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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 ...
The church was built between 1909 and 1912, and consecrated by Bishop Olof Bergqvist on 8 December 1912. [1] Since 1913, the church has been included in the Jukkasjärvi parish in the diocese of Luleå. Gustaf Wickman was the church's architect and the famous altarpiece is a work of Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke. Gustaf Wickman moved to Kiruna ...
During the 20th century, the mining settlement Kiruna was built in the parish of Jukkasjärvi, at that time a rural municipality in very remote territory. A so-called municipalsamhälle (which was a kind of borough established within a rural municipality to take care of some matters of urban character) was instituted in 1908.
The Icehotel is a hotel in northern Sweden, about 17 kilometers (11 mi) from Kiruna. It is rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjärvi and is the world's first ice hotel. [1] After its first opening in 1990, the hotel has been rebuilt each year from December to April. [2]
The Kiruna mine is the largest and most modern underground iron ore mine in the world. [1] ... This page was last edited on 11 December 2024, at 19:54 (UTC).
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The mining area around Kiruna and Malmberget, together with the iron port and steelworks at Luleå, made Norrbotten County one of the first, and most prominent, regions of heavy industry in Sweden. The wider region has remained at the forefront of mining and steel smelting and alloying technology. [5] [6] [7]
Although the past few years have been brutal for borrowers from an interest rate perspective, they’ve been fantastic for people with money in the bank. For much of 2023 and 2024, 5% CD rates ...