Kiruna

Kiruna (Swedish)
Giron (Northern Sami)
Kieruna (Meänkieli)
Kiiruna (Finnish)
Kiruna - Giron
Clockwise from top: Kiruna skyline by night, Kiruna Church, the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, rocket launch at Esrange, bell tower at Kiruna Church.
Clockwise from top: Kiruna skyline by night, Kiruna Church, the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, rocket launch at Esrange, bell tower at Kiruna Church.
Kiruna (Swedish) is located in Norrbotten
Kiruna (Swedish)
Kiruna (Swedish)
Kiruna (Swedish) is located in Sweden
Kiruna (Swedish)
Kiruna (Swedish)
Kiruna (Swedish) is located in European Union
Kiruna (Swedish)
Kiruna (Swedish)
Coordinates: 67°50′56″N 20°18′10″E / 67.84889°N 20.30278°E / 67.84889; 20.30278
CountrySweden
ProvinceLapland
CountyNorrbotten County
MunicipalityKiruna Municipality
City plan adopted27 April 1900
Charter1 January 1948
Area
[1]
 • Total
16.53 km2 (6.38 sq mi)
Population
 (30 September 2019)[1]
 • Total
22,906
 • Density1,098/km2 (2,840/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitekiruna.se

Kiruna (Swedish: [ˈkǐːrʉna];[2] Northern Sami: Giron [ˈkiron]; Finnish: Kiiruna [ˈkiːrunɑ]; Meänkieli: Kieruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016[3] and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016)[4] in Norrbotten County. The city was originally built in the 1890s to serve the Kiruna Mine.

The Esrange Space Center was established in Kiruna in the 1960s.[5] Also in Kiruna are the Institute of Space Physics[6] and Luleå University of Technology's Department of Space Science.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ Sahlgren, Jöran; Bergman, Gösta (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 14.
  3. ^ Statistikdatabasen - Folkmängd efter region och vart 5:e år[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Folkmängd efter region och år, 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  5. ^ Backman, Fredrick (2015). Making Place for Space: a History of 'Space Town' Kiruna 1943-2000. Umeå, Sweden: Umeå University. ISBN 978-91-7601-244-4.
  6. ^ "IRF Kiruna". Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  7. ^ "Welcome to the Department of Space Science". Archived from the original on 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2009-02-03.