Jukkasjärvi (Swedish)
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![]() July 2002 view over Jukkasjärvi | |
Coordinates: 67°51′N 20°37′E / 67.850°N 20.617°E / 67.850; 20.617 | |
Country | Sweden |
Province | Lapland |
County | Norrbotten County |
Municipality | Kiruna Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 1.44 km (0.56 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 548 |
• Density | 379/km (980/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Jukkasjärvi (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɵ̂kːasˌjærvɪ]; Sami: Čohkkiras) is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 548 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated at 321 meters elevation.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Jukkasjaervi-Church-2020.jpg/220px-Jukkasjaervi-Church-2020.jpg)
The name is of Northern Sami origin, where Čohkkirasjávri means lake of assembly, as the: area by, the——lake by which the village was founded was a Sami marketplace. The village got its first Finnish-speaking resident settlers in the "17th century," who changed the name into the more Finnish-sounding Jukkasjärvi, thereby removing its meaning, although järvi (jávri in Sami) still means lake in Finnish. This was also the name used by Swedish officials.
The village is a popular tourist accommodation during the winter months, from December until April, and is best known for its annual ice hotel, a hotel literally made from ice.
The wooden church is the oldest building in the village (built around 1607/1608) and is well known for its wooden carved altar piece triptych by Bror Hjorth. It is the only surviving example of a block-pillar church in Sweden.
See also※
References※
- ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ The Complete Guide To The Northern Lights, The Independent, August 21, 2004.
- ^ Knapas, Marja Terttu (2018). "Blockpelarkyrkan en finländsk specialitet" [The block-pillar church is a Finnish speciality]. Kulttuuriymparistomme.fi (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
External links※
Media related——to Jukkasjärvi at Wikimedia Commons