Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Kiruna, Lulea, Pitea, Lulea Municipality, Pitea Municipality, List of rockets launched from Esrange, Kiruna FF, Kalix, Pitea IF, Bergnasets AIK, Notvikens IK, Haparanda, Icehotel, Kiruna Municipality, Lulea University of Technology, Boden, Sweden, Gallivare, Storfors AIK, Lulea SK, Institute of Space Physics, Euskefeurat, Pitea IF ladies team, Pajala, Jokkmokk, LKAB, Lulea Central Station, Overtornea, Arvidsjaur, Luossajarvi, Arjeplog, Tornetrask, Kurravaara, Kiruna Airport, Alvsbyn, Overkalix, Hjalmar Lundbohm, Pitea Wall of Fame, Spaceport Sweden, Kauppinen, Radiotjanst i Kiruna, Kiruna Central Station, Jankanalusta, Pitepalt, Fjallraven Classic, Lira Lulea BK, Teknikens Hus, Hertson, Porson, Kiirunavaara, Kiruna Station, Bjorkskatan, Theatre Academy of Lulea, Storflaket, Salka, Luossavaara, Pitea School of Music, Diocese of Lulea, Arena Arctica, Malmudden. Excerpt: Kiruna (Northern Sami: Giron, Finnish: Kiiruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lapland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (pop. 23,099 in 2008) in Norrbotten County. Kiruna city hall in summerArcheological 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 Sami population. In 1696, Samuel Mort, a bookkeeper of the Kengis works, wrote on the presence of iron in the two hills. Anders Hacksell mapped the area in 1736 and named the mountains Fredriks berg (Kiirunavaara) and Berget Ulrika Eleonora (Luossavaara), after king Fredrik I and his wife Ulrika Eleonora. Despite the findings of large amounts of ore, no mining was initiated because of the remote location and the harsh climate. Some ore was extracted in the 19th centur...