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Archaeological findings have shown that the region around Kiruna has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years. Centuries before Kiruna was founded in 1900, the presence of iron ore at Kiirunavaara and Luossavaara had been known by the local Sámi population.
No archaeological surveys have taken place of the supposed site of the fortress. The village is known for the Kiruna Flying Club which hosts the Kebne Wave Camp in Pirttivuopio each year. [2] [8] [6] According to Ratsit.se on 18 September 2023 Pirttivuopio had 14 registered inhabitants above the age of 16. [9]
World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Royal Domain of Drottningholm: Stockholm: 1991 559; iv (cultural) The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family, located on the island of Lovön in Lake Mälaren in a suburb of Stockholm.
Kiruna porphyry (Swedish: Kirunaporfyr) is a group of igneous rocks found near Kiruna in northernmost Sweden. [1] The Kiruna Porphyry formed 1,880 to 1,900 million years ago [1] [2] during the Paleoproterozoic Era in connection to the Svecofennian orogeny. [2] The iron-apatite ore mined in Kiruna, Malmberget and Svappavaara are all hosted in ...
Kiruna, Sweden Kiirunavaara ( Northern Sami : Gironvárri , Meänkieli : Kierunavaara ) is a mountain situated in Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County , Sweden . It contains one of the largest and richest bodies of iron ore in the world.
Kiruna Municipality (Swedish: Kiruna kommun; Northern Sami: Giron gielda; Meänkieli: Kierunan kunta; Finnish: Kiirunan kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna. It is the northernmost municipality in Sweden, and at 20,715 square kilometres (7,998 sq mi) is Sweden's geographically ...
In Sweden, the policies were at first markedly less militant. Teachers followed Sámi reindeer herders to provide education for the children, but Sámi areas were increasingly exploited by the then new mines in Kiruna and Gällivare and the construction of the Luleå-Narvik railway.
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