Kiruna Localities Norrbotten County Sweden

Kiruna is the northernmost, and largest, of Sweden's municipality, covering an area larger than that of New Jersey. The local seat of government is Kiruna Town. The entire municipality is north of the Pole Circle, and so enjoys midnight sun in the summer months. The space station Esrange, used for research on the atmosphere and on the aurora borealis, is located here.

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• Kiruna Snow Festival - Annual event in January, with national competitions in snow sculpture, norrbotten county shows, crafts market and snow lantern competition.
• Kiruna - Information for visitors, tourists and inhabitants. Tourism, business, events and service.
• Swedish Institute of Space Physics - Research institute carrying out research in space physics kiruna and technology. norrbotten county Research, data, popular science and publications.

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