , as well as Norway and Finland .
Map of Sweden Stockholm, capital of Sweden Gothenburg Malmö. This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter. The list does not include towns in ...
Arvidsjaur (Swedish: [ˈǎrːvɪdsjaʊr]; [2] Ume Sami: Árviesjávrrie; Pite Sami: Árvehávvre) is a locality and the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 4,635 inhabitants in 2010. [1] Arvidsjaur is a center for the European car industry.
The main exception is Lapland, where people see themselves as citizens of Västerbotten or Norrbotten, based on the counties. Sweden’s two largest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg, both have provincial borders running through them: Stockholm is split between Uppland and Södermanland, and Gothenburg is split between Västergötland and Bohuslän.
Lapland (Sweden) (Lappland), a Swedish historical province; Russian Lapland, a former name and a sporadic marketing term for Murmansk Oblast. Laplandiya (lit. ' Lapland '), a rural locality (a railway station) in Murmansk Oblast; Lapland, Indiana, a town in the United States; Lapland, Kansas, an unincorporated community in the United States
The Laponian area is a large mountainous wildlife area in the Lapland province in northern Sweden, more precisely in Gällivare Municipality, Arjeplog Municipality and Jokkmokk Municipality. The name comes from the Latin name for Lapland.
The town is often referred to as "Lappstockholm" and markets itself as "the city in Lapland," highlighting both its status as Lapland's first city and its early importance as a meeting place. After the arrival of the railway, Lycksele developed into a typical small town with smaller industries and important public institutions such as a ...