Kiruna
Kiruna
Kiruna
Coordinates: 67°51′N 20°13′E / 67.85, 20.217
Country	Sweden
Municipality	Kiruna Municipality
County	Norrbotten County
Province	Lapland
Charter	1948
Area [1]
- Total	15. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Municipalities of Sweden ( kommun) are the Local government entities of Sweden. Kiruna Municipality ( Kiruna kommun) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden. Norrbotten County ( Norrbottens län) is a Swedish county or Län in the extreme north of Sweden. The provinces of Sweden, Landskap, are historical geographical and cultural regions Lapland (Lappland is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten The Swedish term stad, which is the equivalent of both city and town has since 1971 in Sweden no administrative or legal significance and even no official Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 92 km² (6. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
- Total	18,154
- Density	1,140/km² (2,952. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website: kiruna.se

Kiruna is the northenmost city of Sweden, situated in Lappland province, with roughly 18,000 inhabitants. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time The Swedish term stad, which is the equivalent of both city and town has since 1971 in Sweden no administrative or legal significance and even no official "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Lapland (Lappland is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (pop. Kiruna Municipality ( Kiruna kommun) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. 23,235), Norrbotten County. Norrbotten County ( Norrbottens län) is a Swedish county or Län in the extreme north of Sweden.

The name Kiruna comes from the Sami language Giron and means ptarmigan, a white bird native to northern areas. Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Finnic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway This article deals with the European species named "Ptarmigan" known in North America as the Rock Ptarmigan This bird is also depicted on the city arms, together with the sign for Iron. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Iron symbolizes the mining industry which has been of great importance for the town.

Geography

Location of Kiruna View from just outside Kiruna, with European route E10 left to Luleå and right to Narvik, Norway. Luleå () ( Lule sami: Luleju, Finnish: Luulaja) is a city (pop Narvik ( Northern Sami: Narviika) is a town and municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway Kiruna city hall in summer. The church in Kiruna The Ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi

Kiruna became a Swedish city in 1948, and was at one time listed as the largest city in the world by area, even if most of its territory of course was non-urban. An ice hotel is a temporary Hotel made up entirely of Snow and sculpted blocks of Ice. Jukkasjärvi is a locality in Lapland in northern Sweden, situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County. The Swedish term stad, which is the equivalent of both city and town has since 1971 in Sweden no administrative or legal significance and even no official Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After the Swedish municipality reform in the 1970s, the term "city" has been legally discontinued. The Municipalities of Sweden ( kommun) are the Local government entities of Sweden. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Today only the built-up area is considered a de facto city.

Being located 145 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, Kiruna has perpetual daylight, the midnight sun, approximately from 30 May to 15 July. The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. The midnight sun is a phenomenon occurring in Latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle and south and nearby to the north of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final The polar night is a few weeks shorter, lasting December 13 – January 5. The polar night is the night lasting more than 24 hours usually inside the Polar circles The opposite phenomenon when the sun stays above the horizon for a long time is called Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.

Transportations are reliable by road (European route E10), rail and air via Kiruna Airport. European route E10 is a road part of the International E-road network. Kiruna Airport is Sweden's northernmost airport The airport lies around ten kilometres from the town centre of Kiruna.

Industry

Iron ore extraction is a key industry of the area, and the town is very dependent on the mining company LKAB. Iron ores are rocks and Minerals from which Metallic Iron can be economically extracted Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body LKAB ( L uossavaara- K iirunavaara '''A'''ktie'''b'''olag) is a swedish mining company During World War II, large quantities of iron were transported from northern Sweden by rail to the east coast, and further down to be sold to Germany. (See Swedish iron ore during World War II). Swedish Iron ore was an important economic factor in the European Theater of World War II.

In recent years attempts have been made to reduce the area's dependence on mining with initiatives to promote science, R&D and government related activities. Initiatives have included the proposed relocation of the Swedish Space Corporation and the establishment of the Environment and Space Research Institute (Miljö- och rymdforskningsinstitutet); the former was never executed and the latter was essentially only a temporary success. The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC or Rymdbolaget, is a Swedish government owned company that was established in 1972 to develop and implement space

The ESTRACK Kiruna Station of ESA, the European Space Agency, is located in the municipality. The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC operates a number of ground-based space-tracking stations for the European Space Agency (ESA known as the European Space Tracking Kiruna Station is an ESTRACK Radio antenna station for communication with Spacecraft operated by the Swedish Space Corporation. The European Space Agency ( ESA) established in 1975 is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member So is Esrange, the European Space and Sounding Rocket Range, as well as an EISCAT station. Esrange is a rocket range and Research centre located outside the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. EISCAT is an acronym for the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association.

In 2007, the Swedish government announced that Kiruna would be the host of Spaceport Sweden [1], signing an agreement with Virgin Galactic [2]. Virgin Galactic is a company within Sir Richard Branson 's Virgin Group which plans to provide Sub-orbital spaceflights to the paying public

Moving the town

In 2004, it was decided that the present centre of the municipality (N67°49'48'', E20°25'48'') must be relocated to counter mining related subsidence. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement In Geology, Engineering, and Surveying, subsidence is the motion of a surface (usually the Earth's surface as it shifts downward relative to The relocation will be made gradually over the coming decade. On January 8, 2007, the new location was decided. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Kiruna will gradually move northwest to the foot of the Luossavaara mountain, by the lake of Luossajärvi. ^[2]

The first actual work on moving the town was done in November 2007, when work on the new main sewage pipe started. November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday ^[3] In the same week, first sketches for the layout of the new part of the town became available. ^[4] The sketches [3] include a travel centre, the new locations for the city hall and the church, an artificial lake and an extension of the Luossavaara hill into the city. The location of the new section of the E10 is still uncertain, as is the location of the railway and the railway station. European route E10 is a road part of the International E-road network. Malmbanan is a railway line between Luleå, Sweden, and Narvik, Norway. A more official sketch will be published early in spring 2008, which will then be discussed with various interest groups for a next version. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Sights

In the village of Jukkasjärvi there is an Ice hotel, a proper hotel wholly built of ice, and reconstructed every year. Jukkasjärvi is a locality in Lapland in northern Sweden, situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County. An ice hotel is a temporary Hotel made up entirely of Snow and sculpted blocks of Ice.

The church in Kiruna from 1912 is also notable, one of Sweden's largest wooden buildings. The church exterior is built in an Neo Gothic style, while the altar is in Art Nouveau. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international It has separately been voted Sweden's best looking church and the foremost Swedish pre-1950 construction.

Notable residents

• Börje Salming, NHL ice hockey defenseman

Twin Cities

• Narvik, Norway
• Archangelsk, Russia

See also

• Esrange
• Swedish Institute of Space Physics
• Radiotjänst in Kiruna
• Spaceport Sweden

References

External links

• Kiruna - Official site
• Mitt Kiruna - Kiruna city guide with local news, weather forecast, cinemas, TV-guide and current events.
• BBC - Sweden to save sinking town
• Satellite picture by Google Maps
• Det nya Kiruna - (Swedish)
• (English) Trip to Kiruna

Kiruna is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. The Swedish term stad, which is the equivalent of both city and town has since 1971 in Sweden no administrative or legal significance and even no official